Sports

August 22, 2023

On Monday, Milwaukee folk/superhero Milverine announced he would be throwing out the first pitch at Tuesday's Milwaukee Brewers game at American Family Field. "Yes, hi guys, this is the Milverine," Milverine...

Milverine will throw out first pitch at Tuesday’s Brewers game

August 22, 2023

UPDATE: Watch it HERE. Today in "This rules! Wait, how has this not happened already? Oh well, it still rules!" news, Milwaukee folk/superhero Milverine will throw out the first pitch at Tuesday's Milwaukee ...

Milwaukee Record Halftime Show concert series is back, in best shape of its life

August 10, 2023

This football season is going to be different. We're not sure if you've heard, but Green Bay has a new quarterback. The team is also relying on lots of young and unproven (but VERY promising) personnel to breat...

Halfway there: A Milwaukee Brewers 2023 mid-season report

Kyle Lobner

June 30, 2023

You may not have needed another reminder that summer goes by too fast, but the Milwaukee Brewers have nonetheless provided one: Their Thursday night game against the Mets was their 81st of the year, meaning the...

Watch Game 6 of the 2021 Finals with us at The Cooperage on July 21

June 30, 2023

July 20, 2021 is a date Milwaukee will always remember. That night, the Bucks won Game 6 of the NBA Finals and, in doing so, became World Champions. Even though Giannis Antetokounmpo and company were unable to ...

A guide to finding former Bucks players on BIG3 rosters

June 22, 2023

If you’re anything like us, you've had a hard time being without basketball since the Nuggets won the Finals last week. Though the Draft is fine and free agency is interesting, we miss watching hoops. It kind o...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: “Sugar” Shane Mosley

June 18, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Legen...

Puddler’s Hall is petitioning to get Phil Kessel to bring the Stanley Cup to Milwaukee

June 16, 2023

This past Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Among the players on that championship-winning roster is journeyman right wing Phil Kessel. This season's Stanley Cup ...

Famous Racing Sausages, ranked

June 11, 2023

They're the first (and the best) of their kind. They've been repeatedly imitated by mid-inning promotions at other ballparks, but never successfully replicated. Though they were only created 30 years ago, they'...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Ben Askren

June 5, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Wisco...

It’s down to 64 possible names for Milwaukee’s new pro soccer team. Vote now!

May 22, 2023

Remember last October when it was suddenly announced that Milwaukee would be getting a new USL Championship soccer team, and that it would be playing in a new 8,000-capacity outdoor stadium being built in the n...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Jake “The Snake” Plummer (The Show’s Official NFL Correspondent)

May 20, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Jake ...

Bay View planning “wheel park” for skateboarders, other riders in Beulah Brinton Playfield

May 4, 2023

Good news, skate rats and BMX bandits: Bay View may be getting a new "wheel park" in Beulah Brinton Playfield (2555 S. Bay St.)! The 5,000-square-foot-or-less park—dubbed the "Wheel Spot"—would cater to skatebo...

The original Milwaukee County Stadium Racing Sausages from 1993 are on eBay

May 3, 2023

In his seminal 2003 jam "eBay" (a parody of Backstreet Boys' seminal 1999 jam "I Want It That Way"), "Weird Al" Yankovic rattles off a host of oddities found on the then-new-ish auction site: a PacMan Fever lun...

Proposed Brewers stadium deal is a short-sighted swing and miss

Dan Shafer

April 27, 2023

Dan Shafer is the founder of The Recombobulation Area, an award-winning, reader-supported weekly column and online publication. Click HERE to subscribe. A somewhat surprising announcement arrived in the inbo...

Pro wrestlers, ‘Paw Patrol’ and bobbleheads: Your 2023 Lakeshore Chinooks promo schedule

April 25, 2023

Though baseball season is already underway in Milwaukee and the Brewers currently sit a game out of first place a few weeks into the season, there’s another team in the region that’s getting ready to take the f...

Mandatory Milwaukee: The uncommon pleasures of Milwaukee County Golf

Pete McDermott

April 17, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Milwaukee County Golf! Before I begin, let me be clear: this is not an at...

Crusherfest is announcing wrestling legends who will be coming to South Milwaukee June 3-4