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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…

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.…

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,…

Jack Studer set the UW-La Crosse football team career touchdown receptions record Saturday, in helping the No. 22 Eagles snap a three-game losing streak with a 34-7 win over UW-Eau Claire. Studer Studer had eight receptions for 132 yards. His 9-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter made him UW-L’s career leader with 31 scores…

NEW YORK (AP) — Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx, who both had No. 2 finishes in the regular season, were on the verge of being No. 1 when it mattered most. The Lynx were seconds away from a record fifth WNBA championship with perhaps a WNBA Finals MVP award waiting for Collier, whose flurry…

When Mark Cuban comes to town with Vice President Kamala Harris for a rally at UW-La Crosse, and everyone wants to talk tariffs and politics, I went NBA. Started things off accidentally asking an illegal question about Giannis Antetokounmpo that could get Cuban fined and then talked about the rise of salaries and cost to…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay’s Jordan Love and Houston’s C.J. Stroud both grew up in Southern California and consider themselves good friends. Now they’re two of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks, and they’ll face off against each other for the first time Sunday as the AFC South-leading Texans enter Lambeau Field on a…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The position that ranked among the Green Bay Packers’ biggest weaknesses last year has developed into a major strength. Green Bay underwent an offseason overhaul at safety by signing Xavier McKinney from the New York Giants and drafting Javon Bullard in the second round and Evan Williams in the fourth…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx got the start they wanted. They just couldn’t finish off the New York Liberty. The Lynx blew a 15-point lead and will need two straight victories to win a record fifth WNBA championship after losing 80-77 to the Liberty on a last-second shot by Sabrina Ionescu Wednesday night in…

It’s back to basics for the 22nd-ranked UW-La Crosse football team. After three consecutive losses for a team that had National Title hopes, UW-L coach Matt Janus realized changes needed to occur. So he’s taking the team back to the program’s roots, which has led the Eagles to a 31-10 record in his tenure. The…