Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Khris Middleton, along with representatives from United Healthcare, fired up students at Lancaster School by delivering new coats to every student on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Hundreds of students received new winter coats, hats, and mittens to keep them warm as they walk to school or wait at bus stops. The gift… [Read More]
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Milwaukee Bucks Bobby Portis donates 100,000 meals, partners with Feeding America
October 6, 2022
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, people greeted Bucks player Bobby Portis by chanting his name. Portis announced a $25,000 donation to the organization, which is equivalent to 100,000 meals. Portis took the stage for an hourlong Q&A. During the discussion, he shared his future involvement with Feeding America and the… [Read More]
The Milwaukee Bucks are the first NBA champions to visit the White House since 2016
November 11, 2021
President Joe Biden welcomed the reigning NBA champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, to the White House on Monday, November 8, 2021, making them the first NBA champions to visit since 2016. “In sport and in a democracy, unity perhaps is the most elusive thing and the most necessary thing,” Biden said. “But that’s who this team… [Read More]
Milwaukee celebrates a Milestone Bucks Victory
July 29, 2021
Thousands of fans lined downtown Milwaukee streets on Thursday, July 22, 2021, to catch a glimpse of their beloved Bucks in a parade to celebrate the city’s first NBA championship in half a century. Six police officers on horseback clopped past cheering fans at the head of a procession that included a hook-and-ladder fire truck… [Read More]
BUCKS WIN IN SIX!: First Title Win Since 1971
July 22, 2021
On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, the Milwaukee Bucks beat a fifty-year slump and won the NBA Championship title in an amazing sixth game. Among the highlights Giannis Antetokounmpo ended the game with 50 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 to win the series 4-2 at the… [Read More]
Get to know Milwaukee Bucks’ top three star players
July 22, 2021
Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo, born December 6, 1994)[3] is a Greek Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Antetokounmpo began playing basketball for the youth teams of Filathlitikos in Athens. In 2011, he began playing for the club’s senior team before entering the 2013 NBA draft, where… [Read More]
Milwaukee Bucks win ECF, head to NBA Finals for first time in 47 years
July 8, 2021
The Milwaukee Bucks are playing in an NBA Final for the first time in 47 years! To get there they defeated the Atlanta Hawks 4-2 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals series. Despite not having star Giannis Antetokounmpo for the last two games due to a hyperextended left knee, the Milwaukee Bucks were able to… [Read More]
Bucks newcomer Jrue Holiday announced on Instagram he will donate the remainder of his 2020 salary to support black, small-owned businesses, including in Milwaukee
December 31, 2020
In the season of giving, professional basketball player Jrue Holiday of the Milwaukee Bucks has decided to donate the rest of his “2020 NBA salary to small Black-owned businesses, nonprofits, and initiatives,” according to an Instagram post from over the weekend. “With the COVID-19 Pandemic and heightened racial injustices in 2020, many of us have… [Read More]
MPS Foundation supports students; donors include Khris Middleton and Zilber Fund
April 30, 2020
The MPS Foundation is pleased to announce that more than $60,000 has been raised to support MPS students and families during school closures. Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Khris Middleton has donated $25,000 and his gift will be fully matched by the Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Trust Fund, through the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. Together, the two… [Read More]
MPS celebrates tree donation in honor of Bucks’ success
May 23, 2019
Students and staff at MPS Milwaukee School of Languages (MSL) celebrated a gift of four new trees this month along with Bango and the Milwaukee Bucks. The trees are a donation from American Transmission Company (ATC), which has provided 573 trees this spring in honor of every Bucks three-point shot at Fiserv Forum this season…. [Read More]
