How I got hooked on sports: When your favorite player calls you “mom”

Born and bred a Cheesehead, I grew up cheering for the Packers and Brewers, particularly Robin Yount, Paul Molitor and the rest of the 1982 Brew Crew. I listened to Al McGuire’s Marquette Warriors win the 1977 NCAA championship on my radio long before I dreamed of attending MU. I didn’t pay much attention to the Bucks, and hockey wasn’t even on my radar.