Chuckie and Jamie Brown-Soukaseume of Ahan in Madison also are semifinalists in the category. They were the only semifinalists in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee this year for any of the awards. The Midwest region includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

The NBA on Thursday revealed the starters for the revamped All-Star Game, and there wasn’t much in the way of surprises. LeBron James is officially an All-Star for the 21st year.

In the category of Best Chef Midwest, Milwaukee has a cadre of semi-finalists: second-time semifinalists Ross Bachhuber and Samuel Ek of Odd Duck; six-time semifinalists Daniel Jacobs and Dan Van Rite of EsterEv and second-time semifinalist Kyle Knall of Birch who was also named as a semifinalist for Outstanding Chef in 2022

Coaches select the reserves, after the 10 names for the starters pool were announced last week through a combination of fan voting (50%), media voting (25%) and active player voting (25%).

Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others are Alvin Robertson in 1986, David Robinson in 1990 and 1991, and Tim Duncan in 1998

Known as Growing MKE, it seeks to encourage housing development by changing Milwaukee's zoning rules. The plan needs Common Council approval.

Victor Wembanyama is one of the league’s very best players. The San Antonio star and reigning Rookie of the Year is an All-Star for the first time, one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the Feb.

Cleveland State travels to Milwaukee in Horizon play Saturday. Saturday's matchup is the first this season between the teams.

The versatile guard is named to the Western Conference reserves; teammate Norman Powell is not despite averaging a team-best 24 points per game.

For the fourth time in his NBA career, Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown has been named as an All-Star for the Eastern Conference.

Domantas Sabonis is The Biggest Snub What is a snub? A snub is a guy that can't get no love from ... the voting panel for the NBA All-Star Game. Maybe a handful of you understood that joke. But it is true.

Coaches selected the reserves after the 10 names for the starters pool were announced last week through a combination of fan voting (50%), media voting (25%) and active player voting (25%).