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UW Milwaukee lost a back-and-forth game against one of the top teams in the Horizon League, falling to Wright State 92-81 on Friday night.    The Panthers (7-9, 6-8 Horizon) battled until the end but ultimately dropped their third straight game in a shootout with the Raiders.   The Raiders (16-4, 14-3) went on a 15-2 run in the final four minutes of […]

In their Dec. 2. meeting, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), voted unanimously in support of the NCAA proposed legislation regarding name, image, and likeness rules for athletes. All SAAC meetings at UWM have been held over Microsoft teams this year amid the pandemic, and campus meeting restrictions. It was attended by […]

Milwaukee Bucks fans received an early Christmas present on December 15th when it was announced that the two-time NBA MVP and reigning Defensive Player of the Year Giannis Antetokounmpo signed an extension with Milwaukee for 5 years worth $228 million dollars, the largest contract in league history. To say that fans are merely excited would […]

Leading up to the start of the 2020-2021 NBA season, noise was surrounding the Milwaukee Bucks franchise. For years, questions arose as to whether or not the Bucks’ star player, Giannis Antetokounmpo, would sign a contract extension when eligible on Nov. 20, 2020. Weeks went by, and Antetokounmpo had yet to sign the contract that […]

The race for Most Valuable Player in the National Football League appears to be down to a two-man battle between Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.   The current narrative in the league is that the MVP award is Mahomes to lose.   Although the betting odds are in Mahomes favor right now, […]

The Cleveland Indians baseball team announced on Dec. 14, 2020 that it will be dropping the team name after the upcoming season.   A statement was released by the team at 1 p.m.   Cleveland will continue to go by the nickname “Indians” for the 2021 season.   The team decided to drop the name after having conversations with […]

The NBA has officially announced a new structure in format for the 2021-22 NBA regular season. According to a press release, the regular season is set to begin on Dec. 22 and each team will play 72 games. Along with this announcement, the league states that there will be a play in tournament that will […]

The National Basketball Players Association and the National Basketball Association have agreed to terms on the upcoming 2020-2021 season, which include a Dec. 22 start date and a 72-game schedule. The league has also transitioned the Toronto Raptors into the United States to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. During the era of COVID-19, the […]

The National Football League has announced that starting on Saturday Nov. 21, all teams are to operate under Covid-19 intensive protocol. This protocol is expected to last until the last of the season due to rising Covid-19 cases around the United States. The intensive protocol increases the amount of restrictions for the staff and players […]

“They got it done and we didn’t.” Those were the words of head coach Coach Kliff Kingsbury used to summarize the Arizona Cardinals’ 34-31 loss over this past weekend to the visiting Miami Dolphins. The game ended when Arizona kicker Zane Gonzalez failed to make the potentially game-tying field goal in the final minutes of […]

Jimmy Butler received laughs from his teammates as he strutted into the Miami Heat’s practice after a victory over the Boston Celtics four weeks ago. Butler was wearing a jersey that wasn’t his. The white jersey read “Whitnall” in navy blue writing across the chest, the number 14 printed below. The jersey belonged to his […]

Newly acquired quarterback Nick Foles is the next iteration in a long line of leading men for the Chicago Bears, as he recently took over for former 2017 2nd overall draft pick Mitchell Trubisky. Foles is the 24th quarterback to start a game for the Bears since 2000. Quarterback Nick Foles during his tenure with […]