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He’s won a state championship. He can shoot a basketball with the best of them. And his lefty release is as pure as can be. Meet Cody Wichmann, a hard-working, humble player who is lethal with the rock from behind the arc. He can now add a NCAA Tournament appearance to his resume as he […]

Before he starts school on a given day, rising track star Dexter Schleis, goes to Starbucks. Then there’s homework. More studying. He goes home for an hour or two, eats lunch, heads to class, works, and then it’s time to work out. Through it all, he’s planning how he’s going to take his track success […]

They’re mortal rivals. The Packers and Bears. Packers and Vikings. But what happens when a growing number of Illinois and Minnesota students take up residence together in a Wisconsin dorm? It’s one thing to shout at each other at a football game. Let’s just say some of these passionate Bear, Viking, and Packer fans, never […]

Through the first three games of the college basketball season, the average attendance at home games for UWM Panthers men’s basketball games is down 31 percent compared to last year’s numbers, a change coming against the backdrop of a newly named arena downtown but also controversy that saw the team banned from the playoffs. On […]

UW-Milwaukee students have mixed feelings about the new Panther Arena. UWM bought the former U.S. Cellular Arena in June, but now the Milwaukee Bucks are eyeing the spot for their own new arena.

It’s only been six months since the renaming of the U.S. Cellular Arena, but it seems that UWM’s new Panther Arena could be taken away. The Milwaukee Bucks are considering the space for their new home court.

All athletes can understand the nerves that come with a big game, much less a game against your crosstown rivals in front of an electric crowd. If Milwaukee had any of those nerves, the Panthers handled them poorly as Marquette retained Milwaukee women’s volleyball control with an emphatic 3-0 sweep victory Tuesday night at the […]

MILWAUKEE—Larry Sanders scored a team high 14 points for Milwaukee, but it was not enough as the Bucks lost their preseason home opener to the Chicago Bulls 91-85 on Oct. 9. Before the game, Milwaukee’s first -year head coach, Jason Kidd, talked about how the team can compete even with one of the league’s youngest […]

The UWM Men’s baseball team almost saw its first no-hitter in program history recently. A shutout victory versus Valparaiso on April 18 earned one player some recognition. Cody Peterson’s display of solid pitching earned him title of Pitcher of the Week, an honor that does not often go to a UW-Milwaukee player. Peterson, a junior […]

UW Milwaukee basketball players and coaches filled Joey Buona’s to celebrate their sensational season. But there was also some explaining to do. Joe Halley reports.

Lance Allan is a rarity in television journalism. He was born, raised and has spent his entire career in Wisconsin. The TMJ4 sportscaster Allan recently shared insights about television journalism to a classroom of students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. From his childhood on, he sustained an interest in sportscasting. Allan started his career at […]

While growing up in Big Bend in Waukesha County during the 1960s, Brian Manthey had hoped that one day he would have a career in sports, whether it would be as an announcer or a writer. “The Milwaukee Braves were my baseball team until they moved out on me,” Manthey said with a faded hint […]