Articles by Kristopher Schimmel

Concerns about football concussions have been well known for years now; there was even a Hollywood movie about it. However, no oversight agency in Wisconsin tracks non-catastrophic high school football concussions in a systematic fashion, and many state school districts make it exceptionally difficult – even impossible – for someone to learn the number of […]

The Spring of 2016 will be remembered as either a time full of dispute, debate and controversy, or when building blocks were put in place to construct a future contender in the UW-Milwaukee’s men’s basketball program. “As a team we are getting to know one another and for myself, interacting with the coaches,” said returning […]

Sitting at her office desk, glancing occasionally at the camera set up in front of her, Amanda Braun begins answering questions. She answers every one. Regardless of the length of the answer, each brings with it an aura of conviction as the embattled and not-backing-down-in-the-slightest Athletic Director discusses the many controversies swirling around the men’s […]

LaVall Jordan was once a starting guard for Butler University, competing against the UW-Milwaukee Panthers and later as their coach in the old Midwestern Collegiate Conference. Last Friday, at the Fireside Lounge, he was introduced as the new Head Coach of the UW-Milwaukee men’s basketball program by Athletic Director Amanda Braun. “I am excited to […]

The year 2015 in Milwaukee will be remembered as an infamous year that generated the most homicides in the city since 1993. Capt. Aaron Raap, the commander of the Milwaukee police Investigative Management Division which houses the Homicide, Cold Case Homicide and Robbery Units, is optimistic about making 2016 a year of improvement. “On a […]