http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_dougrussell.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Doug Russell en-us Thu, 24 May 2012 15:30:24 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/rss_logo.png http://onmilwaukee.com 144 30 While BMO Harris Bank can crow about their name on Milwaukee's Downtown entertainment destination while the rest of us simply ignore it, what they, along with Harley-Davidson, Kohl's Department Stores, Northwestern Mutual and Rockwell Automation have done is nothing short of spectacular. Not to extend the life of Mrs. Pettit's generosity, but rather to recognize the looming threat of the Bucks short shelf-life without a new home. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bmoharrisbc.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bmoharrisbc.html?30267 Wed, 23 May 2012 15:00:00 CDT The hissy-fit MLB had when Ryan Braun was exonerated should have been a precursor to Shyam Das' immediate dismissal. That almost three months passed and did nothing to soothe the hard feelings over the case is reminiscent of a pouting child throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store over a box of candy, and then continuing to suck his thumb all the way home. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/seligfiresdas.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/seligfiresdas.html?30198 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:00 CDT Junior Seau is dead. And no matter how anyone tries to rationalize, deny, misdirect, caution, or convince you to the contrary, there is no mistake to be made. Football killed him. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/braininjuriesinnfl.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/braininjuriesinnfl.html?30144 Wed, 9 May 2012 15:00:00 CDT Unfortunately, for too many years, UWM has been half-assing it when it comes to their intercollegiate athletics department. Their facilities are inadequate; their leadership has been timid at best and bombastically incompetent at worst. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/uwmathleticsunderreview.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/uwmathleticsunderreview.html?30074 Wed, 2 May 2012 15:00:00 CDT Desperately needing some help with the Packers anemic pass rush, Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson selected USC linebacker Nick Perry with their first-round selection in the 2012 NFL Draft on Thursday night. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/perryispackerspick.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/perryispackerspick.html?30033 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:40:00 CDT Mat Gamel infuriated his teammates once so badly that they moved his locker out into the parking lot. This season, a leaner, more focused, mature, and mellow Gamel has emerged; and the Brewers are reaping the rewards. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/gamelgetshisshot.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/gamelgetshisshot.html?30010 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:00:00 CDT Through it all, and surprisingly to some, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who turned 65 earlier this week, views his time in Milwaukee as a blessing. The legend's career here may have concluded more than a generation ago, but his memories of our city are indeed fond. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/kareemremembers.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/kareemremembers.html?29965 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:28:00 CDT One way or another, Jarrod Uthoff is gone from the Badgers basketball program. To hold him back, while within the rules, is a morally and ethically bankrupt position for the University of Wisconsin to hold. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ryanisinthewrong.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ryanisinthewrong.html?29938 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:00:00 CDT After finishing the season ranked No. 5 in the country and having top quarterback Tyler Wilson returning, this was supposed to be the year Arkansas fans had been licking their chops for. Upon closer examination, it looks like their deal with the Devil simply just came due. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/petrinoout.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/petrinoout.html?29872 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:00:00 CDT Two summers ago at Whistling Straits, a virtual unknown burst onto the golf scene at the 2010 PGA Championship. As his father was dying of cancer, a thoughtful, well spoken, humble kid named Bubba from the Deep South did not win his playoff against Martin Kaymer. But while he fell short of the Wannamaker Trophy, Bubba Watson's story and his style won him legions of fans that are celebrating his improbable win at The Masters this past weekend. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/watsonwinsataugusta.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/watsonwinsataugusta.html?29848 Mon, 9 Apr 2012 13:00:00 CDT What made Martha Burk's 2003 attempt so utterly feeble was that by based on Augusta's astonishingly strict membership policies, there wasn't a woman who otherwise would have even qualified for membership had the fairer gender even been allowed to join in the first place. But that was nine years ago. That was before Ginni Rometty came along. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/willaugustaadmitawoman.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/willaugustaadmitawoman.html?29805 Wed, 4 Apr 2012 15:00:00 CDT I didn't recognize Lesley Visser when I saw her interviewing coaches, players and celebrities at the NCAA Tournament this year. Tragically, she, like so many before her, is experiencing the false promise of eternal youth in a plastic surgery scalpel that derailed horrifically off the tracks. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/visserplasticsurgery.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/visserplasticsurgery.html?29726 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:00:00 CDT Since last June many have asked me what I would change about our sports-talk radio scene. The one big thing I would do is add one station to the already crowded mix. It seems counterintuitive but this is no ordinary sports station. This would be Milwaukee's sports superstation: 94.5, WTMJ-FM. