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When asked: What are you going to do in your first few days? New UW-Milwaukee coach LaVall Jordan said Friday that he first wanted to get to know and support his players. He said he wanted to find out what they were passionate about, to meet their parents, and that he would introduce himself and […]

UWM junior forward Cody Wichmann, who recently lamented that the Panthers’ basketball team was having a “break up” has requested his release from the program, making him the fourth player who has done so since last Wednesday. A week ago, on Twitter, he expressed his disappointment. It’s kind of sad seeing the team “break up” […]

Wednesday, the story of Austin Arians’ release was reported by multiple sources, including Media Milwaukee. Thursday, it is clear that other team members are following in his footsteps. William Behrns, UW-Milwaukee’s Senior Associate Athletic Director, who told Media Milwaukee of Arians’ release being requested, confirmed to the news site that two more players are doing the same. […]

As the fallout following the firing of men’s basketball coach Rob Jeter’s firing continues, the first domino may have fallen. This morning, it was reported among multiple sources that redshirt junior Austin Arians was requesting his full release from the program and will transfer upon his graduation. UWM Senior Associate Athletic Director Bill Behrns told […]

Saturday night was weird. The sidewalks outside the BMO Harris Bank Center were filled to the brim with green-clad, inebriated, Shamrock Shufflers braving the 30-degree temperatures in nothing but their emerald T-shirts for warmth. Strangely, that’s not far-off from a normal Milwaukee night. It was the hockey game between the Milwaukee Admirals and their division […]

The faint sounds of tennis shoes squeaking against the court floors echoed throughout the room and the smell of anti-bacterial cleaner mixed with body odor filled the air. The Klotsche Center is where plenty of UW-Milwaukee student athletes go to train and prepare for the season that lies ahead. Jonathan Stadler is one of them. […]

Being a student-athlete is not a part-time job. A typical Tuesday for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sophomore Aubrey Krahn consists of waking up for soccer practice that runs from 7-9 a.m., taking a break for an hour before her classes from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., and going in for her 2-4 p.m. lab. Keep in mind, this […]

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 […]