The Milwaukee Bucks professional basketball franchise joined the National Basketball Association in 1968 and earned a championship title just three years later with the help of Hall of Fame player Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). The team has made one other appearance in the NBA Finals in 1974. Hometown fans support the Bucks at Milwaukee's aging Bradley Center. Local businessmen Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman were originally awarded the basketball franchise. Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, whose family started the Kohl's department store chain, has owned the Bucks since 1985.

D'Amico & Partners, Inc. trades on the partnership between Italian cuisine and upscale locations. D'Amico & Partners is a leading fine dining operator in Minneapolis with its flagship D'Amico Cucina offering world-class cooking in the city's historic Butler Square district since 1987. The company also operates Cafe & Bar Lurcat (pronounced "lur-swah") locations in Minneapolis and Naples, Florida. In addition to fine dining, D'Amico & Partners offers casual contemporary cuisine at its handful of Campiello and D'Amico & Sons locations, as well as catering services. The family-owned business was started by brothers Richard and Larry D'Amico.

Together Management Group usurps the role of the traditional village matchmaker. The company operates an offline dating service under the brand names The Right One and Together Dating. The service sets up matches between singles using personal interviews with professional matchmakers; members must submit to background checks. Together Management Group was founded in 1974 and began franchising in 1981. It operates through more than 55 offices across the US.

This company adds a dash of fun to its cuisine, and customers eat it up. Max & Erma's Restaurants operates and franchises about 100 family-style restaurants in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and a handful of other states. Known for its gourmet hamburgers and bathtub-sized sundae bar, the chain serves a variety of moderately priced menu items, including chicken, pasta, salads, and steak dishes. The company's restaurants are typically free-standing units that sport a collection of local memorabilia. Franchisees operate about 25 locations, while the rest are company-owned. The company, owned by Pittsburgh-based investment group G&R Acquisition, filed for bankruptcy in 2009.

TableMAX lets casinos take video blackjack to the MAX. TableMAX Corporation (formerly CJPG) manufactures multi-player video gaming machines that allow up to five people to play games of blackjack and different variations of poker. A single monitor and optional side bets encourage players to interact and make the games feel more like a live table game. Its gaming software allows the machines to be networked within and across casinos for large progressive jackpots. TableMAX sells directly and through distributors. TableMAX Corporation acquired CJPG, previously known as Casino Journal Publishing Group, through a reverse merger in 2008.

Family-owned Shibley Management operates Yours Truly Restaurants, a chain of about 10 family-style eateries in the Cleveland area. The restaurants offer traditional American fare for lunch and dinner, such as chicken broils and hamburgers, as well as an all-day breakfast menu that includes specialty omelets. Brothers Larry, Art, and Jeffrey Shibley opened the first Yours Truly location in 1981.

There's something fishy about these restaurants, but it's not suspicious in any way. Rubio's Restaurants operates a popular chain of more than 190 Rubio's Baja Grill fast-casual restaurants found mostly in Southern California. The eateries feature fish tacos, lobster burritos, shrimp quesadillas, and other seafood dishes from the Baja region of Mexico. Rubio's has a small number of franchised and licensed locations, including specialty units at San Diego's Petco Park Stadium (home of the San Diego Padres) and the Honda Center in Anaheim, California (home ice for the Anaheim Ducks). Investment firm Mill Road Capital is taking the company private.

San Francisco Forty Niners owns and operates the San Francisco 49ers professional football team, which boasts five Super Bowl championships (a mark it shares with the Dallas Cowboys). The franchise was started in 1946 as part of the All-American Football Conference (AAFC) and joined the National Football League in 1950. Its burst of championship glory came in the 1980s and 1990s with the help of such stars as Joe Montana and Steve Young. The team was started by brothers Anthony and Victor Morabito; it is owned by Denise DeBartolo York through her family's DeBartolo Corporation.

Big Buck Brewery & Steakhouse operates a casual dining spot in northern Michigan that offers handcrafted microbrews and a menu featuring steaks, chicken, seafood, and pasta dishes. It produces a variety of beers under such labels as Big Buck Beer and Buck Naked, as well as seasonal and specialty varieties. William Rolinski started the restaurant business in 1994.

Cameron Mitchell Restaurants lays out the white tablecloth in Columbus, Ohio, and beyond. The company operates about 20 upscale establishments encompassing more than half a dozen dining concepts, including Cameron's American Bistro, Cap City Fine Diner & Bar, Marcella's, Martini Modern Italia, Martini Italian Bistro, Molly Woo's Asian Bistro, and Ocean Prime. Many of the company's restaurants are found in and around Columbus but it also has dining operations in about half a dozen other states. In addition, Cameron Mitchell offers catering services. Founder, chef, and president Cameron Mitchell left cross-town rival Fifty-Five Restaurant Group in 1992 to open his first restaurant, Cameron's American Bistro.

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