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/onefinalwish.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/onefinalwish.html?29524 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:00:00 CDT "I didn't realize it at the time," Hall of Famer Hank Aaron said. "But after we won the seventh game of the 1957 World Series, everything started to go downhill." http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/riseandfallofmkebraves.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/riseandfallofmkebraves.html?29419 Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:00:00 CDT Outward appearances cannot possibly tell you the full story of Damian Buchman's life, because according to the so-called "experts" he isn't even supposed to be alive. Nothing short of a medical miracle, Buchman was supposed to have died from a rare form of bone cancer some 20 years ago. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/abilitycenterprimer.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/abilitycenterprimer.html?29522 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:00:00 CDT "Now the children try to find it / And they can't believe their eyes." Frank Sinatra wasn't singing about Compadre Stadium, but he certainly could have been. After all, the Milwaukee Brewers former spring training home today is a far cry from its glory days, now 15 years removed from when it last played host to a baseball game. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/compadrestadium.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/compadrestadium.html?29496 Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:00:00 CDT Marquette has one of the top ten college basketball teams in the country. Unfortunately, outside of the tightly-knit university community, it seems as if few have noticed. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/marquettetoptenteam.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/marquettetoptenteam.html?29510 Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:00:00 CDT The Brewers lease at Maryvale Baseball Park is up after this year. Depending on your perspective that could be good news or it could be bad news. The good news is that the Brewers could demand something bigger, better or flashier. The bad news is that they could easily get everything they need and continue playing in a bad neighborhood. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/maryvaleleaseisup.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/maryvaleleaseisup.html?29500 Mon, 5 Mar 2012 11:00:00 CDT 1997 was the final year the Milwaukee Brewers competed in the American League. However, the city's association with the so-called "Junior Circuit" dated back nearly 100 years earlier. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/thefirstbrewers.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/thefirstbrewers.html?29483 Fri, 2 Mar 2012 11:00:00 CDT Rocky Bleier had always beaten the odds. He was never the biggest, strongest, or fastest running back this state has ever seen. However, he may go down as the most tenacious. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/rockybleier.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/rockybleier.html?29422 Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:00:00 CDT While Lew Alcindor was certainly the superstar he was advertised to be coming out of UCLA, the glue to the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks was Oscar Robertson, who would have never come here had it not been for an ugly, bitter divorce with his previous team, the Cincinnati Royals. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/oscarrobertson.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/oscarrobertson.html?29418 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Since I was a child I have been fascinated by sporting venues. I don't know exactly where this obsession originated other than my passion for sports itself, but the actual fields of battle have always been special to me. Even to this day if I have the chance, I like to get to the stadium hours before anyone else just to soak in the essence and aura of what historical moments had taken place on the various spots I was standing on. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ballparksofthepast.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ballparksofthepast.html?29420 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Perhaps it is where we are as a society in disbelieving what even the most ardent doubter had to agree was a sterling performance at the makeshift podium at Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix as the sporting world watched and listened. For as direct as Ryan Braun was, there are still millions around the country who cannot wait to boo him the moment he steps into the batters box anywhere but Miller Park. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/movingonfrombraunverdict.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/movingonfrombraunverdict.html?29424 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Against seemingly insurmountable odds, longtime baseball arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun had shown enough reasonable doubt with the chain of custody of his sample to warrant the game's first reprieve for a positive banned-substance test. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/braunawinner.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/braunawinner.html?29401 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:20:00 CDT After 15 years of arguments, controversies and injustices, the Lords of college football are finally talking about getting it right. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bcsmayfinallygetfixed.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bcsmayfinallygetfixed.html?29387 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun has won his appeal of a 50-game suspension for performance enhancing drugs. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/braunwinsappeal.