Sunday, September 26, 2010

Live Blog: Milwaukee @ Cleveland State

Friday, September 24, 2010

Live Blog: Milwaukee at Valparaiso

Join assistant SID Chris Zills as the Milwaukee men's soccer team opens league play with a match at 5-0-1 Valparaiso starting tonight at 7 p.m.

Live Blog: Milwaukee @ Youngstown State

Women's soccer plays the fifth of its seven-straight road games at Youngstown State Friday night at 6 p.m. central time. If you're early, sign up for an e-mail reminder.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Live Volleyball Blog - Milwaukee @ Cleveland State

#1 vs. #2 in the Horizon League battle it out in Cleveland tonight, as the preseason favorite Panthers meet the homestanding, who are 10-0 and were picked second in the league. Action from Woodling Gym starts at 6 p.m. CDT.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Live Blog: Men's Soccer vs. San Diego State (Madison, Wis.)

Follow along with Assistant SID Chris Zills as the Panthers take on San Diego State in game two of the Wisconsin Soccer Classic in Madison.

Live Blog: Milwaukee @ Missouri

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Volleyball Live Blog - Milwaukee at Green Bay

Friday, September 17, 2010

Live Blog: Milwaukee @ Kansas

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Live Blog: Men's Soccer vs. Dayton (Madison, Wis.)

Follow along with Assistant SID Chris Zills as the Panthers take on Dayton in game one of the Wisconsin Soccer Classic in Madison, Friday at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Women's Basketball Finds an Empty Box

Milwaukee women's basketball assistant coach Heather Morris and director of basketball operations Nichole Drummond find a use for an empty box.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Running the Hill with the Panthers

Running the hill with the Milwaukee women's basketball team as part of their preseason conditioning.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Live Blog: Milwaukee @ Wisconsin

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Panthers Pitch-In With Empty Bowls


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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s volleyball team helped out with the Milwaukee Empty Bowls project recently.

The Panthers helped design bowls that will be sold at a fundraiser as part of the efforts to assist hunger programs in the Milwaukee area.

Empty Bowls is a grassroots effort to raise money and awareness in the fight to end hunger and food insecurity. Each group that participates in the Empty Bowls project works with their community to create their own event.

Milwaukee Empty Bowls started in 1999 with the same concept - to raise funds for food and hunger programs here in Milwaukee. Milwaukee Empty Bowls has a special fundraising event set for Oct. 9, with the event benefitting the Agape Community Center, The Cathedral Center, Friedens Community Ministries, Inc., Milwaukee Christian Center, The Gathering and Repairers of the Breach.

At the event on Oct. 9, attendees will get to select from over 2,000 original handcrafted bowls and sample soups and breads from over 50 local chefs. Proceeds from a donation ($20 minimum per bowl including the Grab Bag Express, four bowl limit per person and $10 Kids' Bowls, no limit) will benefit food pantries and meal programs in the greater Milwaukee area. The Grab Bag Express allows you to enter "fast track" line in which you can purchase a bowl that has been pre-selected for you. The bowls are to be taken home as a reminder that someone's bowl is always empty.

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Live Blog: Milwaukee @ Marquette

I apologize, the blog will start a little late tonight. BUT, I will spend the rest of the game trying to make it up to you.

Monday, September 6, 2010

An Early Look At Horizon League TV Games

Here is the press release the Horizon League issued Friday regarding its ESPN games and the HLN Game of the Week package.

UWM will be on at least five times, it appears. Those games are the home contests with Butler, Loyola, Detroit and Green Bay along with the road game at Valpo. We'll probably set the Time Warner schedule over the next month.




Thirty-five Horizon League men’s basketball games, including twenty-four regular-season conference games, comprise the 2010-11 schedule to be telecast nationally and regionally, the League announced Friday (Sept. 3). All ten League teams will make an appearance on the ESPN family of networks.

Highlighting the package is the rematch of the 2010 NCAA championship game between Butler and Duke. ESPN will carry that game from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., on Dec. 4. Butler, the defending League champion and national runner-up, also will be featured against Stanford on Dec. 18. CBS will telecast that game from Hinkle Fieldhouse.

ESPN also will air Butler road games at Louisville on Nov. 16 and at Xavier on Dec. 9.

Highlighting League games will be Detroit’s visit to Butler on Feb. 12. ESPN2 will carry the game that pits the Bulldogs against Coach Ray McCallum and his son and incoming freshman, McDonald’s All-American Ray McCallum.

