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One change to rule them all

Published May 14, 2013

Any sport can be improved upon with simple tweaks to the rules. Here is a list of one change for the major spectator sports that will help each game.

Brainerd proves to be the ultimate utility player

Published Feb. 27, 2013

Sportscaster Bob Brainerd gets tapped once again to fill in on Big 12 Sports coverage.

OnMilwaukee.com recommends, Feb. 23, 2013

Published Feb. 23, 2013

Bookworms, TV junkies, history buffs and sports lovers will all want to see what OnMilwaukee.com recommends this week.

WISN 12's Dario Melendez heading to ESPN

Published Jan. 30, 2013

"This is like the mecca in football, like Lambeau Field. This is the mecca of the sports broadcasting world," said WISN-TV Ch. 12 sports anchor Dario Melendez. For him, he's going to that mecca in Bristol, Conn., the international headquarters of ESPN.

I'm a young curmudgeon

Published Jan. 29, 2013

It's nearly February, and I'm ready for 2014. This year in sports has already been a disaster.

There are no holidays in sports

Published Dec. 25, 2012

In sports, there are no holidays. Games and practices are often scheduled on the days many athletes and their families would like to spend together. It's all part of the job.

beIN SPORT brings international feel to Wisconsin

Published Dec. 21, 2012

With the latest addition to the sports offerings on Time Warner Cable, we here in southeastern Wisconsin will have more access to sports that don't traditionally get a lot of coverage.

"Long John" Hubbard made his name both in and out of the ring

Published Dec. 8, 2012

Fifty-nine years ago this month a Milwaukee heavyweight boxer called "Long John" Hubbard got what was coming to him for putting up what a newspaper called "the best fight of his career." Three months in the House of Correction.

Stepping up to the Lakefront Marathon challenge

Published Oct. 9, 2012

It's 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7 and there's a buzz inside Grafton High School. The dimly lit hallways are packed, and it was clear these people weren't students. They were runners warming up before heading outside to find their spots at the starting line for the 2012 Lakefront Marathon. And I was one of them.

Football is tops among others

Published Sept. 25, 2012

In sports, I like to think that those of us who back the "hometown" teams are pretty spoiled. We've had a surging baseball team, the Badgers, Panthers and Golden Eagles have been competitive, and there's the Green and Gold. Out of all of them, NFL football reigns supreme.

Take the plunge: Suiting up with Skydive Milwaukee

Published Sept. 20, 2012

"Ready ... set ... go." That was it. No fancy red light/green light over the door, no adrenaline-fueled dive out of the plane (which, in retrospect, would have been pretty hard to do strapped to my tandem instructor). Just three little words, a tip forward and I was a skydiver.

ESPN is unwatchable

Published Aug. 3, 2012

I like ESPN. I really do. But it seems every summer, when my dad and I are off on our baseball trip, their desperate attempts to fill airtime turn into reasons to change the channel.

Stuck with the beautiful game

Published June 28, 2012

It's Thursday afternoon and I'm doing some serious work with the television on right at the corner of my desk.

There are plenty of sports to talk about

Published June 26, 2012

For talk radio hosts, news usually happens in some sort of cycle. There's the 24/7 news cycle, or the political cycle. Then there's the sports cycle ... and in Wisconsin there is very little down time.

Is Milwaukee a great sports town?

Published May 30, 2012

Milwaukee can be a great sports town. But we have to be a good sports town first. We have to not live solely in the present but project out into the future. We have to embrace the teams we have; not just the Packers and Brewers.

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