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Chorizo Sausage Eats It During Sausage Race
A reader sends in this front-row view of the Chorizo Sausage eating it during tonight's Sausage Race at Miller Park. ...
Pacers Bench All Five Starters, Still Beat Bucks
When Pacers coach Frank Vogel announced he would sit all five starters for last night's game against the Bucks, it was like a thought experiment come to life. Can a good team's second unit beat the starters of a historically awful team? It was close, but...yes!...
Ryan Braun Homers Three Times To Heavy Boos And "Cheater!" In Philly
Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun showed off his power today in a 10-4 win over the Phillies, bashing three home runs to a Philadelphia crowd who reminded him of his suspension for banned substances last season. Seriously, they were not having any of it....
Wily Peralta "Takes Huge Dump" In Pre-Game Player Introductions
We would say Brewers pitcher Wily Peralta took a spill, or had a fall, as the pregame festivities continued at Fenway Park. But we prefer how ESPN's Joe McDonald put it:...
This Photo Is An April Fools' Joke, But We Wish It Weren't
No, Hank the dog did not bite one of the Milwaukee Brewers sausage racers on the dick, but we really wish he had. The photo, which has been floating around Twitter today, is from an obviously joke-y post on OnMilwaukee.com. But the fact that this photo is fake doesn't mean that Hank the dog isn't st...
Ryan Braun Gets Cheered In First Appearance Since PED Suspension
Milwaukee fans gave Ryan Braun a standing ovation for his first at-bat since serving a 65-game suspension for his role in the Biogenesis scandal. This shouldn't be a surprise—Crowd Cheers its Team's Best Player—but some folks seem to have forgotten how this thing goes....
The Brewers Are Selling Awful Novelty Shirts
It's hard to put into words the feelings this Carlos Gomez collage stirs. Mostly, I feel shame, embarrassment, and a little anger. And sadness. Shame, embarrassment, anger, and sadness. We can probably include confusion, too. Shame, embarrassment, anger, sadness, and confusion. I feel these things f...
Hank The Dog Gets A Hero's Welcome In Milwaukee
Hank the dog stays winning like no dog before him. Over the weekend, Hank arrived at his new permanent home in Milwaukee, and he was welcomed in style....
The Brewers Are Bringing Hank The Dog To Milwaukee
It's a big day for Hank the dog, the stray who became an unofficial mascot of the Milwaukee Brewers when he wandered into the team's spring training facility in Arizona. The Brewers have decided that Hank, because he is such a good doggie, will be spending the baseball season in Milwaukee with the ...
Francisco Rodriguez Can't Pitch Because He Stepped On A Cactus
Francisco Rodriguez sees your weird spring training injury, Jake Peavy, and he raises you a foot full of cactus barbs....
On The Anniversary Of His Death By DeAndre, Brandon Knight Dunks
One year ago last night, Brandon Knight got in the way of a DeAndre Jordan dunk and basically died. We haven't seen much of Knight since that fateful evening, but last night he marked the anniversary of the dunkpocalypse with a half-decent throwdown of his own. For that, we feel like he deserves a ...
O.J. Mayo Ejected For Punching Greg Stiemsma
Bucks guard O.J. Mayo tried running through a screen set by Pelicans big man Greg Stiemsma and reacted like he got hit in the face with Stiemsma's shoulder. Mayo wrapped himself up with Stiemsma for a moment and when they got untangled, Mayo punched him....
This Is The Best Giannis Antetokounmpo Story Yet
Thanks to SI's Chris Mannix, we now have yet another reason to love Bucks rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo. Take it away, Chris:...
Hank The Dog Runs In A Milwaukee Brewers Sausage Race
Hank the dog continues to solidify his status as the world's best baseball doggie. Today, Hank the dog got to face off against the Brewers' famous sausage racers, an honor that has surely never previously been bestowed upon a stray dog who survived being hit by a car. ...
The Milwaukee Brewers' Adopted Stray Dog Is The Best Dog
This is Hank the dog. Hank is a stray who wandered into the Milwaukee Brewers' spring training facility last week, and has since become the team's unofficial mascot. Hank is the best dog....
OJ Mayo Ties His Shoe While Playing Defense, Play Goes Poorly
Remember that time Mike Miller lost his shoe during the Heat's comeback in game 6 of the finals, ran around holding it, and then drained a three to cut the Spurs' lead? OK, good: now imagine the opposite. ...
The Bucks' Y2K Night Contest Has Broken Their Fax Machine
Saturday is "Y2K Night" in Milwaukee, and they are committed to the theme. 2000-era pricing, an appearance from Glenn Robinson, and a halftime performance by Coolio. But the absolute best part is the contest—for which entrants will have to somehow figure out how to use a fax machine....
Who Is The Greek Freak? Your Guide To The NBA's Coolest Rookie
Unless you are a big Milwaukee Bucks fan or a basketball nerd who lives on the internet, it’s very likely that you have not yet been properly introduced to Giannis Antetokounmpo. It’s time for that to change, because he is the most exciting rookie in the NBA....
Bucks Fans Purchase Billboard Urging Team To Tank
Remember this: for how awful and dumb the Knicks were last night, they were still better than the Bucks. There's not a lot of short-term hope in Milwaukee, so some concerned fans have paid for a billboard that would seem to emphasize lottery balls over basketballs....