MILWAUKEE – Matt Velazquez, who covered the Milwaukee Bucks for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is leaving the newspaper after 7 1/2 years.
Velazquez announced his departure Tuesday, his last day with the Journal Sentinel. He explained in a farewell column that he is leaving to help his wife fulfill her dream of becoming a physician.
A Connecticut native, Velazquez joined the Journal Sentinel in July 2013 as a reporter covering the Marquette men’s basketball team and as a digital sports producer. In July 2017, he shifted to the Bucks beat.
Veteran sportswriter Jim Owczarski will take over for Velazquez on the Bucks beat, the Journal Sentinel announced Thursday. Owczarski previously had covered the Green Bay Packers beat for the Journal Sentinel since the start of the 2018 season.
