05/20/13: The Wendy's Big Show 4pm Hour
Would the Milwaukee fight as hard as Sacramento or Seattle did for an NBA team, talk about Charles Woodson's search for a new team, and who will win the running back battle for the Packers?
05/20/13: WSSP Basketball Insider Gery Woelfel
Gery discusses Jerry Sloan's agents comments on why he chose not to become the coach of the Bucks, if the team has a plan this off-season, and the latest on the search for a new coach.
05/20/13: The Wendy's Big Show 3pm Hour
Alonzo Mourning stated that Scottie Pippen said to him that LeBron would beat MJ in a one on one game, do you agree? WSSP Basketball Insider Gery Woelfel joins the show.
05/20/13: Jason La Canfora of Cbssports.com
Jason talks about why he thinks Eddie Lacy is a breakout player this year, his view on the Packers as an organization, the view of Charles Woodson by those around the league, and more.
05/20/13: The Wendy's Big Show 2pm Hour
Did the recent road trip affect your interest level in watching the Brewers and going to Miller Park to see a game? Did Andrew Wiggins make the wrong decision? Plus, Jason La Canfora of Cbssports.com joins the show.
05/17/13: The Wendy's Big Show 5pm Hour
The guys reset the biggest topics from today's show asking callers to pick-a-lane. Plus, the status update and best of the 1250 sound off line.
05/17/13: The Wendy's Big Show 4pm Hour
What has been the Brewers biggest problem so far this season? Also, what's the craziest thing you've ever done to get a girl.
05/17/13: WSSP Baseball Insider Adam McCalvy
Adam discusses the Brewers recent struggles, if he expected to be saying the Brewers were in last place at this point of the season, what the alternative to Rickie Weeks would be, and more.
05/17/13: The Wendy's Big Show 3pm Hour
Do the changes to the Packers offense concern you at all? Discussion on Phil Jackson's comments on Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. WSSP Baseball Insider Adam McCalvy joins the show.
First place finisher every week gets 10 pts, second place-8 pts, 3rd place-6 pts, 4th place-4pts
1.) Sparky - Hou RB Arian Foster - 34.3 pts
2.) Gary - SF RB Frank Gore - 24.7 pts
3.) Ramie - NE QB Tom Brady - 25 pts
4.) LeRoy - Sea RB Marshawn...
First place finisher every week gets 10 pts, second place-8 pts, 3rd place-6 pts, 4th place-4pts
1.) Ramie - Min RB Adrian Peterson - 32 pts
2.) LeRoy - Was RB Alfred Morris - 24 pts
3.) Sparky - Ind QB Andrew Luck - 13 pts
4.) Gary - Hou (Oilers)...
First place finisher every week gets 10 pts, second place-8 pts, 3rd place-6 pts, 4th place-4pts
1.) LeRoy - Min RB Adrian Peterson - 69.10 pts
2.) Ramie - SF RB Frank Gore - 37-90 pts
3.) Sparky - Was QB Robert Griffin III - 22.30 pts
4.) Gary -...
First place finisher every week gets 10 pts, second place-8 pts, 3rd place-6 pts, 4th place-4pts
1.) Ramie - TB RB Doug Martin - 36.90 pts
2.) LeRoy - Min RB Adrian Peterson - 35 pts
3.) Gary - Ten RB Chris Johnson - 17.10 pts
4.) Sparky - Hou RB...
Why? Why Derrick Rose? Why did you have to get hurt last year? Why did you have to get cleared in March by doctors? Why did we have to know you got cleared? Why did your brother have to tweet about it wasn't worth it for you to come back after the trade...
Normally these blogs are sports related but I've decided to use it for another purpose and that's to promote a very worthy effort in CPS3. It's the third Cancer Prevention Study that the American Cancer Society has put together, the first linked...
I've tried to let this topic go since last week's Robert Haack Diamonds Post Game Show, but I simply can't! I received an e-mail during the show talking about the problems a listener had getting a bar to turn the Bucks game on. After reading that...
Are you a Brewers fan? If you are and you've never been to spring training before, let me tell you to add it your bucket list. I know in the middle of the winter in Wisconsin, you probably can't wait for baseball to start at Miller Park. There isn't...
The NFL Combine experience has really changed over the course of the years. My first time coming here about four years ago at the RCA Dome, I was able to broadcast Sparky's Midday Madness in a hallway along with another radio station from Texas....
As many people that listen to the Wendy's Big Show know, I am a person that tends to hold grudges and not let things go all that easily. If you know me or listen to the Wendy's Big Show fairly regularly, you also realize my dislike for Indiana head coach...
I decided this weekend to go see some good high school basketball, as I normally don't have a chance to, with the Bucks schedule the way it is. The game I chose to go to was packed, so I was forced to stand in a corner of the gym packed in with others,...
You may or may not be aware that the PBA announced a while back that they will be returning to Southeastern Wisconsin for their Summer Series. Now if you haven't heard, then you haven't listened to the Spare/Time Bowling Show on Sunday mornings at 9am...
Below is my take from the games I watched between Monday, July 16th and Thursday, July 20th.
Atlanta Hawks
Keith Benson- F/C- 6'11"- I was impressed from what I saw a year ago. He seems more comfortable around the rim and looks like he belongs...
First round draft pick Dantone Jones worked at right defensive tackle in the base 3-4 defense. BJ Raji played that spot last year so did Johnny Jolly before his drug suspension. This kid is very athletic - the truth is he can play anywhere on the...
