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Volleyball season starts tonight for the Badgers, who begin ranked third in the nation. Wisconsin won the national title in 2021 and made it back to the final four last season. They don’t start out the season light, either, facing sixth-ranked Louisville tonight on the road — a game that will be on ESPN2 at…

Perhaps no sport will be impacted more by the most recent round of conference realignment than women’s volleyball. Five of the last nine schools to win national championships switched conferences during the offseason. Those five schools (Texas, Stanford, UCLA, Washington and Southern California) have combined to claim 12 of the last 23 titles. All that movement has…

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors opened an investigation into an online harassment complaint made by Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif after a torrent of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Summer Games, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. The athlete’s lawyer Nabil Boudi filed a legal complaint Friday with a special unit…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin would love to see Luke Fickell make the same type of leap he produced his second year at his previous stop. Fickell’s experience makes the Badgers confident they can improve upon their 7-6 performance from his debut season in Madison, even as they navigate a tougher schedule in the expanded Big Ten Conference.…

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Maybe Aaron Rodgers will play. Maybe he won’t. The New York Jets quarterback still isn’t quite sure if he’ll suit up for the preseason finale against the Giants on Saturday night. And Rodgers won’t campaign to coach Robert Saleh one way or the other. “I don’t really have a preference,”…

High school football kicks off in earnest Friday in Wisconsin, and WKTY will be covering a rivalry between teams with high expectations when Onalaska hosts West Salem. HOW TO STREAM WKTY GAMESWatch on ROKU or Apple TV by searching WKTY Sports.Or stream on the WKTY website here or watch on the WKTY App. Last season, Onalaska won the MVC title and…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 10-6 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night. Arenado’s fifth career walk-off homer and sixth career grand slam gave the Cardinals their second win in their last eight games and snapped the…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Brosmer has given the Minnesota Gophers an abundance of confidence in their new starting quarterback, a studious and dedicated player whose mind and passion for chess has helped fuel his mastery of the offense and a natural leader who hosted a dozen teammates at his family’s home in Georgia for offseason…

Mark Abraham, better known as “Abe,” in the WIZM studio Wednesday for La Crosse Talk PM. The La Crescent High School cross country coach talked about multiple aspects of doing the job for the past 49 years — 41 as La Crescent High School’s coach.   La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m. Listen…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Frankie Montas pitched seven sparkling innings and Devin Williams escaped a jam in the ninth, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the reeling St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Tuesday night. LISTEN: Pregame for Brewers-Cardinals on WKTY Wednesday begins at 6:10 p.m. Tune in on 96.7 FM / 580 AM Montas (6-8) allowed…