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Bowl eligibility is at stake when Wisconsin and Nebraska meet in Lincoln on Saturday. The Badgers are looking to extend their bowl streak to 22 seasons. Nebraska is looking to go to a bowl for the first time since 2016. This will be Dana Holgorsen’s second game calling plays for Nebraska. Wisconsin fired Phil Longo…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo is looking for some assists off the court, aiding with investments in early stage startup companies. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar announced the launch Thursday of Build Your Legacy Ventures, a venture capital fund that will focus on investments in sports, entertainment and technology. Antetokounmpo, the two-time NBA MVP from Greece,…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin tradition begins anew this weekend as hunters take to the woods for the start of the state’s nine-day gun deer season. The season kicks off at dawn on Saturday and closes on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 1. Hunters are looking to rebound after a tepid 2023 season that…

UW-La Crosse football coach Matt Janus joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk on Tuesday to discuss, not just being back in the playoffs for a fourth-consecutive season, but how this one means just a bit more because these seniors are his first recruiting class. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM…

The Badgers needed someone to step up after losing all five starters from a year ago and John Tonje has been that guy early in the season. The 6-foot-5 guard transferred from Missouri after four seasons at Colorado State and has had an immediate impact in Madison. Tonje opened the season by scoring 23 points…

Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy and Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt had the unenviable task of taking over for successful and well-liked predecessors when they were named managers of their respective teams during the offseason. Both proved to be naturals. Murphy won National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after a stellar debut season with the Brewers, while…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kam Jones had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists as No. 15 Marquette defeated No. 6 Purdue 76-58 on Tuesday night to snap the Boilermakers’ 39-game regular-season nonconference winning streak. Purdue (4-1) hadn’t lost a regular-season nonconference game since falling 58-54 at Miami on Dec. 8, 2020, compiling the fourth-longest such…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Doc Rivers got emotional Wednesday when speaking about Bob Love, the former Chicago Bulls star forward and three-time All-Star who died Monday at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer. Love, who spent 11 years in the NBA, forged a special bond with Rivers when the Milwaukee Bucks coach…

Milwaukee Brewers phenomenal outfielder Jackson Chourio finished third in the NL Rookie of the Year voting. The 20-year-old, who went 20-20 this season, was beat out by Pittsburgh Pirates righty, Paul Skenes, who is also a Cy Young candidate, and San Diego Padres centerfielder Jackson Merrill. For Chourio, who signed a record-breaking $82 million contract…

Green Bay Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy will be inducted in the team’s Hall of Fame next year. Unveiling Murphy’s name to the Lambeau Field atrium will take place during a ceremony Aug. 28, 2025 — a month after he hits the mandatory retirement age of 70. Murphy took over for the Packers Dec. 3, 2007…