Herb Kohl

Brett Doucette will celebrate his 40th birthday Tuesday, the same day that "An Evening with Aaron Rodgers" at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the MACC Fund. It's a happy coincidence, considering Doucette's...

Ed Boon was pulling punches. I could tell immediately: Why else would Aquaman be wiping the floor with Batman? Not to mention, I was playing Ed Boon in a video game, a fighting game, that Ed Boon, the king of the fighting-game genre, created. The game...

When the Bulls and Blackhawks moved from the old Chicago Stadium to a new building with a corporate name, I thought fans would never adjust. Years later, I assumed we'd still be using the familiar name Chicago Stadium. I was wrong. United Center...

The Bucks' motivation to win a win-or-go-home Game 4 against a team that essentially has not lost in five months is unclear. You'd like to think they have the kind of competitors who see nothing beyond the next play. Maybe Brandon Jennings is still...

Student honors: The following students were named 2013 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Initiative Scholars for their classroom work and potential for success in college and beyond. Initiative scholars receive a $1,000 award from the Kohl Foundation....

The Milwaukee Bucks have told NBA Commissioner David Stern that when the team's lease at the BMO Harris Bradley Center expires in 2017 the franchise will have a plan that includes a new arena. Stern made that clear Friday in a teleconference with...

It is Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, there are basketballs bouncing all around me, sneakers squeaking and fans cheering. UCLA is playing San Diego State in the Wooden Classic, and I don't care. Being a basketball court, this is Rick...

Between the presidential candidates and congressional races, at least $4.2 billion may have been spent on an election that ultimately ended up preserving the status quo in Washington. Voters elected the same president and the same political parties --...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Republicans to cooperate with an expanded Democratic majority Wednesday, a day after the Democrats picked up at least one more seat in the chamber. "It is better to dance than to fight," said Reid, D-Nevada....

WASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...

The Hill, a political newspaper, unveiled its annual list of the 50 richest lawmakers on Tuesday. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, held on to the top slot with a cool $290.5 million. "McCaul remains in the stratosphere of the very richest...

In a letter sent Friday to the Federal Trade Commission summarizing the Senate antitrust subcommittee's findings, the top solons on the body raised "significant competition issues" in Universal Music Group's proposed purchase of EMI Music's label assets....