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Rivalries will be renewed throughout Wisconsin on Friday night as conference play kicks off in high school football.  WKTY’s game of the week features Central hosting Reedsburg, as both teams are looking for their first win of the season.  The Riverhawks (0-2) were shut out by Waunakee in Week 1 and fell 27-14 to Ellsworth…

SAO PAULO (AP) — A nine-hour flight to Brazil and some time practicing under the sun in Sao Paulo seem to have softened the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers ahead of their season opener on Friday. Numerous players and coaches made comments before the trip suggesting they were unenthusiastic, concerned or downright grumpy…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer club Corinthians, the team turning over its stadium for the first NFL game to be played in South America, dislikes anything green so much that its executives tried to paint the field black about a decade ago. Players can be fined if they are spotted wearing clothes or shoes…

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The sixth-ranked University of Wisconsin volleyball team dropped to 0-3, after a 3-1 loss to No. 5 Stanford on Monday at the Milwaukee Bucks arena. All three losses have come to teams ranked in the Top 5, including Sunday’s 3-1 loss to No. 1 Texas. And most of the sets have been…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willy Adames tied the major league record with his 13th three-run homer of the season, going deep on his 29th birthday to lift the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers over the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 Monday for their sixth win in seven games. LISTEN: Bob Uecker on the call Tuesday on WKTY, as…

National champion UW-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh was shot and killed Friday near campus. The only details police released were that Welsch and a 23-year-old man, who was taken into custody and is in Walworth County jail, were involved in an altercation that evolved into a shooting. The two did know each other. Welsch, 21-year-old from…

After starting last season 18-0 and ultimately getting to the Final Four, it’s been a much different start to this season for the University of Wisconsin volleyball team. And for good reason. The No. 3-ranked Badgers lost Sunday to top-ranked Texas 3-1 at the Milwaukee Bucks stadium as part of a volleyball showcase. Wisconsin also…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brayden Narveson might not have been the happiest person in his own family when the Green Bay Packers claimed him off waivers to make him their kicker. The move represented a homecoming for Narveson’s wife. Shelby Narveson grew up with a family full of Packers fans in Prescott, Wisconsin, just…

Former La Crosse Loggers outfielder, Griffin Conine, made his MLB debut this week for the Miami Marlins. While he went 0-for-1 in his first-ever appearance Monday against the Rockies, the 27-year-old lit it up the next night. Conine was 2-for-3 with a triple, a double and two runs scored in helping the Marlins beat the…

GREEN BAY PACKERS (10-9) EXPECTATIONS: After their surprising run to the NFC divisional playoffs with the NFL’s youngest roster, the Packers enter this season believing they have a legitimate shot at earning the Super Bowl berth that has eluded Green Bay since its 2010 championship season. The Packers are counting on QB Jordan Love to…