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Recent Posts

How to catch Wisconsin baseball on a budget this summer
Root, root, root for Wisconsin baseball teams this summer and get some great deals while you’re at it!

What to Know About MLB’s Exclusive ‘Gold Card’
DID YOU KNOW? After 8 years in the majors, players earn their “Gold Card” — a pass that gets them and one guest into ANY regular season game FOR LIFE ⚾️ How It Works: The holder just walks up to the box office, shows their card, and is given the best two tickets available in […]

Green Bay Packers announce training camp start, Family Night dates
The 24th Green Bay Packers' Family Night is scheduled for the first Saturday in August, with training camp beginning 11 days earlier. Family Night, a full practice in the Lambeau Field bowl, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 2. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Training camp begins July 23 at the Lambeau Field campus. The full training camp schedule will be released later.

Build the statue already! It’s past time for Wisconsin to permanently honor Mark Johnson
Barry Alvarez has one. So does Pat Richter. But it’s past time for Wisconsin to honor one of its all-time greatest athletes, coaches, and people — Mark Johnson. “Miracle” Mark Johnson was born & raised in Madison, and stayed local to play hockey for the Badgers under his dad, legendary coach Bob Johnson. His freshman […]

3 things you (probably) don’t know about Milwaukee’s Hank Aaron
On July 20, 1976, at Milwaukee County Stadium, “Hammerin’ Hank” hit his final home run, number 755, capping a record that would stand 31 years. Here are three things you (probably) don’t know about the baseball legend: Aaron had 23 straight seasons of double digit homers. From his first season with the Milwaukee Braves, where […]

Small Town, Big Stage: Why hosting the 2025 NFL Draft is a really big deal for Wisconsin
For the first time ever, Green Bay will host not just the draft, but any major, league-wide event. Since moving out of New York in 2015, the NFL Draft has become a massive spectacle–exploding from essentially a giant conference call into a three-day destination event. Over the past decade, the league has awarded the draft […]