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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…

WINONA, Minn. — Cotter High School girls basketball coach Pat Bowlin got his 700th career win on Thursday night with a 57-33 win over La Crescent/Hokah. It comes nearly five years after picking up win No. 600 on Nov. 30, 2019. Bowlin, who began coaching girls basketball at St. Bernard’s in 1983, took over at…

The seventh-ranked University of Wisconsin volleyball team had no problem in the first round of the NCAA tournament, sweeping Fairfield 3-0 Friday night at the UW Field House. All Round 2 games appear to be on ESPN+. Later round will make it to actual stations The Badgers (24-6) play No. 19 Georgia Tech (21-9) at…

DETROIT (AP) — The Green Bay Packers got an unexpected extra chance to stop the Detroit Lions’ offense on Thursday night. They still couldn’t do it. With 43 seconds left in a 31-31 tie, the Lions faced fourth-and-inches from the Packers 21. They were in easy field-goal range for Jake Bates, but coach Dan Campbell…