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The sting of a painful, season-ending loss is a tough thing to shake. And even months removed from the penalty kick shootout that ousted the UW-Milwaukee Panthers Women’s Soccer team from the Horizon League tournament in early November, redshirt sophomore midfielder Anny West has bitter feelings. “That was really disappointing. We just worked really hard […]

Norway is 3,892 miles away from Milwaukee. For one University-Wisconsin Milwaukee soccer player, this is the distance that separates him from his entire family and the place he knows as home. Robert Ekroll is a goalie for the UWM men’s soccer team. Soccer is the worlds most popular sport. In Europe they focus on club […]

We are going back to the Sesame Street days and playing “guess which thing is not like the others.” Here we go. Spain, Italy, Portugal, Wisconsin. Do you have your answer? If you guessed Wisconsin, you were right. The true meaning of the answer is not because Wisconsin is a state and the rest are […]

Matt Tiby, a senior forward on the men’s basketball team at UW-Milwaukee, certainly has not had the easiest road to playing Division I hoops. Despite averaging 19 points and 13 rebounds in his senior year at Urbandale High School in Urbandale, Iowa, Tiby did not have any offers from Division I schools.  Not wanting to […]

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 […]

Pink: The color found all over the football field in the month of October. It’s the color that represents breast cancer awareness and the fight against it. Red, White, and Blue: The colors of our country. Proudly presented before, during and after every NFL game. They’re the colors that the NFL flies while honoring our […]

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Today, red is the color of my shame. But it’s not lush like wine, although I could use a drink. And it’s not rich like blood, even though I feel like I might be spilling a little of my own. Nor is it rust or rose or crimson or brick. No, this is vibrant and […]

“We’re ready for this, boys!” yelled captain Zach Lubin. “Everything starts tonight.” The thud, thud, thud of his goalkeeper gloves echoed inside the tunnel. I fiddled with my shinpad tape, stretched a quadricep muscle, and glared at the referees, willing them to get this landmark evening underway. I was understandably impatient. I had waited six […]

The Milwaukee Bucks recently hosted a “See the Future” party to unveil the three new logos and team colors they will be using from now on. Starting next year, the Bucks will be wearing green, cream, and blue on their uniforms. The redesigned logos include a fiercer Buck, a traditional basketball, and the state of […]

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.

One of the many recreational sports classes that UWM offers is Kung Fu. TJ Staniszewski, an assistant instructor at the Chinese Kung-Fu Center of Milwaukee, shows students how cool the forms of martial arts can be, and also the mental and physical benefits it has for people. TJ said he’s never had to use his […]