The Milwaukee Bucks will be on the search for a new TV broadcast home after the season, with official word that Main Street Sports is closing its regional-sports network operation.

Main Street, which oversees the FanDuel Sports Wisconsin network that carried Milwaukee Brewers games before 2026 and still carries Bucks games, will no longer carry games for a slew of NBA teams in addition to Milwaukee. All those teams will be free to find new in-market deals for 2026-27.

The news doesn’t come as a surprise for the floundering sports group, but it does leave Bucks broadcasts next year in limbo.

According to the Sports Business Journal:

“For linear – where the rights fees will likely be under $10M annually – many of those teams could either switch to local over-the-air channels or their own in-house networks, such as the Cavaliers’ Rock Entertainment Sports Network.

“For streaming (and even linear, as well), the NBA is urging teams to sign one-year deals or packages with at least a one-year exit clause, in the event the league does not launch a national streaming platform until the 2027-28 season.

“But sources said there is a sense multiple teams could shift to a streaming-only template for next season with platforms such as DAZN or Victory+ – which would be a first for NBA teams.”

In other words, wherever the Bucks land next year, it could be a different model than what fans have known in recent years – and it could be temporary.

Main Street ended its relationship with a number of baseball teams after the 2025 season, with Brewers games now produced by Major League Baseball. Among new agreements with a variety of providers, games are now streamed on the Brewers.TV platform operated by MLB.

SBJ also indicated none of Main Street’s 13 NBA teams have received local media rights payments in 2026, though each team could receive as much as 60% of their lost TV money from Main Street’s creditors once they sign a dissolution agreement.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Jamal Mitchell was killed in the line of duty on May 30, 2024, responding to an apartment on Blaisdell Avenue on a report of a shooting.

The Minneapolis City Planning Commission plans to discuss naming a portion of Blaisdell Avenue in Mitchell’s honor.

Honoring Jamal Mitchell

The backstory:

The planning commission will recommend to the city council a petition that will rename Blaisdell Avenue between Franklin Avenue W. and 22nd Street West to Officer Jamal Mitchell Way.

The proposal was put together last month and submitted to the city by Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Brian O’Hara.

Jamal Mitchell killed

What we know:

Minneapolis police were called to an apartment on Blaisdell Avenue South just after 5 p.m. for a report of a shooting.

While en route, an officer stopped to help what appeared to be a possible victim.

That’s when Mitchell was shot in what authorities describe as an ambush. He later died at the hospital. A civilian and the gunman also died, while three others, including a firefighter, were injured in the mass shooting. 

Mitchell had been with the Minneapolis Police Department since 2022, and was sworn in by Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. 

What they’re saying:

O’Hara remembered Mitchell fondly, saying, “I knew Jamal. I had the distinct honor of swearing in Jamal as a Minneapolis police officer. Shortly after hitting the street, I commended and honored him for running into a burning house in the 5th Precinct to rescue an elderly couple. He loved the job, he loved the MPD, and he was faithful to the oath he swore unto his death.”