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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Rachel Banham scored 22 points Thursday night, including 10 of 10 free throws, as Minnesota rallied to beat Wisconsin 74-68 in overtime to win their opening-round Big Ten Conference tournament game. The No. 6 seeded Golden Gophers will face the winner of Friday’s game between No. 5 seeded Iowa and No. 4 seeded More >

PHOENIX (AP) – Elian Herrera hit a solo home run in the seventh inning off the glove of leaping right fielder Ryan Wheeler and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the mistake-prone Colorado Rockies 5-3 Thursday. The Brewers scored twice in the eighth with the help of four of Colorado’s five errors. Herrera, a leading candidate to make the More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – The Milwaukee Wave professional indoor soccer team and its owner are being sued by a lender. Thomas Phillips, of Caledonia, claims he loaned owner Sue Black $200,000 shortly after he was named CEO of the team last year. Phillips lawsuit claims Black agreed to make quarterly interest payments on the loan, but made More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Isaiah Thomas scored 25 points and had six assists to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 116-102 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Rudy Gay added 22 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and DeMarcus Cousins had 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Kings, who won their ninth More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Frank Kaminsky scored 22 points, Traevon Jackson added 14 and No. 9 Wisconsin finished off its home schedule with a 76-70 victory over Purdue on Wednesday night. Kaminsky, a 7-footer who can shoot from the perimeter, went 4 of 5 from 3-point range for the Badgers, who won their eighth straight thanks More >

PHOENIX (AP) – Ryan Braun hit his second homer of the spring and added a single to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Wednesday. Braun raised his batting average from .800 to .875 with the hits and now has seven hits in his first eight Cactus League at-bats. He has also walked More >

UNDATED (AP) – The Big Ten women’s basketball tournament starts Thursday in Indianapolis with four games. Regular-season co-champions Penn State and Michigan State, along with Nebraska and Purdue, have earned the top four seeds for the second straight year. Purdue, which has won six straight games, is the two-time defending champion. The Boilermakers have put together their More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Joel Stave will get a late start in spring practice to stave off the competition for the Wisconsin starting quarterback job. The incumbent will be limited through the early part of camp after hurting his right shoulder in the Capital One Bowl on New Year’s Day. Coach Gary Andersen said Wednesday that More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – One of the most heralded linebackers to come out of Wisconsin is trying to show scouts that he’s worth a high pick in the NFL draft. Chris Borland is one of the now-former Badgers taking part in Pro Day at the school. Scouts from around the league are timing every run and More >