CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A Chippewa County man is using his backyard to pay tribute to a sports broadcasting legend.

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

Dating all the way back to the event's conception, WrestleMania has always featured celebrity guests in a variety of ways.

He showed up at Wrestlemania and let Andre the Giant manhandle him. He played a head in a jar on Futurama, telling the world he "hadn't seen play this bad since the days of Bob Uecker." ...

The Brief The Milwaukee Brewers have announced a public event to celebrate the memory of the revered Bob Uecker. The official "Celebration of Life" event will take place Aug, 24 throughout the day ...

Fans, players and executives simply couldn’t hold back their appreciation for Bob Uecker, who died Jan. 16 at the age of 90 after broadcasting Brewers games for the last 54 seasons ...

Kopp’s donated 20% of the custard sales to the Make-a-Wish Foundation, in honor of Uecker’s career batting average of .200. Milwaukee loved Uecker because of what he meant to the city.

Milwaukee Brewers fans gather near the Bob Uecker statue outside of American Family Field prior to a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Kansas City Royals on Monday, March 31 ...

"Bob Uecker loved it," Hogan said when reflecting on the WrestleMania moment Andre the Giant choked Uecker. " [Bob] was so into the wrestling. He was one of the boys.

Uecker appeared at two Wrestlemanias in the 1980s. His iconic run-in with Andre the Giant in 1988 is most remembered and frequently part of the Wrestlemania highlight reels.

Bob Uecker was a comedian even during his playing days. The native of Milwaukee signed his first professional contract with the hometown Braves in 1956 and began his big-league career in 1962.

Uecker’s celebrity propelled him to the star-studded days of the early Wrestlemanias, and in 1988, at Wrestlemania IV, he learned not to mess with the larger-than-life Andre The Giant.