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/braunwinsappeal.html?29400 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:40:00 CDT Constantly underrated and lacking blue-chip star power, what Buzz Williams has built at Marquette has been nothing short of remarkable. That the Golden Eagles have been steadily rising as one of the top programs in the nation despite losing such stars as Jerel McNeal, Wesley Matthews, Lazar Hayward, and Jimmy Butler to graduation is mind-boggling. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/muhoopsingoodhands.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/muhoopsingoodhands.html?29372 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT This isn't one of your typical rants about the Bucks are in peril or how the Brewers will miss Prince Fielder. Rather than opine in this space as I normally do about who will play quarterback next year for the Badgers or left tackle next year for the Packers, I want to use this space for something entirely different, if you guys will indulge me. Cancer. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/dougrussell/douggetscheckedunderthehood.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/dougrussell/douggetscheckedunderthehood.html?29371 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:08:00 CDT Why is Roger Goodell continuing his one-man obsession to expand the NFL season to 18 games? http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/goodellwants18games.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/goodellwants18games.html?29358 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT It is a town best known for being the birthplace of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Nestled in between the rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin, Richland Center is about to be known for something else, its first professional athlete. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ewingpreparesfornfldraft.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ewingpreparesfornfldraft.html?29351 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT It is a fine line between being in a funk and actually full-on quitting. And while it is true that you only can find the character of a man in his darkest hour, right now it is impossible to say whether or not the Milwaukee Bucks have reached that valley after falling to the putrid New Orleans Hornets at the Bradley Center Wednesday, 92-89. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/buckslooklost.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/buckslooklost.html?29337 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Can the Brewers sustain the loss of Prince Fielder? Can the Cardinals sustain the loss of Albert Pujols? Can the Reds rebound from the terribly disappointing season they had in 2011, just one season after winning their first division title in 15 years? http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/springtrainingbegins.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/springtrainingbegins.html?29314 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT After having played just 55 total minutes in the Knicks first 23 games of the season, Jeremy Lin was inserted into the rotation on Feb. 4 after coach Mike D'Antoni grew weary of the lackluster play of his guard tandem of Landry Fields and Iman Shumpert in the absence of the injured Baron Davis. Since playing his first impact minutes that evening vs. cross-river rivals New Jersey, Lin has become an object of fascination; an overnight cross-cultural international celebrity. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/Linsanity.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/Linsanity.html?29288 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT As I get older, I feel a lot like the narrator did during the run of the television show The Wonder Years did. Like an adult Kevin Arnold just looking back on a more innocent time with a smile. And while today's models of Chrissy Teigen, Kate Upton, and Brooklyn Decker may be looked at by today's kids as icons of their youth, for me it was Kathy Ireland and Elle Macpherson, with a little Christie Brinkley sprinkled in. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/siswimsuitisout.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/siswimsuitisout.html?29271 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Don't write the Bucks off just yet. They have had an incredibly bad run of luck, but things can turn around. Yes, that will take some good luck of course. But if a gem in the can come their way on draft day, that certainly helps. If it happens twice in two years, that can turn things around completely. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bucksunluckyteam.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bucksunluckyteam.html?29257 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Milwaukee loves a winner. But will it still support a team that isn't doing as well? http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/mkefrontrunners.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/mkefrontrunners.html?29242 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Stephen Jackson is an enigma. Some teammates and former coaches laud his team-first attitude. Then again, he was once charged with felony criminal recklessness and a number of misdemeanors, including assault, disorderly conduct, and two counts of battery. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/whatswrongwithmke.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/whatswrongwithmke.html?29226 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Tuesday night, Michael Redd returned to the Bradley Center for the first time since his departure from the Bucks when his six-year, $91 million contract expired at the end of last season. After the first two games of this season saw Phoenix struggle offensively, Redd signed a one-year, $1.3 million contract with the Suns, who beat the Bucks 107-105 Tuesday night. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/reddreturns.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/reddreturns.html?29210 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Until Sunday night, I never had the out of body experience I had while on the field where just an hour before the entire world was watching Tom Brady's pass fall just incomplete, giving Eli Manning and the New York Giants their second Super Bowl win in four years over the New England Patriots. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/dougrussell/ohwhatanight.