02-09-2008, 05:25 AM
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It's Junior Bridgeman night in Milwaukee
And what a good day to pick for it, too. JS has a couple of Bridgeman features in honor of the event:
Bridgeman has interest in investing in Bucks
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Former Milwaukee Bucks great Junior Bridgeman is interested in being part of a local ownership group once U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl puts the team up for sale.
Bridgeman, in Milwaukee to see his No. 2 jersey rededicated by the Bucks at halftime of their game against the New York Knicks tonight at the Bradley Center, expressed interest in joining an ownership group. Kohl, who bought the team on March 1, 1985, has said in the past that he has no timetable for selling the team but is intent on selling to an owner or ownership group committed to keeping the team in Milwaukee.
And if that's the case, Bridgeman is an interested party.
"I would not want to be the main person," Bridgeman said Friday. "You'd like to add whatever insights you have into the game and that would be how I see being involved."
Asked if he had spoken with Kohl about ownership, Bridgeman said he had talked with the senator about a number of issues.
"But there again, when's he ready I think he will talk to me," he said. "My sense is that you don't push him. It's not anything that he wants public, to happen. When he thinks the time is right, with the right group, I think he'll do something. For the last 20-some years, he has carried the load for the franchise. Just because of that, it deserves to happen on his time frame."
Although Bridgeman is based in Louisville, he has a strong business presence in Wisconsin. Bridgeman oversees 160 Wendy's franchises in five states, including 42 in Wisconsin
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It's Junior Bridgeman night in Milwaukee
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