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GIRLS BASKETBALL Mauston wins their second league game of the girls basketball season, posting a South-Central win at Nekoosa Friday night, 40-31. Mauston trailed by five after three periods but scored 22 fourth quarter points in the come from behind win. Mikala Teske hit a three-point shot late to give Mauston the lead for good More >

U-W Whitewater has chosen one of its own as its new head football coach. Defensive assistant Kevin Bullis was named today as the replacement for Lance Leipold — who led the Warhawks to six N-C-A-A Division-Three championships before he became the new coach at Division-One Buffalo.  Bullis was chosen over four other finalists, including a More >

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team will host Minnesota tonight and tomorrow night.  The Badgers are still looking for their first true Big Ten victory against five losses, a tie, and a shootout win.  Coach Mike Eaves’ Badgers are 2-15-and-3 overall.  They’ll host a Gopher team that’s 2-2-and-2 in the conference and 11-9-and-2 overall.   Wisconsin More >

The Iowa men’s basketball team might be without its best player when it hosts fifth-ranked Wisconsin tomorrow.  Senior Aaron White has not missed a game in his four seasons with the Hawkeyes.  But he missed practice yesterday, and he’s questionable after getting a stinger against Purdue last week which affected both his neck and his More >

Lori Hammetr talks Mauston girls basketball with Troy Matz

Hillsboro Tigers boys basketball coach Curt Hildreth talks with Troy Matz

The Green Bay women extended their winning streak to seven games, with a 67-to-52 victory at Valparaiso.  Freshman Jessica Lindstrom led the Phoenix with 13 points and nine rebounds, both season-highs.  Green Bay never trailed, and they held a lead for all but 49 seconds. The Phoenix defense forced 21 Valparaiso turnovers — and the Crusaders More >

Nicole Bauman drained a Wisconsin-record eight three-pointers last night, but her Badgers still lost to Ohio State 85-to-73 in Madison.  The junior Bauman scored 16 of Wisconsin’s 33 first-half points.  She ended up with a career-high 31 points, hitting 11-of-19 shots from the floor for a 58-percent clip.  She hit 8-of-13 from beyond the arc More >

The Bucks were left off the N-B-A’s All-Star rosters last night for the 11th straight year — but there’s still a chance that point guard Brandon Knight could be an injury replacement.  Starters were announced earlier, and 14 reserves for the East and West squads were unveiled in a cable broadcast.  The coaches select those More >

The Milwaukee Brewers are expected to announce today that they’re signing veteran reliever Neal Cotts.  The Journal Sentinel said the 35-year-old left-hander passed a physical in Milwaukee yesterday, and the Brewers still need to remove a player from their 40-man roster to make room.  Cotts became a free-agent after pitching with Texas the last two More >