Beyond March Madness in Indy
The nation’s hotspot for sports this month is Indiana, where 170 pro, college and high school basketball games happen in 33 days. Indianapolis is the […]
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Fan fervor and the Packers season ticket waiting list
In Frank and Jane Martucci’s California home is a framed letter from June 2018 that says this: “Your name has been added to our waiting […]
Eau Claire claims the game of kubb as its own
You know the expression about possession: It’s nine-tenths of the law. Within one dozen years, Eau Claire has gone from dabbling with an unusual lawn […]
Greece: Ancient athletics at Olympia, Marathon
Second of three parts. Our Athens taxi driver isn’t much for small talk as we head from port to city centre on a spring weekday. […]
Two Take Tens: for Green Bay Packers fans
We are high above ground and just below the signature “G” that looms 40 feet tall and 60 feet wide. No point in Green Bay […]
Showtime nears: High hopes for new Milwaukee Bucks home
East of the river: That’s where most of downtown Milwaukee’s modern-day growth and revitalization have occurred, but one massive exception is emerging. The $524 million […]
Gridiron game introduces UWO to Salem, Va.
More thrilling than a Wisconsin Badgers victory at the Cotton Bowl, I’ll dare to argue, is an Oshkosh Titans trip to the Stagg Bowl in […]
U.S. Bank Stadium: Athletics meets art meets Vikings
A 17-inch December blizzard tore the puffy roof of the Minneapolis Metrodome in 2010, and three years later the Teflon-coated dome would collapse for the […]
Expanded Packers Hall of Fame treats fans as stars, too
Yellow roses in a wedding bouquet are not unusual, but dressing ushers in referee uniforms? That’s logical when the backdrop is Lambeau Field, as it […]
Take Ten: good, affordable Wisconsin golf courses
Editor’s note: The PGA Championship is Aug. 10-16 at Whistling Straits, a course near Kohler that is a pricey ticket for the average golfer. Guest […]
Paralympics’ best Nordic skiers in Hayward for world championships
If you look at winter as a season of limitations, head to Cable and Chequamegon National Forest in southern Bayfield County for a profoundly different […]
More than a game: minor league baseball in Appleton
Appleton. That was my reply when Wisconsin Public Radio’s Larry Meiller asked for a fun summer destination for families. Why? I could have mentioned the […]
Ode to Green Bay: Packer passion runs deep all year
We fly Badger and Packer flags in Madison, but I know of no one who decks out the lawn in bright gold and green, complete […]
Tour Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum, Spooner
“The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and […]