March means basketball, and Milwaukee is the center of the high school hoops world this week as some of the game's biggest and brightest potential top college stars play in the McDonald's All American Games on Wednesday at the Bradley Center.
On Sunday, top girls and boys players visited the Ronald McDonald House in Wauwatosa. They met with families staying at the house who have children receiving treatment at a local hospital.
Tonight, Monday, it's to the court for Jam Fest, a slam-dunk, team ball and 3-point competition at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Def Jam recording artist Ne-Yo highlights as a celebrity judge. He'll be joined by Julius "Dr. J" Erving, former Packer and current Bonecrushers coach Gilbert Brown and Miss Wisconsin Michelyn Butler, to judge the Slam Dunk contest.
On Tuesday, Dr. J keynotes and others come to town for a big pre-game banquet and the Midwest Airlines Center. More than 1,000 are expected to attend.
Finally, the rock drops on Wednesday for the ESPNU live broadcast games. The girls tip off at 6 p.m. and the boys at 8:30 p.m. Both games are at the Bradley Center.
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.
