MILWAUKEE (AP) Thousands of fans lined downtown Milwaukee streets on Thursday to catch a glimpse of their beloved Bucks in a parade to celebrate the city’s first NBA championship in half a century.
Six police officers on horseback clopped past cheering fans at the head of a procession that included a hook-and-ladder fire truck, occasionally blaring its horn, and open-air buses and flatbed trucks carrying Bucks stars including Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jrue Holiday, as well as the trophy they captured Tuesday night with a Game 6 victory over Phoenix.
Fans could be heard chanting, “Bucks in 6,” an odd but popular rallying cry with roots in a former Bucks player’s fruitless prediction in 2013 that the team would take down the playoffs’ top seed at the time.
Unvaccinated in Wisconsin are ‘sitting duck’ for COVID-19
July 22, 2021 3:32 PM Scott Bauer, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and the state’s top health leaders on Thursday urged anyone age 12 or older who will be attending school in the fall to get vaccinated as soon as possible for COVID-19, as cases surge in the state due to the more contagious delta variant.
The call comes amid a growing concern in Wisconsin and nationally about growing numbers of COVID-19 cases. In Wisconsin, the seven-day average of new confirmed cases was 242 as of Thursday, which was three times as high as two-and-a-half weeks ago. There have been 7,393 deaths from the disease in Wisconsin since the start of the pandemic, with an average of one per day over the past week.
The Latest: Australia state declares emergency over COVID-19
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The Latest: Australia state declares emergency over COVID-19
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Milwaukee Bucks championship parade; fans turn out by thousands
By Angu00e9lica Sanchez, Aaron Maybin, Sam Kraemer and FOX6 News Digital Team
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Bucks fans embrace the team after first NBA Championship in 50 years
Thousands of people poured into downtown streets on Thursday to catch a glimpse of the Milwaukee Bucks in a parade that celebrates the city’s first NBA championship in half a century.
MILWAUKEE - It was a party unlike anything the city of Milwaukee has ever seen. Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown on Thursday, July 22 to catch a glimpse of their beloved Bucks in a parade to celebrate the city’s first NBA championship in half a century.