Wisconsin was the center of the golf world last weekend and baseball had plenty of interesting, though Brewer-less, races going. But the first rule of Badger State sports fans was already in effect: Once the Packers hit training camp, nothing else comes close in importance. And once they face another team...

You never forget your first love, even when it comes to sports venues. For one of the Observers, coming to Milwaukee as a Marquette student in 1968 sparked a relationship with a modest building at Fourth and Kilbourn that involved hundreds of evenings and plenty of fun...

Sunrise, sunset. Last weekend saw the Green Bay Packers open training camp for a season that many expect to be glorious, even as the Milwaukee Brewers all but proved their season won't fulfill the hopes...

For weeks the Brewers were treading water, never able to get higher than eight games below .500 and watching the Cardinals and Reds monopolize the division race. When the Observers chatted by phone last Thursday (with Frank still immersed in Yankee Land) the Brewers had just seen three starting pitchers in four games give up 10 or more runs...

In the end, the tributes rolled in for George Steinbrenner. From Bud Selig, who as Brewers owner decried big-market advantages and as baseball commissioner wrung some revenue-sharing out of Steinbrenner’s empire. From former New York...

The momentous news came, and somehow Earth maintained its rotation. After seven years of individual glory but no NBA titles, LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat...

Sunday began so brightly for the Brewers. First they learned they had three National League All-Stars in Ryan Braun, Corey Hart and Yovani Gallardo. Then they sent Gallardo, their ace, to the mound in St. Louis with a chance to win a key four-game series. Then things changed...

Every year at this time there's a lot of optimism about whomever the Milwaukee Bucks have drafted. But really, no one can be sure. Last year's first-round pick, point guard Brandon Jennings, had a dazzling rookie season. But 2008's top pick, Joe Alexander, was an injury-plagued bust who didn't last two...

Sometimes the allure of sports lies not in flawless execution but the excruciating difficulty of performing the basics under pressure. The times when the analysts say, "Well, it wasn't pretty, but…

Soccer's big problem in the United States is simple: It's fun to play but a challenge to watch because the ball doesn't go in the net...