Articles by Daniel Zielinski

The Milwaukee Panthers baseball team has struggled through the first two months of the season. But with a month left in the regular season, the Panthers are heating up and fighting for a spot in the conference tournament.

Jordan Zielinski is a high school senior, but his school day is unlike most high school students. Here’s a look at a day in Jordan’s life.

Sixty-five minutes of regulation and overtime play wasn’t enough to determine a winner between the Milwaukee Admirals and the visiting Chicago Wolves at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Friday. With 3,474 fans in attendance, this game came down to a shootout between these two AHL rivals, with the Admirals securing a 3-2 win after going […]

Throughout the recruiting process, Zac Saddler attracted attention from numerous high-major and mid-major programs. An athletic 6-foot-7, 200-pound basketball player from New Braunfels, Texas, Saddler’s last offer came from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Despite Milwaukee displaying interest late in the recruiting process, Saddler was blown away with the program, especially head coach LaVall Jordan. He […]

Milwaukee is known for its beer, brats and sports, and soon the city will also be recognized as the bobblehead capital of the world. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is proud to call Milwaukee home and co-founders Phil Sklar and Brad Novak can’t wait to see the impact it has on the […]

A soft-spoken man nearing 90, Nathan Taffel, sits in his small Mequon ranch home remembering a cheerful childhood as a young boy with curly hair and bright blue eyes. It was a cheerful childhood for a time, anyway. He thrusts forward an arm to reveal a weathered tattoo that he can never quite erase. He […]

It came down to the wire, but the Milwaukee Bucks escaped with a 91-87 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers after center Greg Monroe scored the go-ahead basket with 1:29 before nearly 12,500 fans at the BMO Harris Bradley Center Wednesday night. The Bucks’ comeback victory over the winless 76ers (0-4) in ways overshadowed the […]

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Terry Lynn Martin, a Milwaukee native, was only 18-years-old when he was deployed to Vietnam in December 1968. With his whole life in front of him, he unfortunately only lasted about six weeks before falling in battle on Jan. 20, 1969 in Tay Ninh, Vietnam. However, unlike so many, his legacy has lived on for […]

Andrew Johnson stood quietly in the front of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee classroom with a poster that read, “Help Find the last 18,” as students filed in for their next class. Johnson, a small newspaper publisher, has taken on an incredible task—finding a photo for every person who was killed in the Vietnam War from […]

It was a hard-fought game, but Valparaiso used an 11-0 second half run to knock off the Milwaukee Panthers, 62-55, to snap their five-game home winning streak at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena one recent Sunday afternoon in front of over 3,300 energetic fans. Dan Zielinski reports.

It was a hard-fought game, but the Valparaiso Crusaders shot a sizzling 65.2 percent (15-23) in the second half, while using an 11-0 run to beat the Milwaukee Panthers on Sunday afternoon at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Forward Matt Tiby and guard Steve McWhorter led the Panthers with 14 points apiece, while forward J.J. Panoske […]