Adam Rogan

Wisconsin

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Freelance at Milwaukee Magazine

Part-time Danny Devito fan account. Three gas stations have tweeted at me. He/Him.

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Articles

8 Midwestern Things We Know (and Don’t Know Yet) About Pope Leo XIV

4 weeks ago | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

Born as Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, the man who on Thursday in Vatican City became known as Pope Leo XIV, was a world traveler long before he was elected to lead the Catholic Church. He went to high school at a seminary in Michigan, studied mathematics at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, returned to Chicago to further his studies and later to teach high school, spent many years as a missionary in Peru, and was even an educator right here in Wisconsin. But just how Midwestern is he?
High Schoolers Can Now Make Money Like College Athletes, Kind of

1 month ago | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

An unprecedented era is now here. High school student-athletes, like NCAA competitors and professional athletes, can now make money off of their “Name, Image and Likeness” in Wisconsin. By an overwhelming 293-108 vote, the WIAA (the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association) approved this tectonic upheaval Friday, April 25This new reality was unthinkable even a decade ago.
Brewers Broadcaster Jeff Levering Is Taking the Reins Left by Bob Uecker

2 months ago | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

Jeff Levering calls it “poetic” that his playing career peaked in the same state that his MLB broadcasting career began. Despite winning the 2003 D-III World Series in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, as a designated hitter with California’s Chapman University, Levering knew he didn’t have a future as a player. But much like a player, the Sacramento native worked his way through the minors as a broadcaster for a decade before making it to Milwaukee’s major league radio team in 2015.
The Inside Story of Bob Uecker’s Final Goodbye to the Press Box

2 months ago | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

Jeff Levering pretty much knew his broadcast partner of 10 years would never call another game after his Milwaukee Brewers blew a late lead in a deciding Oct. 3 wild card game to the New York Mets. Levering was one of the very few even within the Brewers organization who knew about Bob Uecker’s two-year battle with small cell lung cancer, and it wasn’t looking good. “That one had some sting on it,” were Ueck’s last words as a broadcaster.
As Playoffs Loom, Are the Bucks … Good?

2 months ago | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

There are two different Milwaukee Bucks teams this year.
Our Deep Thoughts on the Milwaukee Minnow

Mar 4, 2025 | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

A 33-foot boat has been stuck along the shore between McKinley and Bradford beaches since Oct. 13. The wet sand around its keel and propeller has foiled salvage attempts, as has lake ice. The boat – officially named Deep Thought but also known as Milwaukee’s S.S. Minnow – will likely remain immobilized until spring. It’s owned by a Mississippi couple, Richard and Sherry Wells, who told local reporters that they ran out of gas when they were caught in a storm.
Remembering One Moment From Each of Khris Middleton’s Legendary 12 Seasons With the Bucks

Feb 7, 2025 | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

Let’s take some time to remember just one moment from each of the 12 seasons when he suited up for the Bucks, from hitting an oft-forgotten but somehow also unforgettable buzzer-beater game-winner on coach Jason Kidd’s birthday, to multiple MJ-like playoff performances. There was a time when Middleton was probably the best on the Bucks. It was his second season in the NBA and well-before Giannis came into his own. Within Middleton’s first two-dozen games with the Deer, his potential shone through.
Remembering Bob Uecker in Three Small Moments

Jan 16, 2025 | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

In a eulogy, you cannot tell the whole story of someone’s life. You’ve only got time for a few moments that… I’m not going to say a few moments that “mattered,” but rather ones that were emblematic. The stories that show who that person was. I never met Bob Uecker. I’d only seen him in person when I’d peek up into the press box at County Stadium or Miller Park/American Family Field. To me and to most of us, he was a broadcaster. The greatest, best entertainer for our Brewers.
This Extremely Online Bucks and Packers Fan Knows Ball

Jan 14, 2025 | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

At 3:58 a.m., Nathan Marzion tweeted a meme. In it, his parents are depicted at age 24 agreeing to get married and have a baby, paralleled with himself at the same age waking up before 4 a.m. to watch Giannis’ Greek National Team lose in the Olympic quarterfinals in Paris. Marzion is the kind of sports obsessive who watches Packers preseason games at a wedding ceremony – something he did and posted about.
This Local Startup Invented a Device to Keep Medical Tubes from Dislodging

Jan 10, 2025 | milwaukeemag.com | Adam Rogan

Perhaps the worst day of RN Lindsey Roddy’s nursing career came seven years ago when a Milwaukee patient’s life support line started to pull out of his neck when it snagged on some bedside equipment, causing him to go quicky downhill. The near-fatal mishap stuck with Roddy. U.S. patients suffer 19 million “device dislodgements” a year –why weren’t ICU nurses equipped with more than tubes and tape?