People have been asking me about the Packers first round pick Datone Jones on twitter. I thought I would give you my opinion here in a blog. Good pick for the Packers - seems like Ted Thompson finally picked a defensive lineman that fits the Dom...
I remember draft day like it was yesterday. Some scout from the Dallas Cowboys came in town the night before and took me and my then girlfriend, soon to be wife, Cathy out to dinner. The next day he wanted to come over and watch the draft with me. I...
Ted Thompson, Mike McCarthy and Mark Murphy's model for building and sustaining a successful organization is through the draft. They also believe in developing and resigning there own players to big contracts instead of signing free agents to...
Athletic Director Barry Alvarez announced this week that the Badger football team will be playing Alabama In 2015. The Cowboys Stadium Classic will be hosted of course by Jerry Jones at the new Texas Stadium. I know there are a lot of fans wanting the...
Our mantra over past years is "In Ted We Trust". But lately we have seen teams make bold moves in free agency to get better. The latest this year has the 49ers picking up Anquan Boldin for a 6th round pick, they have now replaced Randy Moss, just...
Tavon Austin, Stedman Baily from West Virgina was by far the best in Group 1, Justin Hunter from Tennessee caught the ball very well with his hands. QB Landry Jones of Oklahoma didn't perform well, over threw and behind receivers all day, Mike...
Super Bowl XLVII talk of the San Fransisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens has been going on all week long. The ultimate hype machine also known as the NFL has taken center stage in America. Compelling story lines such as Harbaugh versus Harbaugh or ...
After hearing about Junior Seau's death, and then reading George Koonce's doctorial dissertation on the transition to regular life after the end of a football career, brought back memories of how I was not prepared to deal with the "real world"...
Bo Ryan is a lot like old school coaches that we wish were still involved in college sports. Like Bo Schembechler and Bobby Knight. He is what's right about college sports. What is wrong with holding kids to a higher standard these days and teaching...
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Gary Ellerson
Gary "The Mule" Ellerson, is no stranger to Milwaukee sports fans. After a stellar playing career at UW-Madison, Ellerson saw time in the USFL with the Memphis Showboats, where he was a teammate of the late Reggie White. He moved on to the NFL with the Green Bay Packers from 1985-86 and then with the Detroit Lions in 1987. Following his football career, Ellerson appeared as a TV analyst on "The Pack Attack" on WISN Channel 12.
Ellerson started out with WSSP as co-host of the Green and Gold Post Game Show. In 2005 he became a full-time employee at WSSP as co-host of the mid-day show. Currently, Ellerson is co-host of the afternoon drive "The Big Show", as well as continuing to host the Green and Gold Post Game. Ellerson also appears every Monday and Friday on CBS 58 during the Packer season for "Chalk Talk with Gary Ellerson."
Gary continues to be involved in the community and with the NFL Alumni Association, where he serves as Vice President of the Milwaukee chapter and champions the Alumni Golf outing to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Milwaukee. He is also in involved with the NFL Alumni Madison and Green Bay Chapters and is a member of the NFL Players Association.
Steve "Sparky" Fifer started out his career in radio in Kenosha, WI interning for Tim Allen and helping to produce a weekend sports talk show for Tim Allen and John Weiser. After a couple of months of interning, he was put on the payroll and started jocking oldies at night on the AM station while engineering high school football and basketball games during the week. During this time he attended Gateway Technical College for Radio Broadcasting, while maintaing two other jobs outside of his radio gig.
After ownership changed, he left to go to Lake Geneva to try his hand in sales. After three months of making every attempt, he didn't make one sale!! Management figured out they made a mistake and made him the morning show producer. While in that role he broke out as an on-air personality by playing the character "Stuttering" Stu Michaels. Sparky used that momentum to cruise into Milwaukee radio a short time later. He landed a gig at WISN-AM as producer of The World’s Greatest Sports Talk Show, staying in that role for 6 years.
When WSSP launched in 2005, Sparky joined the roster. One of the most busy personalities on the station, you can hear him on The Big Show(Weekday Afternoons 2-6pm), Sparky’s Final Inspection (Saturdays 12p-2p), Milwaukee's Real Basketball Post Game Show (after Bucks games)and the Usinger's Baseball Post Game Show (after Brewers games). When he's not on the air, you can catch the avid NASCAR fan following the exploits of his favorite driver, Kevin Harvick.
Ramie Makhlouf (AKA Sir Ramie Makhlouf, AKA Tres Locos Man, AKA Rocky California, AKA Francis, AKA The Big Selfish), having grown up in Palatine, Illinois, is the resident Chicago fan (Cubs, Bears, Bulls) at SportsRadio 1250 WSSP. Ramie graduated in 2004 from UW-Parkside with a Bachelors Degree in communication and started his broadcasting career as an intern at WRJN in Racine, where he eventually worked his way up to producing all things sports on the station.
He's been with WSSP since 2005 and when he's not trying to keep The Big Show on track, you can catch Ramie as the producer and update anchor of The Usinger's Baseball Post-Game Show and Sunday mornings (10-noon) during the football season, as the co-host (along with Tim Allen) of Fantasy Football Weekly. A few interesting facts about Ramie: he's dabbled in stand-up comedy, seen Phish in concert fifteen times, and lived in Madison for a couple of years in the height of The Ron Dayne Era. Ramie currently resides in Kenosha with his parents and dog, Rocky.
