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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) – The Chicago Bears have cut punter Adam Podlesh, parting ways with the veteran after three seasons. Podlesh joined the Bears in 2011 and had 238 punts for 10,065 yards (a 42.3 gross average) during his time in Chicago. He landed 82 punts inside the 20 with just 12 touchbacks, one blocked More >

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Bryce Cotton hit two free throws with 7.2 seconds remaining in double overtime to lift Providence to a critical 81-80 victory over Marquette Tuesday night. Providence trailed by one in the second overtime when Cotton was fouled by Marquette’s Derrick Wilson. The senior calmly made both to cap a night where he More >

ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) – Jordan Aaron and Steve McWhorter combined to score 31 points to power No. 5-seed Milwaukee past No. 8 Detroit in a Horizon League tournament opener Tuesday. The Panthers opened a 42-28 lead in the first half and rode it to the finish. The two teams almost matched each other shot-for-shot. Milwaukee was 25 More >

PHOENIX (AP) – Wily Peralta gave up one hit in three scoreless innings in his first spring start, but Luke Montz hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth to rally an Oakland Athletics’ split-squad to a 6-4 victory Tuesday over the Milwaukee Brewers. Peralta allowed a one-out double to Michael Taylor in the third inning, More >

PHOENIX (AP) – Near the top of the Milwaukee Brewers’ to-do list this spring is settling on a leadoff hitter. So many options, but perhaps not quite the perfect fit just yet. There are still three-plus weeks of spring training to figure out who’ll replace the traded Norichika Aoki atop the order. Speedy shortstop Jean Segura is More >

UNDATED (AP) – No. 9 Wisconsin and sharpshooting guard Ben Brust are winding down the regular season on high notes. They’d like to keep their seven-game winning streak going heading into Wednesday night’s home finale against Purdue. It will be the last contest at the Kohl Center for Brust, a senior with a team-high 64 starts More >

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Four women’s teams and three men’s teams from Minnesota have been picked for the NCAA Division III basketball tournaments. MIAC men’s champion St. Olaf will travel to Wisconsin-Stevens Point for a first-round game on Thursday against Central College. St. Thomas plays Augustana College on Thursday in another regional at Wisconsin-Whitewater, which faces UMAC More >

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) – Just days before the Central Wisconsin Saints hockey team is set to host a playoff game, the team needs a new sheet of ice to play on. Stevens Point city leaders say the team needs to pay off its debts over ice costs from this season and last season before it More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Ersan Ilyasova scored a season-high 31 points on 13-of-14 shooting, and the Milwaukee Bucks hit a blistering 57 percent from the field to beat the Utah Jazz 114-88 on Monday night. Zaza Pachulia added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists, and five Bucks scored in double digits. The NBA’s worst team improved More >