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Extra Points: What the Packer on your fantasy team says about you

September 3, 2014

Thursday’s regular season opener between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks marks the true beginning of the NFL season. As exciting as the return of football makes millions of people, a significant port...

Deadspin’s Drew Magary elaborates on why the Packers suck

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2014

By now you’ve likely read the latest Packers-pummeling installment of Deadspin’s second annual “Why Your Team Sucks” series. Like it or lump it, the mean-spirited and brutally honest written roast has quickly b...

Extra Points: Why this week is the worst of the NFL season

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2014

Let’s just come right out and say it. This is the worst week of the entire NFL season that happens between the preseason-starting Pro Football Hall Of Fame Game and Super Bowl Sunday. Even during your favorite ...

Tracklist: Brett Favre and 9 other WI sports figures we feel weird honoring

Tyler Maas

August 4, 2014

After years of debate, some hurt feelings, a brilliant career that ended on a sour and petty note, and a sext of what appears to be a baby's penis flanked by Crocs, the polarizing and oh-so-annoying debacle bet...

Off Base: How I learned to stop worrying about the Cardinals and enjoy first place

Tyler Maas

August 1, 2014

It started in 1982. At the time, the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals weren't even in the same league, but became quick—albeit temporary—rivals in the World Series (also known as the "Suds Series")....

Bandsketball reaches final four, preps for Friday’s championship

Tyler Maas

July 30, 2014

More than a month ago, 32 Milwaukee bands and rappers threw their respective hats in the ring—or more accurately, brought their drastically varying basketball skills to the court—to engage in the inaugural Band...

Off Base: Revisiting 11 Brewers mid-season rentals

Tyler Maas

July 25, 2014

Major League Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline is less than a week away. Beyond totally fucking up fantasy teams, exhausting the guy whose job it is to Photoshop a player wearing his new team's cap, and maki...

Just 8 remain in Bandsketball championship contention

Tyler Maas

July 22, 2014

What started as a collection of 32 Milwaukee music acts taking the court to determine which is the best at basketball has now shrunk into single-digit contenders. Over the weekend, the second round of Bandsketb...

Off Base: 6 ultra-specific Brewers All-Star break awards

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2014

Though Major League’s All-Star break and its “mid-summer classic” nickname seem to imply an event that cuts the 162-game big league season in half, the Milwaukee Brewers have actually played 96 games to this po...

Don’t miss “Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker” tonight on MLB Network

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2014

Change your plans tonight. Player, actor, Hall Of Fame broadcaster, furry expert, and Milwaukee Record hero Bob Uecker will be honored with an hour-long MLB Network documentary that will air at 6 p.m. CST Thurs...

Bandsketball preps for second round

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2014

And then there were 17. After starting June 22 to accommodate bands embarking on tour, the opening round of the 32-band three-on-three Bandsketball MKE tournament is finally (almost) complete. Calamity Janes An...

Tracklist: 14+ instances of “LeBron-ing” in Wisconsin sports

Tyler Maas

July 14, 2014

Unless you rely on Milwaukee Record as your only source of sports-related news (which you shouldn’t do), you’ve surely learned of LeBron James’ somewhat surprising decision to opt out of his contract with the r...

First Impression: Fore! Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

July 7, 2014

In January 2013, former coach, noted southeast Wisconsin instructor, and scratch golfer Tim Grogan took a financial swing and tried to wedge an indoor golfing range into the Third Ward. Not 18 months later, the...

Deer Diary: Bucks make Jason Kidd head coach for some reason

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2014

Lately, the Milwaukee Bucks franchise has taken significant strides to move the last place, rudderless organization (that was perennially rumored to be an eventual candidate for relocation) in a positive direct...

Brewers bullpen stars in awful Will Smith medley

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2014

It’s a good time to be a Brewers fan. Milwaukee currently has the best record in the National League, and had the distinction of being the first team to 50 wins. The team’s shutdown bullpen has a lot to do with...

Off Base: A bevy of bad Brewers bobbleheads

Tyler Maas

June 27, 2014

People love bobbleheads. The Milwaukee Brewers were among the first teams in Major League Baseball to realize that an oversized, spring-mounted head propped atop a tiny body translated into butts in seats. For ...

Bandsketball courts 32 Milwaukee music acts

Tyler Maas

June 19, 2014

When it comes to music, the title of “best” is almost always subjective. Try as writers may to remain impartial, it’s only natural for at least some personal preference to trickle into record reviews and year-e...

Off Base: Carlos Gomez’s “hacktastic” plate approach pays off

Jack Moore

June 13, 2014

The popular narrative of Carlos Gomez’s career can be traced out from the player comments in Baseball Prospectus’ annuals. 2007: He has great tools and succeeded at Double-A at age 20, but it’s still not cle...

Off Base: The worst of the Brewers team store

Tyler Maas

June 6, 2014

The Milwaukee Brewers are an altogether awesome organization. Miller Park is among the least expensive ballparks to see a Major League game. Even if fans don’t bring in their own food or plastic bottle non-alco...

Off Base: Will Smith lays fresh prints in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

May 30, 2014

December 5, 2013 was a crazy time in the world. Latin music sensation Thalía was awarded a star on the lauded Hollywood Walk of Fame. Moviegoers were just eight days from celebrating A Madea Christmas, and Will...