THIS WEEK IN WISCONSIN SPORTS HISTORY
1 year ago (2023): Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was a unanimous first-team all-NBA selection, while center Brook Lopez and guard Jrue Holiday were named to the NBA’s all-defensive first team. … After losing eight of 10 games and spending more than two weeks in second place, the Milwaukee Brewers win three straight to regain the lead in the NL Central Division. 5 years ago (2019): Homestead cross country runner Drew Bosley and Milwaukee Academy of Science basketball player Shemera Williams were honored as the male and female athletes of the year at the third-annual Journal Sentinel High School Sports Awards. … The Milwaukee Bucks advanced to the NBA Eastern Conference finals after defeating the Boston Celtics 4-1 in the conference semifinals.
10 years ago (2014): Three days after his contract wasn’t renewed by Racine St. Catherine’s administration, Bob
Letsch was given his job back as boys basketball coach. After tremendous support from the school community, Letsch – who had won eight state titles and 633 games at that time – was offered his job back by the school board. … The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the Milwaukee Bucks to new owners Marc
Lasry and Wesley Edens, who bought the team from Herb Kohl for $550 million. 25 years ago (1999): The Milwaukee Bucks were swept 3-0 by the Indiana Pacers in an NBA first-round playoff series. It was the Bucks’ their first playoff series in eight years. … The United States women’s national soccer team defeated the Netherlands 5-0 at Uihlein Soccer Park. Mia Hamm scored her 106th career goal, inching one goal within then-record-holder Elisabetta Vignotto of Italy. Two months later, the U.S. would win the women’s World Cup. 50 years ago (1974): Kareem AbdulJabbar scored on a 15-foot running hook shot from the baseline with 3 seconds left in the second overtime to give the Milwaukee Bucks a 102-101 victory over the host Boston Celtics to tie the NBA Finals series at 3-3. …
Butch Lee, who would help the Marquette men’s basketball team win the 1977 NCAA national title, accepted a scholarship to play for Al McGuire. Marquette beat out Duke, Detroit and Penn for the 6-foot-1 guard from the Bronx in New York.