Category Archives: Bobble News

UW-Madison Marching Band director Mike Leckrone has a new bobblehead and it plays music By KELLY MEYERHOFER UW-Madison’s beloved Marching Band Director Mike Leckrone, who is retiring at the end of the academic year, has a new bobblehead and this one plays a familiar tune to Badger fans. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum…

Now you can have a mini Michael Leckrone play 'On, Wisconsin' to you By Matthew Clark MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Marking his retirement after 50 years, a new bobblehead is paying tribute to the legacy of Wisconsin marching band's director.  The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee has unveiled a limited edition bobblehead of  University of Wisconsin-Madison marching…

Limited edition bobblehead celebrating Clemson's 2018 National Championship win available for pre-order By Jon Randall The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame Museum announced they will be selling an officially licensed, limited edition bobblehead celebrating the Clemson football team's 2018 National Championship win.  The bobbleheads will feature the Clemson mascot, The Tiger, on a National Championship…

Limited Edition Bobblehead Alert: Nick Foles By TIRION MORRIS Did you not quite get what you wanted for the holidays and are in the mood to treat yourself to something special? Well, Wildcats fans, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum just unveiled a limited edition bobblehead of Nick Foles in his University of…

Atlanta United players again made into bobbleheads By Doug Roberson CHICAGO —  MLS champs Atlanta United will be honored with bobbleheads, lots of bobbleheads. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame is making licensed bobbleheads of the following players to honor them as members of the MLS Cup-winning team: Darlington Nagbe Ezequiel Barco Hector Villalba Josef Martínez Miguel…

UW-Madison Marching Band director Mike Leckrone has a new bobblehead and it plays music By KELLY MEYERHOFER UW-Madison’s beloved Marching Band Director Mike Leckrone, who is retiring at the end of the academic year, has a new bobblehead and this one plays a familiar tune to Badger fans. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum…

National Bobblehead Hall of Fame in Milwaukee working on project to commemorate Negro Leagues legends for 100th anniversary By JR Radcliffe The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame Museum in Milwaukee is taking on a new challenge with a Kickstarter campaign aimed at producing a series of officially licensed bobbleheads to commemorate the 100th anniversary of…

15 THINGS TO ADD TO YOUR MILWAUKEE BUCKET LIST FOR 2019 By MATTHEW PRIGGE For this coming New Year, don’t just make resolutions that you’ll abandon after a few weeks. Instead, add a few things to your Milwaukee Must-Do list! Here are 15 things to tack on to a local “bucket list” for 2019: 1)…

Kirkland man building bobbleheads for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum By Vanessa Misciagna Step into Jay Caldwell's Kirkland home and it hits you like the crack of a bat hitting the ball: this man has a passion for baseball. "I'm bordering on hoarder status," Caldwell says.  The retiree's home is full of baseball memorabilia collected at…

Let’s See Your Mets Memorabilia: Bobblehead Time! By Carl Aridas According to Webster’s a bobblehead is a figurine with a disproportionately large head mounted on a spring so that it bobs up and down, often made as a caricature of a famous person. A noun: bob·ble·head   /  ˈbäbəlˌhed Bobbleheads came into my life when the…

Kirkland man campaigns for baseball bobbleheads that bring civil rights stories to life By Paige Browning Bobbleheads of Negro leagues players are the focus of a history campaign by a Kirkland baseball fan. Jay Caldwell is raising money to create some of the first-ever bobbleheads of black baseball players who were prevented from joining Major…

Steve Martin in retirement: Hornets icon on weight loss, 30 years in NBA, Curry’s charm By RICK BONNELL Retirement is treating Steve Martin very well. For the first December in a long time, he hasn’t packed on 20 pounds of winter weight from traveling with the Charlotte Hornets. He’s up around sunrise each morning, probably…