About Rich

Rich Rovito is a veteran journalist who currently serves as a contributing writer at Milwaukee Magazine, where he writes longform and shorter stories for print along with daily stories for the magazine’s website.

He’s also a long-time stringer for Associated Press Sports, covering college and professional sports in Wisconsin, as well as some spot general news coverage. Rich also works as a stringer for MLB.com, writing team-specific stories for publication on the league’s website.

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Milwaukee Magazine Articles

It has proven transformational for the local building design landscape. It’s also a defining work of its world-renowned Spanish architect. And in the years since its completion, the Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum – so synonymous with the man who designed it that most locals to this day...
Attending a live performance is a wonderful way to spend an evening. And in our city, we have the luxury of many different options to choose from, including the symphony, Rep, the Florentine and the ballet. But the COVID-19 pandemic changed audience habits, not just here but across the nation. Audiences...
At the outset of Impossible Town, you might anticipate that the film will reach a triumphant conclusion. The documentary follows a decades-long battle to get at the truth about carcinogenic compounds known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) left behind by the coal mining industry in the rural southern West Virginia town...

Associated Press Sports Articles

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willy Adames tied the major league record with his 13th three-run homer of the season, going deep on his 29th birthday to lift the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers over the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3. Adames homered for the fifth consecutive game, matching the Brewers record shared by Jeromy...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyler Kolek had 28 points, eight rebounds and six assists as No. 8 Marquette drubbed No. 12 Texas 86-65 on Wednesday night in a Big East-Big 12 Battle matchup. Kam Jones added 17 points for Marquette (7-2), which rebounded from a 75-64 loss Saturday at in-state rival...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — From college walk-on to major league starter, Chicago Cubs right-hander Alec Mills had to earn most every break he got. On the brink of big league history, he was happy to welcome this bit of luck: expecting to see two-time batting champion Christian Yelich in the on-deck...

MLB.com Articles

The champagne is on ice for the Brewers.

In what many considered to be a rebuilding year for the Brewers, the team finds itself on the cusp of not only a division title, but a chance to earn a first-round bye.

Ryan Feltner has had several effective outings over the past two months, only to be haunted by a frustrating lack of run support that still left him searching for his first win since April. Feltner finally got that win but not before center fielder Brenton Doyle snagged a fly ball off...
The second-half resurgence of Rockies veteran hurler Kyle Freeland continued in Milwaukee on Sunday. In one of his better outings of the season, Freeland held the Brewers to three hits and one unearned run over six innings as the Rockies went on to a 4-1 victory at American Family Field to take two...

WUWM Articles

Once a major node of Milwaukee’s manufacturing industry, city leaders are now looking for a new blueprint for the 30th Street Industrial Corridor. Once the site of major manufacturers like Briggs & Stratton, A.O. Smith and Badger Meter, these manufacturing giants have either closed or moved out of the area....
In early December of 2021 as many were celebrating the holiday season, a major event happened in Milwaukee. 400 gallons of oil drained into the Menomonee River, after an accident at Komatsu Mining Corp on the city’s south side. The oil began to saturate the water, ending up in the...
There was a time in the 1980s and ‘90s when so-called “midnight basketball” leagues were seen as a promising tool to give young, at-risk men in high school a productive use of their time. But after a few years, the leagues fell out of favor. Now, a new midnight basketball...

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