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/dougrussell/ohwhatanight.html?29187 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:34:00 CDT Milwaukeeans universally love a few things. Summerfest. A cold beer on a hot day. The Packers. And, sports in general. Milwaukeeans also love winners and hard workers. If that hard worker happens to have a strong local tie, a fan favorite is born. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/mketalksjonl.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/mketalksjonl.html?29189 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Now, of course, football is a team game, but if the balloting were held today you would be hard pressed in denying all three their place in Canton. The other quarterbacks with multiple championships are Bart Starr, Roger Staubauch, Bob Greise, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, John Elway, Troy Aikman, Jim Plunkett, Ben Roethlisberger, and Brady. All but Plunkett among the retired quarterbacks are enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/giantsfanscometotown.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/giantsfanscometotown.html?29174 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT No, its not the Packers. But despite pledges from many Green Bay fans to boycott Sunday' s festivities, many will still tune in. After all, it is the great American game and few things are more entrenched than Super Bowl get-togethers. And while this year certainly will not have the same cache that last year's had in Wisconsin, it is still, after all, the Super Bowl. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/sb46preview.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/sb46preview.html?29153 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Frantic repairs were made wherever possible on the auxiliary seats. It was not going to be a perfect solution, but given the circumstances, even though it did not seem like it to those that were literally left out in the cold, the NFL was making every attempt to make things right. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/superbowlshutout.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/superbowlshutout.html?29140 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT Milwaukee and Indianapolis are strikingly similar. Both are blue-collar, hardworking communities that have a lot to be proud of. Neither is boastful; a sure sign of the modesty that has its roots firmly planted in the Midwest. Both Milwaukee and Indianapolis love their home teams; neither town's win every season so both cities cherish the victories they do get. If you go back into to the mid-1950s, having a team based in Milwaukee wouldn't seem far-fetched. After all, if Green Bay could have and sustain a team, why couldn't a city six times its size? http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/milwaukeesuperbowl.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/milwaukeesuperbowl.html?29125 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:00:00 CDT What began as a "picture day" way back in 1972 a few days before Super Bowl VI in New Orleans as a way for newspapers to get a snapshot and a few quotes before the NFL's championship has evolved into simultaneously the most celebrated and most loathed event of this week. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/mediadaymadness.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/mediadaymadness.html?29101 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:00 CDT One year ago, everyone in the state of Wisconsin got swept up in Packers fever. Even non-sports fans could not escape the excitement that others were feeling. Whether it was the grocery store that allowed checkers to wear green and gold sweatshirts and jerseys, or the relentless, non-stop news coverage of everything that was going on in Dallas, the Packers were ubiquitous. The Packers, either directly or indirectly, were everywhere. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/willuwatchsbonsunday.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/willuwatchsbonsunday.html?29100 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:00 CDT He plays hard, he is a leader on and off the court, and the Bucks have shown themselves to be mired in terrible funks without him. But after yet another debilitating injury to a franchise that needed another sucker punch to the gut as much as a Kardashian needs another television show, the question has to be asked. How much longer should the Bucks rely on Andrew Bogut? http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/boguthurtagain.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/boguthurtagain.html?29087 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:00 CDT It began as a lark in 1996 as fraternity brothers, members of Beta Theta Pi at UW-Oshkosh. Saturday, after 15 years, hundreds of shows, countless covers, some old original favorite standards, and even a few personnel changes, Old Mil will play its final show. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/oldmildisbands.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/oldmildisbands.html?29086 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:55:00 CDT Ever since Michigan State University came up with the kooky idea of building a rink in the middle of Spartan Stadium back in 2001 and staging a game there, both football and baseball venues all over North America followed suit. As was the case in East Lansing (where 74,544 fans crammed into the place) it has been like that everywhere. Fans have flocked to outdoor hockey games and are only asking for more. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/hockeyatmillerpark.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/hockeyatmillerpark.html?29072 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:00 CDT We all knew this day was coming, yet the finality of it seems too hard to bear. Tuesday afternoon, defying all sense and logic, the Detroit Tigers have signed now-former Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder to a nine-year, $214 million contract. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/fieldertodetroit.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/fieldertodetroit.html?29055 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:00:00 CDT