Sports

Bowling In Place #6: Root River Center (Franklin)

August 29, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you'll want to visit.This past week, we hosted some native Milwaukeeans ...

Milwaukee Record Halftime Show concert series returns to Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

August 27, 2018

Most fans of the Green and Gold probably aren't in a hurry to look back at last season. However, one of the few bright spots (other than Davante Adams, that is) in a painful and injury-riddled 7-9 campaign was ...

As the Bradley Center enters its final days, watch a star-studded video from its first days

Matt Wild

August 10, 2018

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, today marks the first day of official closing operations for the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Forty-five full-time and 606 part-time employees are officially out of wo...

A brief history of Bob Uecker bobbleheads and all-fan giveaways

Matt Wild

August 7, 2018

Over the weekend, Milwaukee Brewers fans streaming into Miller Park were treated to a particularly delightful all-fan giveaway: a Bob Uecker Talking Bottle Opener. Finally, the time-honored act of cracking open...

A short, semi-helpful guide to taking your kid to a long, boring game at Miller Park

Matt Wild

August 3, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer.The best...

Bowling In Place #5: Classic Lanes (Oak Creek) and Arsenal Bowl (Pittsburgh)

Josh Hoppert

July 31, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you'll want to visit.A few weeks back, we found ourselves in Pittsburgh,...

New Milwaukee Bucks arena will be called Fiserv Forum

Matt Wild

July 26, 2018

It finally happened: Multiple sources are reporting that naming rights to the new, $524 million Milwaukee Bucks arena have been awarded to Brookfield-based financial services technology developer Fiserv. The co...

Ring of Honor wrestler Silas Young brings Midwest talent to Milwaukee

DJ Hostettler

July 18, 2018

For roughly five years now, Milwaukee wrestling fans have had a local rooting interest when dialing in to CW18 or My24 on the weekends to watch Ring of Honor's weekly TV program. Local wrestler Silas Young has ...

6 Milwaukee Brewers All-Stars in old-school video games

Nick Olig

July 16, 2018

Milwaukee's representation in Major League Baseball's midsummer classic was scarce decades ago. Before five Brewers were deemed All-Stars in the 2018 season, the franchise was prone to sending just one requisit...

The 5 best trade deadlines in Milwaukee Brewers history

Kyle Lobner

July 11, 2018

One of the busiest transaction seasons on the Major League Baseball calendar is, historically speaking, a relatively recent phenomenon.From 1922 until 1985, the American and National Leagues—then operating ...

Potawatomi is covering up its ads at Miller Park because the Atlanta Braves are in town

Matt Wild

July 6, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Thursday night, the Milwaukee Brewers continued their hot streak by defeating...

Let’s overreact to the Brewers’ first half by erecting some statues

Brent Gohde

July 6, 2018

No matter your age, you remember "The Year"—the year the Milwaukee Brewers almost did it. For some of us, what coulda' been in 1982 was nearly certain to culminate soon thereafter for a team boasting four futur...

Bob Uecker got up, got out of last night’s Brewers game after being injured by a contact lens

Matt Wild

July 3, 2018

UPDATE (7/5/18): Uecker is still out with a scratched eye, though Levering says he has been at Miller Park the past few days, "hanging out" and "telling stories."UPDATE (7/3/18): According to Levering, Ueck...

Bowling In Place #4: Brown Deer Lanes

Josh Hoppert

June 27, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you'll want to visit.On the drive north towards our fourth Bowling In Pl...

11 Milwaukee soccer bars perfect for enjoying the World Cup

Kevin Mueller

June 13, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66112); Even though the U.S. Men's National Team failed to qualify for this year's World Cup in Russia, that doesn't mean Milwaukee isn't going to have one massive soccer party anyway. Our col...

Let’s recap Giannis Antetokounmpo’s delightful reviews of American junk food, shall we?

Matt Wild

June 8, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week—or, thank god for yo...

Bucks Senior VP: You’re “damn right” the new arena will have gender-neutral bathrooms

Matt Wild

June 6, 2018

The new Milwaukee Bucks arena—brought to you by Fiserv, okay definitely not Fiserv, okay probably Fiserv—is more or less complete. It opens this fall. And when it does, it'll have something that few NBA arenas ...

The ones that got away: 5 near-miss Brewers draft picks

Kyle Lobner

June 4, 2018

The 2018 MLB Draft opens this week with the first 78 selections live on MLB Network on Monday, and the remaining 38 rounds spread over Tuesday and Wednesday. Many of the players selected in the early rounds wil...

Bowling In Place #3: JB’s On 41

Josh Hoppert

May 29, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you'll want to visit.In the 1950s, Deddo and Erv Raasch opened the 24-la...

You can buy a ticket to LeRoy Butler’s wedding

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2018

Do you like the Green Bay Packers? Do you have at least $75 (plus PayPal fees)? Are you free next May 11? If you answered yes to those questions, you're officially invited to LeRoy Butler's wedding.One of t...