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Kato Kaelin won the 50/50 raffle at today’s Brewers game

July 3, 2017

It's July 3 and the Milwaukee Brewers are in first place. The surprising performance of a young squad many assumed was in the midst of a full-on rebuild has brought tons of bandwagon fans out of the woodwork fo...

Giannis Antetokounmpo gets shout-out on new Public Enemy record

Tyler Maas

July 3, 2017

Things are pretty good for Giannis Antetokounmpo right now. Last season, the Bucks star signed a $100M extension, the proceeded to earn an All-Star spot and lead Milwaukee to the playoffs. Along the way, he ran...

Jim Abbott saved his last great baseball moment for the Brewers

Nick Olig

June 30, 2017

Jim Abbott’s Major League career lasted a decade. It began in California and ended in Milwaukee. Along the way, he totaled 87 wins, a 4.25 ERA, 888 strikeouts, and a no-hitter. He began his journey as a rookie ...

A realistic look back at Corey Hart’s Milwaukee Brewers career

Kyle Lobner

June 29, 2017

The Milwaukee Brewers open a homestand Friday night with a special occasion: They’re welcoming back Corey Hart with a one-day contract, retirement ceremony and induction into the team’s Wall Of Honor outside Mi...

Crafty Cow to celebrate Don Majkowski for some reason

Tyler Maas

June 27, 2017

Remember Don Majkowski? It's okay if you answered no to that question. For those unfamiliar, the "Majik Man" was the Packers quarterback in the late '80s and early '90s—and a Pro Bowler nonetheless!—until an in...

The Wisconsin Herd (officially) have a logo

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2017

For those of you who weren't paying attention to all this "Wisconsin Herd" business the past five or six months, allow us to get you up to speed... Back in February, the Milwaukee Bucks announced that Oshk...

Remembering the Milwaukee Brewers’ ill-fated “10-Cent Beer Night”

Matt Wild

June 21, 2017

Earlier this year, Miller Park unveiled its much-hyped "Local Brews" bar. Open now, the Loge Level destination features 24 Wisconsin-brewed beers from breweries like Lakefront Brewery, Third Space Brewing, Wisc...

2017 Milwaukee Brewers draft selections, ranked by first name

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2017

The Milwaukee Brewers made their finals selections in the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft yesterday. Between Monday night and Wednesday afternoon, 41 young men had their name called by Milwaukee's front office...

Remembering the time the Milwaukee Bucks traded Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Matt Wild

June 14, 2017

There's a sublimely silly scene in 1980's Airplane! when young Joey, in the midst of a cockpit tour ("You ever seen a grown man naked?"), correctly identifies the co-pilot as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "I'm sorry son...

Bucks’ NBA D-League team announces name

Tyler Maas

June 8, 2017

Back in February, the Milwaukee Bucks announced that Oshkosh, Wisconsin would be the home of the organization’s new NBA D-League affiliate. As ground was broken on a new downtown Oshkosh arena and the parent...

Watch some videos of Brett Phillips laughing

Tyler Maas

June 5, 2017

Monday afternoon, the Milwaukee Brewers placed third baseman Travis Shaw on paternity leave and, in a corresponding roster move, promoted outfield prospect Brett Phillips to fill the vacant roster spot. Prior t...

Watch some dudes catch some trout (and a buzz) in and around Milwaukee

Matt Wild

June 5, 2017

In an age when everyone is quote-unquote "connected," when everyone equates looking away from a screen for one minute to "missing out," and when everyone is pissing and moaning about something on Facebook, how ...

A guide to jumping on the Nashville Predators bandwagon

Tyler Maas

May 23, 2017

After yesterday's 6-3 win over Anaheim in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, the Nashville Predators are headed to their first Stanley Cup Finals. You might be thinking "So what?" or "Why should I care ab...

Useful life tips from the 1991 Milwaukee Brewers

Tyler Maas

May 12, 2017

Though the 2017 Milwaukee Brewers are unabashedly rebuilding, the young and exciting team is over the .500 mark through the season's first 35 games. Eric Thames is breaking franchise records with his colossal d...

Looking back at the life (and death) of Robert “Tractor” Traylor

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2017

On May 11, 2011, Robert "Tractor" Traylor died alone in an apartment in Puerto Rico, succumbing to a heart attack at just 34 years of age. Before Traylor's abbreviated life suddenly and silently ended exactl...

Goodbye, Jay Cutler: Remembering Green Bay’s greatest villain

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2017

The writing was on the wall when Chicago released him back in March. The picture became even clearer when the Bears foolishly signed veteran backup quarterback Mike Glennon to a three-year, $45M contract days l...

Why Todd Rundgren’s “Bang The Drum All Day” matters in Wisconsin (and almost nowhere else)

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2017

Tonight, Todd Rundgren will drop by the Pabst Theater to perform his catalog that spans more than 50 years, includes hundreds of songs, and boasts numerous hits. Of the songs the venerable soft rocker is to pla...

Watch Brewers minor leaguer fool runner with hidden-ball trick

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2017

The hidden-ball trick is such a rarity in baseball because so many things have to go right—and even more things have to go wrong—for it to work. One player must be perfectly prepared, while another is completel...

Watch Eric Thames smack a bunch of dingers in Korea

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2017

Unless you happened to catch Eric Thames' blips with the Blue Jays or Mariners between 2011 and 2013, last fall's news that the Milwaukee Brewers signed the 30-year-old guy from the KBO to a three-year deal (wi...

Watch Bob Uecker talk drunk driving, “falsies,” on 1976 episode of ‘Johnny Carson’

Matt Wild

April 25, 2017

What can we say about Bob Uecker that we haven't said already? Not much! Well, there's this: Milwaukee's own Mr. Baseball was a favorite guest of the late, great Johnny Carson, having appeared on the old Tonigh...