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UW-La Crosse junior Lauren Jarrett set a an NCAA Division III record over the weekend, competing in California. Friday, the La Crosse native broke the 100-meter dash record with an 11.23 finish at the Azusa Pacific University Invitational. The old 100 record was 11.49, set in 2023 by Michelle Kwafo of the U.S. Coast Guard…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers believe their aggressiveness on the basepaths is part of their identity. Never was it more apparent than on Sunday. Milwaukee stole nine bases in a 14-1 victory over the Athletics to break the team’s 33-year-old record for steals in a game. All of them came in the first four innings. Six…

It’s now reasonable to think that Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo finished third in this season’s balloting for the NBA MVP award. The NBA released the three finalists for its major trophies on Sunday night, with Antetokounmpo on the MVP list alongside Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver’s Nikola Jokic, the runaway frontrunners for the award. Jokic…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s Damian Lillard is listed as questionable for Game 2 of the Bucks’ first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, another step forward for the seven-time All-NBA guard after missing the past month. The Bucks had announced Thursday that Lillard was off blood-thinning medication and cleared for full basketball activity after dealing…

It’s go time. The race for the Larry O’Brien Trophy is finally beginning. The 2025 NBA playoffs start Saturday with four games: Indiana-Milwaukee, Denver-Los Angeles Clippers, New York-Detroit and Los Angeles Lakers-Minnesota. The other four Game 1s are Sunday: Oklahoma City-Memphis, Boston-Orlando, Cleveland-Miami and Houston-Golden State. Miami and Memphis claimed the last two spots with play-in wins on Friday…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich drove in three runs and Caleb Durbin had two hits in his major league debut to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-3 victory over the Athletics on Friday night. Freddy Peralta (2-1) threw 93 pitches and allowed seven hits in five shutout innings for the Brewers. Jackson Chourio had…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The spotlight has been on Marc-Andre Fleury all season, with the soon-retiring goalie who has the second-most victories in NHL history winding down his farewell tour with the Minnesota Wild. That’s more than fine with Filip Gustavsson. While the Wild struggled to score and stay on track for the NHL playoffs during extended injury absences…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard isn’t sure exactly when he will be playing again. He’s just grateful that moment will come sooner than anyone could have reasonably expected. Lillard was cleared for full-scale basketball activities and taken off blood-thinning medication this week after missing the last month with deep vein thrombosis in his right calf. The news…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Even with confidence and patience in the potential of their team adjusting after a surprise trade right before the beginning of training camp, the Minnesota Timberwolves were in rough shape at the All-Star break. Rudy Gobert was at the top of the list, with a lower back injury that had just popped up and…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers called up infielder Caleb Durbin on Friday, one day after sending Oliver Dunn to Triple-A Nashville. Durbin, who has no major league experience, came to the Brewers along with left-handed pitcher Nestor Cortes in the offseason trade that sent two-time NL reliever of the year Devin Williams to the New York…