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Realtor Dan Stacey was chosen Thursday night to throw out the first pitch for La Crosse Area Day for the Milwaukee Brewers. Stacey, who helps bring a caravan of kids each year to the game, will do that June 25 when the Brewers host the Pittsburgh Pirates. This is the 28th year La Crosse is…

UW-La Crosse outfielder Nate Witte made history this week, as the eighth-ranked Eagles saw their 16-game win streak snapped heading into a weekend matchup with No. 1 UW-Whitewater. Witte stole his 99th and 100th base, becoming the first player in the WIAC to ever do hit triple digits. The win streak for the Eagles (18-3)…

He worked the crowd like a seasoned emcee. Only this emcee happened to have a Super Bowl ring as a player and another as the Green Bay Packers president. Mark Murphy seemed in his element Thursday night at Stoney Creek Hotel in Onalaska, weaving around the crowded room full of green and gold, during a…

Ticket sales start on Thursday for this season’s Explore La Crosse Day with the Brewers.  The annual trip to Milwaukee takes place June 25 when the Brewers play the Pittsburgh Pirates at American Family Field. To get everyone in a baseball frame of mind, the event kicks off sales for tickets to the game and…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 23 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his third straight triple-double as the Milwaukee Bucks erased a 24-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103 on Tuesday night. Milwaukee won its fifth straight and snapped Minnesota’s five-game winning streak by producing the Bucks’ biggest fourth-quarter comeback since…

DENVER (AP) — Brice Turang, Christian Yelich and William Contreras hit seventh-inning home runs, Jackson Churio doubled and tripled, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Tuesday night. Freddy Peralta (1-1) struck out six in five solid innings for Milwaukee, which has won six of seven after starting the season with four…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Regular-season defeats don’t get much more brutal than the one the Minnesota Timberwolves suffered Tuesday. The wide-open nature of the Western Conference playoff race doesn’t give them much time to stew over what went wrong. Minnesota blew a 24-point lead by getting outscored 39-8 in the final 10 minutes — including 23…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bobby Portis is coming back from his 25-game suspension as the Milwaukee Bucks continue their push toward the playoffs. The 30-year-old forward is expected to dress for the Bucks’ game Tuesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves and make his first game appearance since the All-Star break. Portis was suspended on Feb. 20 after testing…

The UW-La Crosse baseball team started the season 2-2. Since, the 10th-ranked Eagles have rattled off 15 consecutive wins, including a four-game sweep over No. 24 UW-Oshkosh. The Eagles (17-2 overall, 8-0 WIAC)) are two years removed from getting to the NCAA Division III championships. Last year, they lost in the first round of the…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers will hold a public ceremony honoring the life of longtime broadcaster Bob Uecker before their Aug. 24 game with the San Francisco Giants. Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio had announced plans for this type of summer ceremony in January after Uecker died at the age of 90. The date…