Sports Nut

There was a lot to be excited about last night in the Bucks season opener. The block from Giannis. Larry Sanders patrolling the lane. Jabari Parker going coast-to-coast. Somehow, though, none of those things really grabbed my attention. The thing that grabbed my attention was Jared Dudley barking out defensive assignments audible on my television in the third quarter. Focus on Jared Dudley and listen for his voice in the first seven seconds. “Dive! Triple! Triple! Triple! I’m right here. I’m right here. Here help down. Larry! Larry! Get out there!” That’s how you play defense on the backside. A…

Photo by Eyton Z/Flickr As a new Milwaukee Bucks season, and a new Bucks era, tips off, Milwaukee Magazine’s Dan Shafer and Howie Magner fired up their email accounts and fired away with their questions and answers. Yeah, maybe they got a bit carried away. Dan Shafer: One year ago, if you would’ve told me the Bucks would enter the 2014-15 season with the No. 2 overall pick in a loaded draft, and new billionaire owners committed to keeping the team in Milwaukee, I would have been doing backflips down Wisconsin Avenue. Like many Bucks fans, I’ve pined for the…

  It’s called The Drunkard’s Walk, and it has nothing to do with how Brewers fans are responding to the team’s sudden faceplant. Which doesn’t mean such (unendorsed) walks aren’t happening like it’s the day after Prohibition’s perdition. Just that it’s not the particular walks relevant here. No, this Drunkard’s Walk refers to a book with the daunting subtitle of How Randomness Rules Our Lives. And though author Leonard Mlodinow piles on the bane of my high school existence — namely, math — he does an expert job of making advanced concepts on statistics and probability accessible to not-so-advanced schlubs…

With Packers season set to kick off in Seattle, Milwaukee Magazine‘s Howie Magner and Dan Shafer exchanged thoughts on tonight’s game and expectations for the season ahead.    Howie Magner: You’re dressed quite professionally today. But now that Thursday is here and the Packers season starts tonight, shouldn’t you be toasting it with your Tramon Williams plastic cup while wearing a Clay Matthews jersey, and perhaps even a Clay Matthews wig? Dan Shafer: You don’t see it now, but I am wearing my Clay Matthews jersey-shirt, and my brain is playing this video on repeat. I’m pretty excited the season…

Bucks guard Brandon Knight at Urban Day School 12th Street Campus. Photo courtesy Milwaukee Bucks It’s now been more than a year since the Milwaukee Bucks acquired Brandon Knight in a trade with the Detroit Pistons. Knight emerged as one of the few bright spots in the Bucks’ dreadful 2013-14 season, leading the team in points (17.9 per game) and assists (4.9 per game). He also led the team in shot attempts by a wide margin despite missing 10 games due to injury. Now, in this first full summer as a Milwaukee Buck, the 22-year-old guard has been active in…