Category: sportsnews
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LeBron and Bronny James make history as the NBA’s first father-son duo to play together
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James gave his 20-year-old son a pep talk before they rose from the Lakers bench. Amid rising cheers, they walked together to the scorer’s table — and then they stepped straight into basketball history. LeBron and Bronny became the first father and son to play in the NBA together Tuesday…
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Packers keep winning even as turnovers hamper their offense
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — After taking advantage of turnovers for the first third of the season, the Green Bay Packers are now getting a little too careless with the ball. The Packers (5-2) committed three turnovers and didn’t get a single takeaway Sunday in their 24-22 victory over the Houston Texans. Houston scored 16 points off…
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Joel Embiid, Paul George, Khris Middleton expected to miss Wednesday’s Bucks-Sixers opener
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Paul George’s debut with the Philadelphia 76ers is on hold and Joel Embiid is again set to miss time with an injury. LISTEN: Pregame Wednesday for Bucks-Sixers on WKTY begins at 6 p.m. Tune in on 96.7 FM / 580 AM Embiid and George will miss Wednesday’s season opener against Milwaukee and…
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Central, Holmen rematch to open D2 playoffs
A matchup of co-conference champs to open the high school football playoffs Friday, as fourth-seeded Holmen hosts No. 5 Central. The Vikings (6-3) beat the River Hawks (5-4) 36-17 on Oct. 4. Holmen is coming off a 35-21 loss to Reedsburg, while Central lost 27-19 Friday to Logan, which has a three seed. 2024 WIAA…
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Logan gets 3rd seed in D3 playoffs, after win over Central for Ark; Onalaska No. 2
The Logan High School football team got the third seed in the Division 3 playoffs. Coming off a 27-19 win for the Ark against Central on Friday, the Rangers head into the playoffs 7-2 overall. They will host Waupaca (4-5) at 7 p.m. Friday. The Comets have won 3 of 4, after starting the season…
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No. 4 Aquinas gets top seed in Division 5 playoffs
The fourth-ranked Aquinas High School football team has a No. 1 seed heading into the Division 5 playoffs. The Blugolds (8-1), who beat Viroqua 46-13 Friday, will host Edgewood (4-5) at 7 p.m. Friday. Aquinas’ only loss this season came at Columbus 20-16 in Week 2. 2024 Division 4 high school football playoff bracket. …
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Packers’ new kicker wins it on final play against Texans
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brandon McManus insisted he hadn’t planned to do a “Lambeau leap” if he made a winning field goal in his Green Bay Packers debut. But when he kicked a 45-yard field goal as time expired to give Green Bay a 24-22 victory over Houston on Sunday, McManus couldn’t help himself.…
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No. 9 Badgers set block record with win over Michigan
It was a block party Sunday for the ninth-ranked University of Wisconsin volleyball team in beating Michigan 3-1 on the road Sunday. Carter Booth had a career-high 12 blocks, as Wisconsin set a four-set, team record with 21 in the game. Anna Smrek added eight blocks and setter Charlie Fuebringer had six — also a…
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Vikings need cleanup in margins to keep contending
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — After the Minnesota Vikings were narrowly defeated by the thriving Detroit Lions, coach Kevin O’Connell invented an only-in-football noun to assess his team’s not-quite-complete-enough performance. “It’s just these little self-inflicteds,” O’Connell said, highlighting the pre-snap penalties and handful of other seemingly minor mistakes that added up to the 31-29 loss to the Lions on Sunday.…
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Brewers shuffle hitting staff promoting LeBoeuf, Eric Theisen
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have made a change at hitting coach, with Al LeBoeuf and Eric Theisen coming up from their Triple-A affiliate to take over for Connor Dawson and Ozzie Timmons. Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold announced the moves on Monday. LeBoeuf will have the title of lead hitting coach,…