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Green Bay delivered the NFL’s first shutout of the season on Monday. The Packers beat New Orleans 34-0 to make sure the 2024 season wouldn’t be the first in NFL history without a shutout. The previous low in any season was two, which has happened five times overall and twice in the Super Bowl era…

The Green Bay Packers visit the Minnesota Vikings in a clash of playoff-bound clubs. This is the first time in the 64-year history of the rivalry that both teams take at least 11 wins into the game. Minnesota won 31-29 in Green Bay earlier this season in Week 4. Packers quarterback Jordan Love matched a…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Middleton played for just the seventh time this season, scoring 21 points, but without Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, the Milwaukee Bucks couldn’t hold of Brooklyn. The Nets rallied late for a 111-105 victory in Milwaukee on Thursday night. It was the third consecutive game the Bucks didn’t have their two…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell’s stirring locker room tribute to his team last week at Seattle was respectfully interrupted by seven-year veteran right tackle Brian O’Neill, who flipped the script on the game ball awards by tossing one to the boss in honor of his second 13-win season in three years. The Vikings have obliterated even…

Over a week between games, Onalaska native Lexi Donarksi and the 17th-ranked North Carolina women’s basketball team will be back in action this weekend. At 3 p.m. Sunday, the Tar Heels put their 12-2 record on the line at 11-1 Miami — a week before they face off against No. 3 Notre Dame (10-2). Donarski,…

Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before. Whelan was out with her boyfriend’s family Monday in Duluth, Minnesota, when she saw the owl “just hanging out there, literally” after car and bird…

Led by free-agent bargains Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry, the number of big-play running backs is rivaling the number of high-production wide receivers for a change. With two weeks remaining in the season, there are 11 players who have reached the 1,000-yard milestone in both rushing and receiving, a far cry from the pattern in…

Caitlin Clark raised the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both the college ranks and the WNBA, and Tuesday she was named the AP Female Athlete of the Year for her impact on and off the court. After leading Iowa to the national championship game, Clark was the top pick in the WNBA…

Sam Darnold sensed the backside pressure as soon as he dropped back with Minnesota trailing by four points late in the fourth quarter in Seattle, so he moved into a safe space in the pocket and did precisely what the Vikings would prefer him to do with the game on the line. He threw the ball down…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Even though their long-shot hopes of winning the NFC North have vanished, the playoff-bound Green Bay Packers believe they can make a legitimate run at their first Super Bowl appearance since their 2010 championship season. A rapidly improving defense gives them ample reason for confidence. The Packers (11-4) followed up…