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A team-by-team look at the National League Central, including key players each club acquired and lost, top hitters and projected rotations, and outlooks for the 2025 season. Capsules of National League Central teams, listed in order of finish last year: ___ Milwaukee Brewers 2024: 93-69, first place, lost to Mets in Wild Card Series. Manager:…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tre Donaldson seems to have this March Madness stuff down pat. The Michigan guard delivered his second clutch play in two days, this time making the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:54 left to send No. 22 Michigan past No. 18 Wisconsin 59-53 for the Big Ten Tournament title Sunday. Donaldson scored 11 points and…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks reserve center Jericho Sims will likely miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing surgery Monday morning to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb. Sims injured his thumb Saturday in a 126-119 victory over the Indiana Pacers, though he played 12 minutes Sunday in a 121-105 loss…

It’s a return trip to the Kohl Center for the Aquinas Blugolds as they reach the WIAA Division 4 State Boys Basketball Tournament this coming week.  The Blugolds got by Cumberland 69-56 to earn a trip to state.  The team is scheduled to play in a semi-final game on Thursday night. The matchup and time,…

It was a tale of two halves for the fifth-ranked UW-La Crosse men’s basketball team in its first-ever Elite 8, losing to No. 17 Washington University 80-66. After shooting 55% and leading 38-35 at halftime Saturday at in front of 1,188 fans Mitchell Hall, the Eagles (25-6) shot 30% in the second half including 1-for-12…

The fifth-ranked UW-La Crosse men’s basketball team’s historic season continues, after an incredible comeback win Friday at Michell Hall. The Eagles overcame a 16-point, second-half deficit in beating No. 9 Illinois Wesleyan 72-65 in front of 1,492 raucous fans. UW-L advance to its first-ever Elite 8 and increases its single-season wins record to 25-5, as…

Rock Mornings host Brian Simpson dropped into the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk to help preview Saturday’s 20th Annual St. Patty’s Day .01K down Pearl Street — deemed the world’s shortest race, at 32.8 feet.  La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM /…

UW-La Crosse women’s track and field sprints coach, Katie Wagner joins to talk about the extraordinary junior, Lauren Jarrett, and what recently accomplished on a world level, plus the dynasty the Eagles have in the sport.  La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM /…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks are wearing patches on their jerseys for the rest of the season to honor minority owner Junior Bridgeman, a former Bucks player who died Tuesday at the age of 71. The Bucks held a moment of silence before Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers to honor Bridgeman. A…

Just a couple things happening this weekend, starting Friday, for UW-La Crosse athletics, and it’s hard to know who to bring up first. The men’s and women’s track & field teams are competing in the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships in New York. The wrestling team has nine athletes competing in the DIII championships…