The long, great Milwaukee summer is over and we're officially into the winter sports season!
As the 2015-16 Bucks prepare for the new season, the team has been hosting a variety of "Bucks Tipoff Week" events, beginning with last week’s ticket giveaways at area Wendy’s restaurants and continuing Saturday when Bango hosted a social media scavenger hunt where Bucks fans could win free Opening Night tickets.
As I tweeted Friday, the Bucks’ presence is all over Downtown as the bridges spanning the Milwaukee River are lined with Bucks flags, and the BMO Harris Bank building at 770 N. Water St. is now lit up at night with the Bucks logo.
The flags are flying! Getting close to opening night! Go #bucks #ownthefuture pic.twitter.com/BOkhVDRldS
— Jeff Sherman (@ShermanJeff) October 23, 2015
On Sunday afternoon, players surprised shoppers at three area Pick ‘n Save stores: two in Oak Creek (8770 S. Howell Ave. and 6462 S. 27th St.) and one in Wauwatosa (6950 W. State St.).
Personally, my tickets are locked in as my group held our annual ticket draft yesterday at Major Goolsby's.
Annual @bucks ticket draft at @MajorGoolsbys Tough decisions. #ownthefuture pic.twitter.com/tGmzr5mHDR
— Jeff Sherman (@ShermanJeff) October 25, 2015
The Bucks open the season, at home, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. against the New York Knicks.
Let the season begin! Go Bucks.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
