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 […]
Sports
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 […]
Water skiing shows, tourneys: smooth flow in Wisconsin
I’m not surprised to learn that Florida is home to the Water Ski Hall of Fame and Museum, considering the state’s temperate climate and all […]
Scoring on stage: Lombardi meets Broadway
The leading lady’s lines go like this: “How do I look? I never thought turquoise was my color, but the sales lady at Prange’s talked […]
Indianapolis: major sports hub, and more
If you are a Wisconsin Badger fan, March Madness might mean a trip to Indianapolis, which hosts the Big Ten basketball women’s and men’s tournaments […]
For Packer fans: ‘Legends of Lombardi’ tour
We are driving through a modest but tidy neighborhood in Green Bay, on Ridge Road, near Lambeau Field. It costs $20 to park here on […]
Wild about rodeo: kids to pros compete
It all comes down to what you can accomplish in seconds – less than 10 seconds – and success is a matter of instinct and […]
Play ball! Old World Wisconsin goes retro
A fevered pitch is: (a) What Francisco Cordero hurls, when he does his job well in the ninth inning. (b) One way to describe the […]
Tour de France puts Trek, tours on the map
The three-week Tour de France has begun, and that makes Trek Bicycle Corp. an especially appropriate place to visit. It costs nothing to tour the […]
True grit: Wisconsin rodeos, cowboys
It all comes down to what you can accomplish in seconds – less than 10 seconds – and success is a matter of instinct and […]