The McCallums also will be featured in another unique game at Central Michigan where Coach Ernie Zeigler welcomes his son, Trey, onto the roster. ESPNU will air that game on Dec. 18.

Also featured will be Wright State’s season-opening game at Indiana that will air on ESPNU on Nov. 14 and Purdue at Valparaiso that will air on ESPNU on Dec. 7.

ESPN2 and ESPNU will also air two wildcard games on Sat. Feb. 5. ESPN will select which two games to air in mid-January and will decide which game will air on ESPN2 and which game will air on ESPNU.

The Horizon League Network schedule of eight games begins Jan. 8 with Detroit’s visit to UIC and will feature each of the 10 League schools at least once during the season.

“We are delighted with the amount of national and regional exposure Horizon League teams will receive through these various platforms,” said Commissioner Jon LeCrone. “We anticipate we will have a highly competitive League this year. This is a great opportunity for our student-athletes, men’s basketball programs, and our fans.”

The League’s ESPNU and ESPN3.com schedule will tip-off with four Friday night double-headers starting with Cleveland State at Butler and Youngstown State at Valparaiso on Jan. 7. Butler at Detroit and Valparaiso at Wright State will be aired on Jan. 14; followed by Green Bay at Butler and Milwaukee at Valparaiso on Jan. 21. Detroit at Milwaukee and Wright State at Green Bay will close out the Friday night wildcard games on Jan. 28. ESPN will decide two weeks out which game will air on ESPNU and which one will air on ESPN3.com.

Rounding out ESPNU’s regular season coverage is Wright State at Butler on Thursday Feb. 10 and Detroit at Wright State on Friday, Feb. 25.

ESPN3.com will also air the following additional games: Butler at Milwaukee on Monday, Jan. 3, Butler at Green Bay on Tuesday, Feb. 15, and Loyola at UIC Wednesday, Feb. 16.

ESPNU will air the Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship semifinals Saturday, March 5, and the Women’s Basketball Championship Sunday, March 13. The Men’s Basketball Championship remains in its usual spot on Tuesday, March 8 at 9 p.m. on ESPN. All games on ESPN and ESPN2 also will be simulcast on ESPN3.com.

The League’s HLN Game of the Week schedule includes: Detroit at UIC on Jan. 8, Loyola at Milwaukee on Jan. 15, Wright State at Cleveland State on Jan. 22 and Butler at Valparaiso on Jan. 29. The ESPN wildcard game scheduled for Feb. 5 will determine whether Loyola at Detroit or Green Bay at Milwaukee will be aired on HLN. Continuing in February is Youngstown State at Cleveland State on the 12th, Butler at UIC on the 19th and Green Bay at Cleveland State on the 26th. HLN games will be aired at 2:00 p.m. ET in each of the Horizon League’s local markets.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Live Blog: Milwaukee at New Hampshire

Sorry, no live blog from New Hampshire tonight due to technical difficulties. You can still follow the live state here. Plus, there will be a full recap on the main site after the match.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Jeter Honors Father At Iowa Football Game This Weekend

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men’s basketball coach Rob Jeter will pay tribute to his late father by serving as an honorary captain for the University of Iowa football team in its season opener Saturday.

Rob Jeter will accompany the Iowa captains to the center of the field for the pregame coin-flip, then will be with the Hawkeyes in the locker room before and after the game as well as on the sidelines during the contest.

All-Big Ten Iowa halfback Bob Jeter lettered three times (1957-59) and played on two Rose Bowl teams at Iowa. He was named outstanding player in the 1959 Rose Bowl and set three Rose Bowl records in Iowa's 38-12 win over California, rushing for 194 yards while scampering 81 yards for a touchdown in that game.

Bob Jeter went on to an all-pro career with the Green Packers and Chicago Bears. After being drafted by the Packers in the 1960 NFL draft, he went on to play 11 years as an NFL cornerback. He won three NFL Championship rings with the Packers and is a member of the Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame.

Bob Jeter passed away in November of 2008.

The Hawkeyes face Eastern Illinois in an 11 a.m. contest at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Live Blog: Milwaukee at Marquette

The 2010 men's soccer season opens tonight at Marquette!

The battle for the Milwaukee Cup kicks off at 7 p.m.

Watch live on TWC Sports 32 or follow along with me, SID Chris Zills, on the live blog...