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La Crosse’s Katie Kotlowski and the top-ranked University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is back home this weekend for a pair of games against 11th-ranked St. Cloud State. The last time these teams met up, the Badgers (24-1-1) won 6-0 and 4-0 in early November against St. Cloud State (12-8-4). Wisconsin has won four consecutive…

Lexi Donarski has probably not had a streak like the one she’s on right now since her Aquinas High School days. For the third consecutive game, the Onalaska native led the 13th-ranked North Carolina women’s basketball team in scoring, hitting five 3-pointers in all three games. Donarski had 17 points, as the Tar Heels blew…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NBA has postponed Wednesday night’s game in New Orleans between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pelicans after a historic winter storm dumped about a foot of snow in the Big Easy. Tuesday’s winter storm made road travel treacherous in a subtropical city with minimal snow-clearing equipment on hand. The Milwaukee…

For the first time in over a decade, one Wisconsin nature organization is getting ready to have a statewide convention in La Crosse. The Wisconsin Wetlands Association (WWA) brought its yearly gathering to the La Crosse Center back in 2014. Now, the group has scheduled a three-day event at the center for Feb. 25-27. The…

Caitlin Clark turned 23 on Wednesday. As a birthday gift of sorts, Oshkosh, Wis., native and Indiana Pacers superstar Tyrese Haliburton offered the fellow in-state phenom at the point some more high praise. The two have become fast friends, both complimenting the other on multiple occasions. Haliburton went as far as to say in Paris…

The Bucks had a hard time getting out of town because of the snow. Town, though wasn’t Milwaukee. The first-ever Blizzard warning for the Gulf Coast in history, and the ensuing snowfall kept the Bucks in New Orleans longer than anticipated — and postponed that Wednesday game. It also forced Thursday night’s game to start…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Right-hander Elvin Rodríguez has a $900,000 salary this year with the Milwaukee Brewers, but just $300,000 of that is guaranteed. Milwaukee has a $1.35 million team option for 2026 as part of the agreement announced Jan. 17. He can earn $250,000 in performance bonuses for innings: $25,000 for 30, $50,000 each for…

Ben Johnson helped Jared Goff establish himself as one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks. Now, he’ll try to do something similar for Caleb Williams. Johnson finalized an agreement to become Chicago’s head coach, the Bears announced on Tuesday. “Having been on the opposing sideline, I can attest to how passionate Bears fans are about this…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings and coach Kevin O’Connell agreed to terms on a multiyear contract extension on Tuesday, following a 14-3 regular season that defied external widespread preseason projections of at least a losing record if not a last-place finish in the NFC North. The Vikings didn’t disclose terms of the deal, which…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Playing without leading scorer Mara Braun is not exactly an experience Minnesota wants to endure, with the third-year guard wearing a walking boot on her right foot while relegated to an encourager role from the sideline rather than facilitating the offense, hitting outside shots and fiercely defending the perimeter. The upside for…