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Mandatory Milwaukee: Miller Park remains the Brewers’ most reliable draw

April 5, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Facing game over, Tecmo tournament restarts in Madison under new leadership

Tone Madison

April 4, 2017

The following piece by Ben Munson was originally published on the Tone Madison newsletter.The Tecmo Super Bowl tournament began in Madison in 2006, and grew big enough that NFL Films produced an episode d...

Celebrate Opening Day with our “Is This A Brewer?” quiz

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 3, 2017

Today, April 3, 2017, is Opening Day for your Milwaukee Brewers. Beginning at 1:10 p.m. the Brewers will take on the Colorado Rockies in a game that will surely feature all the thrills, chills, and delightfully...

WrestleMania and the Brewers season are coming, so here’s a video game simulation of Ryan Braun as a wrestler

Tyler Maas

April 2, 2017

Between now and Monday afternoon, another WrestleMania will be in the books and the Milwaukee Brewers will begin another season. For a specific sect of sports fans, that's like Christmas morning and New Years E...

Useful life tips from the 1988 and 1989 Milwaukee Brewers

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2017

The Brewers are rebuilding. As the organization is being overhauled from top to bottom and underperforming fan favorites are being shown the door to make room for promising pieces for what looks to be a bright ...

So long, Scrap Prince: Scooter Gennett’s Brewers eulogy

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2017

They say heroes come and go, but legends are forever. Not referenced in that well-worn quotation is the longevity of us mere morals. How long can one subsist on a diet of pure grit? How long can a man who's pow...

Our NCAA team-specific guide for what to do in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2017

Yesterday was a wild day at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, as the NCAA Tournament officially kicked off. Milwaukee hosted four of the 16 games played Thursday. After all the dust settled, Purdue topped Vermont,...

A guide to the 2017 NCAA Tournament’s Milwaukee games

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2017

Following a weekend that was packed with conference tournaments and Sunday night's selection show, March Madness is officially here. The 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament officially starts on Tuesday, befor...

Tim Dillard makes Brewers Spring Training worthwhile

Tyler Maas

March 10, 2017

As fun as that montage in Major League made it seem, Spring Training is sort of an exercise in futility for unabashedly rebuilding organizations. Sure, it allows prospects and new acquisitions an opportunity to...

Remembering the time County Stadium banned carry-ins and everyone got pissed

Matt Wild

March 8, 2017

Yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers revealed a slew of local breweries and beers coming to Miller Park's new "Local Brews" bar in 2017. Lakefront's Riverwest Stein, Third Space's Happy Place, and Milwauk...

Trading Ryan Braun now makes no sense for the Brewers

Vince Morales

March 7, 2017

As spring training rolls on and the Brewers season gets closer, there is one storyline that doesn’t seem to want to go away. It has nothing to do with future All-Stars Eric Thames and Keon Broxton, the pieces t...

15 interesting things about Milwaukee, the Bucks in George Karl’s new memoir, ‘Furious George’

Tyler Maas

February 27, 2017

Last month, legendary NBA coach George Karl published a book he co-wrote with Curt Sampson entitled, Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection. In the revealing...

Remembering the first (and still the only) NBA All-Star Game to be played in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

February 16, 2017

When one thinks of professional all-star games and Milwaukee, one likely closes one's eyes, begins to twitch, and flashes back to the disastrous Major League Baseball All-Star Game held at Miller Park in 2002...

14 name submissions for Oshkosh’s new Milwaukee Bucks affiliate

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2017

Last week, the Milwaukee Bucks announced that Oshkosh, Wisconsin would be the home of the organization's new NBA D-League affiliate. The (approximately) 70,000-resident college town beat out Grand Chute, Raci...

What’s replacing the Bucks’ February 26 Miles Plumlee toothbrush holder giveaway?

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2017

Back on February 2, the Milwaukee Bucks traded underperforming center Miles Plumlee to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Roy Hibbert and Spencer Hawes. For a Bucks squad whose playoff hopes were in questi...

Milwaukee Bucks trade guy with uncredited ‘Parks & Recreation’ cameo for guy with recurring ‘Parks & Recreation’ role

Tyler Maas

February 2, 2017

Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks finalized a trade that will send struggling center Miles Plumlee to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for a pair of veteran seven-footers, Roy Hibbert and Spencer Hawes. The deal f...

Top Brewers prospect Lewis Brinson thinks this is his year

Kyle Lobner

January 30, 2017

Unless you closely follow minor league baseball, you've probably never seen outfielder Lewis Brinson play. But, if you've been following the Milwaukee Brewers, you've probably at least heard of him.When t...

Remembering the birth of the Milwaukee Bucks, and how they were almost the Milwaukee Robins

Matt Wild

January 25, 2017

Back in April 2015, amidst tremendous hype and anticipation, the Milwaukee Bucks unveiled their new logo: a hard-edged, white-eyed, pissed-off 12-pointer. Just try and tag this, you blaze-orange-wearing bozo,...

Perfect 10: Building the best Milwaukee Brewers Flex Plan

Tyler Maas

January 24, 2017

Now that we've had a full day to process the Packers loss, let's shift focus away from one season's tragic conclusion and, instead, look ahead at the six months of unknown possibility that make up the 2017 Mi...

Gary Sheffield will never make the Baseball Hall of Fame

Tyler Maas

January 19, 2017

Wednesday, Baseball Writers' Association Of America named three new inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Houston Astros slugger Jeff Bagwell pulled in over 86 percent of votes, Montreal Expos great Tim Rai...