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After getting ranked as high as No. 11 with an 8-0 start, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team has dropped two consecutive games. The Badgers (8-2), who lost to unranked Michigan and then-No. 5 Marquette last week, fell back to 20th in the rankings. Wisconsin looks to get back on track Tuesday, on the…

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Sam Darnold pinballed around his collapsed pocket to dodge a sack on third-and-8, before slicing through a skinny opening to sprint right in search of more space as Justin Jefferson’s hand shot up downfield. Darnold let rip an on-the-run throw that sailed 45 yards in the air and straight into Jefferson’s…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Darnold tossed aside his stoic demeanor for a moment after realizing he was on the videoboard, aggressively twirling a towel to further stoke the crowd’s fire after the Minnesota Vikings had pulled away from Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons late in the game. “I just felt the buzz. That was pure passion, pure joy,…

The committee that chose the 12 contenders for college football’s national title was only worried about one thing — ranking the teams. Where those teams landed in the College Football Playoff bracket was based on a formula created by conference commissioners. That jumbled up the pairings — there are some big gaps, for instance, between…

Lexi Donarski had nine points in limited action, as the 16th-ranked North Carolina women’s basketball team blew out Coppin State 72-46 on Sunday. Starters played limited minutes. Donarski was out there for 21 and went 3-for-5 from beyond the arc, adding four rebounds, a block and a steal. For the season, Donarski, in her final…

The 15th-ranked Viterbo University women’s volleyball team needed a sweep against No. 7 Southern Oregon on Friday to guarantee a spot in the NAIA Elite Eight. Things worked out the complete opposite way, though, as the V-Hawks fell 3-0 (25-21, 27-25, 25-15) and were eliminated in pool play by S. Oregon (32-6). Viterbo ends its…

The Milwaukee Brewers are losing a fan favorite and power from both the middle of their lineup and the middle of the infield. Shortstop Willy Adames has agreed to a $182 million, seven-year contract with San Francisco, providing the Giants with a power-hitting shortstop in the prime of his career, according to a person familiar…

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin and Marquette volleyball teams are headed to the Sweet 16. The seventh-ranked and second-seeded Badgers are looking to get back to the Final Four for the second consecutive season. They beat No. 18 Georgia Tech 3-1 on Friday night at the UW Field House. At 6 p.m. this Friday, the…

Green Bay’s season-long struggles against NFC North opponents have made the Packers ’ remote chance of winning a division title increasingly unlikely. The Packers (9-4) dropped to 1-3 in divisional games Thursday night when they fell 34-31 at Detroit. Their only divisional win was a 20-19 triumph at Chicago on Nov. 17, and they needed…

A lot covered on Thursday’s La Crosse Talk PM with Adam Hoffer, including how much taxpayers would be on the hook if the Badgers fired their football coach, how much Wisconsin loses by not legalizing vices like sports betting and weed, plus Chi Chi’s is coming back and Kmart is almost gone. La Crosse Talk…