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Twin brothers helped the UW-La Crosse men’s cross country team win it all, over the weekend. Grant Matthai finished third and Aidan Matthai was fifth in leading the Eagles to a Division III National Championship. It’s the second time in UW-L history two runners placed in the Top 5. In 1997, Brett Altergott won the…

The Viterbo University women’s basketball team is off to a 6-1 start to the season, and has put up big points multiple times already. The V-Hawks host Governors State at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, coming off four consecutive wins. Viterbo is averaging 75.3 points and has put up 104 two weeks ago and won 81-78 in…

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The game had suddenly gone sideways for the Minnesota Vikings, their 11-point lead on the Chicago Bears having evaporated in the closing seconds. They straightened it out in overtime, no sweat, because Sam Darnold simply hasn’t been fazed. Save for his occasional rash of turnovers, in games the Vikings still managed…

The UW-La Crosse women’s basketball team is off to a 4-1 start and has put up 101 and 93 points already this season. After a 93-54 against Lakeland on Saturday, the Eagles are averaging 77.4 points a game. Their leading scorers Saturday, though, only had 13 points apiece and only four players were in double-figures.…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds for his second triple-double in his last four games, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 129-117 on Friday night. Antetokounmpo had 22 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists Saturday in a 115-114 loss at Charlotte. Damian Lillard had 24 points and 12…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — After losing to San Francisco in the playoffs three of the last five seasons, the Green Bay Packers wouldn’t mind seeing the 49ers get left out of the postseason entirely. LISTEN: Packers-49ers on WKTY begins with pregame at 1 p.m. Sunday. Kickoff at 3:25 p.m. Tune in on 96.7 FM…

Former La Crosse Loggers pitcher Chris Sale has won his first-ever Cy Young award. The Atlanta Braves ace led the NL in wins — going 18-3 — ERA (2.38) and strikeouts (225). Sale pitched for the Loggers in the summer of 2008. At 20 years old, Sale struck out 74 in 53 innings with La…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 41 points, nine rebounds and eight assists as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls 122-106 on Wednesday night. LISTEN: Friday on WKTY, the Bucks host Oshkosh native Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers. Pregame begins at 6:30 p.m. Tune in on 96.7 FM / 580 AM Brook Lopez…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love doesn’t hide the fact that the playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers lingered with him throughout the offseason. LISTEN: Two hours of pregame on WKTY for Packers-49ers on Sunday begins at 1 p.m. Kickoff at 3:25 p.m. Tune in on 96.7 FM /…

The sixth-ranked University of Wisconsin volleyball team held off No. 16 Minnesota in a five set thriller. The Badgers were down 2-1, before winning Set 4 and getting final set win 20-18 with back-to-back blocks. Sarah Franklin had 19 kills, 11 digs and Charlie Fuerbringer had 48 assists and 25 digs for Wisconsin, which next…