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Longtime Viterbo volleyball coach Ryan DeLong joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk, as his team continues in the NAIA tournament. We discuss volleyball in the area, the expectations — perhaps unfairly — put on the 15th-ranked V-Hawks to seemingly always qualify for the postseason and how they got here this time around. La Crosse Talk airs…

The UW-La Crosse football team’s season came to an end Saturday in the second round of the Division 3 playoffs. The 18th-ranked Eagles were unable to complete the comeback at No. 3 St. John’s, losing 24-13. While it was just a 3-0 Johnnies’ lead at halftime, the Eagles (8-4) got down 10-0 early in the…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks owe much of their turnaround from a dreadful start to the way Giannis Antetokounmpo has raised his extraordinary game to an even higher level. LISTEN: Bucks at Detroit on WKTY beginning with pregame at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tune in on 96.7 FM / 580 AM He has three triple-doubles…

The 15th-ranked University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team hosts Michigan, after John Tonje scored 22 points in the Badgers 74-53 victory against the Chicago State Cougars. Tuesday’s meeting is the first this season for the two teams. Michigan Wolverines (6-1) at Wisconsin Badgers (8-0) Madison, Wisconsin; Tuesday, 8 p.m. BOTTOM LINE: No. 15 Wisconsin plays…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have added Frankie Montas to their depleted rotation, agreeing to a $34 million, two-year contract with the veteran right-hander. A person familiar with the negotiations confirmed the deal to the AP on Sunday night on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical.…

The seventh-ranked University of Wisconsin volleyball team will host the first rounds of the NCAA tournament. At 7 p.m. Friday, the second-seeded Badgers (23-6) will play Fairfield (21-11) in the first round. The winner plays either Tennessee (15-11) or No. 19 Georgia Tech (20-9) in at 7 p.m. Saturday in Round 2. Wisconsin made it…

The first-ever turkey day win at Lambeau Field, and Jordan Love finally got some leg. A year after the Fox broadcast booth ate all the turkey before Jordan Love could get any for beating the Lions, the 26-year-old QB got some this season. Love was 21-for-28 for 274 yards with two touchdowns to Jayden Reed…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love celebrated the Green Bay Packers’ victory on Thanksgiving by taking a bite out of a turkey leg and raising it in the air. His feast was a long time coming. Love led the Packers to a Thanksgiving Day triumph in Detroit last year but wasn’t given a turkey…

The Minnesota Vikings take their four-game winning streak home to face the Arizona Cardinals. The Vikings are 9-2 after a 30-27 overtime win at Chicago and favored by 3½ points according to BetMGM. The Cardinals are 6-5 after their four-game winning streak was stopped in a 16-6 loss at Seattle last week. Arizona has not…

UW-La Crosse football coach Matt Janus joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk with Ken Cooper on Wednesday to chat a bit about Round 2 of the Division III playoffs Saturday, ahead of Thanksgiving. Janus and the No. 16 Eagles (7-3) face the third-ranked team in the country, unbeaten St. John’s (10-0). That game can be heard…