Sports

Here are all of Aaron Rodgers’ correct answers/questions from his appearance on Jeopardy!

May 12, 2015

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was a contestant on Tuesday’s episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! And because he’s the reigning NFL MVP and totally awesome, he won. Rodgers—decked out in a Mr. Rogers swe...

Bandsketball returns for a second year

Tyler Maas

May 12, 2015

Last year’s inaugural Bandsketball tournament brought a wide variety of Milwaukee bands and rappers—32 in total—to the courts at the corner of Center and Fratney streets in Riverwest to determine which group of...

Bob Uecker was trapped in his booth last night, could not get up or get out of there

Matt Wild

May 7, 2015

When it comes to hometown heroes who have made a mark on the worlds of sports and entertainment, who continue to delight and amuse on a daily basis, and who starred in a watershed ’80s sitcom alongside a cheese...

Tracklist: Craig Counsell and 10 other WI athletes who took over their former team

Tyler Maas

May 6, 2015

After an absolutely dreadful and MLB-worst 7-18 start to the season, the Milwaukee Brewers gave manager Ron Roenicke his walking papers Sunday. The following day, Craig Counsell was signed to a three-year deal ...

Kevin Nash, Princess Night, and Jurassic Park: Here’s your 2015 Lakeshore Chinooks preview

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2015

With nearly an eighth of a season in the books, the 4-16 Milwaukee Brewers are playing historically bad baseball right now. Not only does the franchise have the absolute worst record in the league at the moment...

Off base: A Milwaukee Brewers-themed Follow Friday

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2015

Yeah, we know it's early, but through nine games, the Milwaukee Brewers haven't exactly done much on the diamond worth highlighting. With a dreadful 2-7 record, the makeshift franchise is not only mired in last...

Bucks to propose arena complex that will cost…one BILLION dollars

Matt Wild

April 8, 2015

After months (years?) of speculation, false starts, idle threats, breathless updates, more speculation, ownership changes, and countless courtside Gruber sightings, it all comes down to this: At a press confere...

Kato Kaelin’s (unofficial) Milwaukee Brewers season preview

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2015

After a long, cold, and baseball-less six months, America's pastime is officially back in Wisconsin as the Milwaukee Brewers play their home opener at Miller Park today. This lovely day has become nothing short...

Remembering the time Bob Uecker encountered a furry convention in Pittsburgh

Matt Wild

April 6, 2015

Legendary Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker is, well, a legend. For more than 50 years (!), Uecker has been regaling radio listeners with top-shelf play calling and second-to-none anecdotes. And those an...

Apparently Rob Gronkowski likes Klassik

Tyler Maas

March 27, 2015

After a calculatedly quiet 2014, this year has already been a crazy one for Klassik. The Milwaukee rapper and multi-instrumentalist just got back from SXSW (where he performed solo and as one of Group Of The Al...

4 reasons Ring Of Honor will be the best wrestling show in Milwaukee this year

Vince Morales

March 12, 2015

Milwaukee has a pretty cool history with professional wrestling. Just look at some of the things that have happened here:• The Mega Powers exploded and it was voted greatest moment in Bradley Center history...

Tracklist: 5 teams to temporarily call Milwaukee home

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2015

Last week, news leaked that Cubs and Brewers officials were involved in serious discussions two years ago regarding the possibility of Chicago playing all of its 2015 home games at Miller Park. The temporary re...

Off Base: The 10 best Milwaukee Brewers offseason acquisitions

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2015

Though opening day of the 2015 Milwaukee Brewers season is still 39 agonizing days away, the team has now reported to its spring training headquarters in Maryvale, Arizona. Single game tickets go on sale this w...

“Major League Night,” other nights that aren’t “Major League Night” coming to Miller Park in 2015

Matt Wild

February 17, 2015

Say what you will about “theme nights” for professional sports—they’re cheesy, overhyped, desperate, distracting, etc.—but it’s hard to deny that they give fans a small slice of fun in what might otherwise be r...

Tracklist: 6 reasons to care about the Milwaukee Bucks

Tyler Maas

February 16, 2015

This season has seen the Milwaukee Bucks receiving exponentially more local attention than any year in recent history. Of course, the majority of that attention is funneled into the heated and deeply divisive d...

Extra Points: The Green Bay Packers all-unusual names team

Tyler Maas

January 30, 2015

After the events of two Sundays ago (of which we will not speak), football isn't exactly the first thing on our mind. Unless an outcome where both participants can lose and be banned from the NFL is added in th...

“Favre & Carve” isn’t a real thing, unfortunately

Matt Wild

January 13, 2015

When he isn’t granting epic-length interviews from his Mississippi ranch or discussing his playoffs predictions from a Mississippi deer stand, legendary Packers quarterback Brett Favre is busy doing whatever he...

Extra Points: 7 dumb Packers-Cowboys storylines you’ll hear Sunday

Tyler Maas

January 9, 2015

Following the referee-assisted victory by the Dallas Cowboys last week, the storylines began to pile up. Close to 50 years removed from the unforgettable events of the Ice Bowl, the Dallas Cowboys will return t...

Go on a Packers vision quest with Calliope’s Al Kraemer

Matt Wild

January 5, 2015

On Sunday, January 11, the Green Bay Packers will square off against the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field for what will undoubtedly be a nail-biting, edge-of-your-bleacher-seat playoff game. At stake is the priv...

Y’all ready for this? It’s time to save the Milwaukee Diamond Dancers

Matt Wild

December 16, 2014

In addition to watching a competitive team, enjoying the amenities of a world-class stadium, and eating cheese-drenched waffle fries out of a plastic helmet, one of the pleasures of attending a Brewers game at ...