(2008/11/22)
The first half couldn’t have gone much better for the Viterbo University men’s basketball team Friday night.
(2008/11/22)
Doug Leclair spent a couple of nights this week showing off a different side of his personality.
(2008/11/22)
There was a Stephon Marbury sighting at the Bradley Center on Friday night.
(2008/11/22)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — It didn’t take Mackenzie Hunter long to reach a careeer milestone with the
(2008/11/22)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Suddenly faced with a short bench after his team completed two trades earlier in the day, New York Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni gave guard Stephon Marbury the chance to play for the first time this season.
(2008/11/22)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams have rejoined the team, after a day away to attend doping hearings at NFL headquarters.
(2008/11/21)
UW-La Crosse’s Katelynn Williams ran the sixth-best 5,000-meter time in NCAA Division III last February at an indoor track meet in Whitewater, Wis.
(2008/11/21)
When Connor Lonning graduated from Aquinas High School in 2005, he knew he wanted to join the UW-La Crosse men’s cross country team.
(2008/11/21)
Karl Klug knows he got lucky. Everybody who wants to see him play Saturday will get to. It’s a good thing, too. For most of them, it likely is their last chance to watch Klug, Caledonia High School graduate turned redshirt sophomore defensive end for the University of Iowa football team.
(2008/11/21)
B.J. McCall isn’t protective of his role as the Viterbo University men’s cross country team’s top runner.
(2008/11/21)
The Viterbo University volleyball team took two of the MCC’s top individual postseason awards.
(2008/11/21)
OK, so we don’t live in a Big Ten town, but we still have some darn good college basketball being played here. In fact, Ken Koelbl may have one of the best UW-La Crosse teams in years, and he certainly has one of the best scoring guards maybe ever in Tony Mane.
(2008/11/20)
So far the feel good story of the winter sports season is happening over at Viterbo University. More specifically, within the women’s basketball program.
(2008/11/20)
Josh Shudlick will be the first to admit, he didn’t really know what he was getting into when he joined the football team at Southwest Minnesota State University.
(2008/11/20)
If they’re still wondering if they’ve impressed their new coach and teammates, they can stop right now.
(2008/11/20)
The way Lois Heeren sees it, there’s no reason to wait.
(2008/11/20)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — C.J. Miles scored a season-high 25 points, Carlos Boozer added 20 points and 11 rebounds before leaving because of a strained quadriceps, and the Utah Jazz rallied to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 105-94 Wednesday night.
(2008/11/20)
While Jaguars receiver Troy Williamson and Vikings coach Brad Childress have provided us with some entertaining fighting’ banter, this latest spat won’t be remembered after Sunday’s game.
(2008/11/20)
Three UW-La Crosse seniors were named to the All-WIAC football first team on Wednesday.
(2008/11/20)
Viterbo University senior Ashley Sorenson was named the MCC Women’s Soccer Player of the Year on Wednesday.
(2008/11/20)
The UW-La Crosse wrestling team won its first dual meet of the season, defeating North Iowa Area Community College 43-6.
(2008/11/20)
The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former first-round draft pick Troy Williamson never really got along with coach Brad Childress in Minnesota.
(2008/11/20)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen has been fined $25,000 for a recent spate of late hits, but he won’t be suspended.
(2008/11/19)
The UW-La Crosse football team held its season wrap-up meeting Monday afternoon in Wimberly Hall, just a few long passes from the new stadium construction site.
(2008/11/19)
Confidence is such a fickle thing. One player has it, and the rest of the team catches it faster than you can blink an eye.
(2008/11/19)
Sally Colby’s biggest worry was if she would be able to grasp everything Viterbo University coach Bobbi Vandenberg and assistant coach Amy Olson were throwing at her.
(2008/11/19)
Deer hunters, young and old alike, have started the countdown to the traditional Wisconsin gun-deer hunting season opener early Saturday morning.
(2008/11/18)
Each day, it seems, there is something about the economy that sends chills up and down your spine. Home foreclosures here, businesses shutting down there, hundreds of people out of work everywhere.
(2008/11/18)
I looked at all the ballots, some of them two or three times. I had every player where I thought she belonged, then changed my mind a couple of times.
(2008/11/18)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) As three Minnesota defensive linemen travel to New York this week to meet with the NFL, they could be bringing the Vikings' playoff fate with them.
(2008/11/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Marquette scored its most points in almost 28 years, but the Golden Eagles' defensive performance in the second half of a 106-87 victory over Chicago State on Monday night left first-year coach Buzz Williams disappointed.
(2008/11/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Jessica Pachko scored 14 points to lead Marquette to a 77-55 victory over Sacred Heart in women's college basketball Monday night.
(2008/11/17)
MILLINGTON, Tenn. — West Salem driver Steve Carlson, the 2008 La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway Late Model track champion, took the lead on Lap 40 and led the final 260 laps to capture the ASA Late Model Series Kings Ransom 300 on Saturday night at Memphis Motorsports Park.
(2008/11/17)
TAMPA, Fla. — Jeff Garcia takes pride in excelling in a young man’s game. Even if it does take a toll on his 38-year-old body.
(2008/11/17)
It’s back. Rather, he’s back. Green Bay’s running game helped to leave a stunned Chicago team in the dust as Ryan Grant broke the 100-yard mark for the second time this year. Rushing for a season-high 145 yards and a touchdown, Grant finally put up the numbers we’d known he could.
(2008/11/16)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Who says you need a running game to win the WIAC football title?
(2008/11/16)
The season may be finished, but the career isn’t.
(2008/11/16)
With the way CC Sabathia played last season for the Milwaukee Brewers, he deserves to be the highest paid pitcher in baseball. The New York Yankees have given him that opportunity with their opening contract offer reportedly for $140 million over six years.
(2008/11/16)
Both the UW-La Crosse men’s and women’s cross country teams are headed back to the NCAA Division III championships.
(2008/11/16)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. Next year probably can’t come soon enough for the UW-La Crosse football team.
(2008/11/16)
The Viterbo University’s women’s basketball team had to like its chances entering the second half Saturday against the top-ranked team in NAIA Division II Morningside (Iowa) College.
(2008/11/16)
For the most part last week’s schedule played out as expected. I was 11-2 on the week. Sadly, that’ll put a little spring in your step if you’re a schmuck like me.
(2008/11/16)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Monte Kiffin is not one to throw around a bunch of superlatives when he talks about a young football player.
(2008/11/15)
If the Viterbo University women’s basketball team’s games all come down to who has more energy at the end, V-Hawks forward Katina Mandylaris likes her team’s chances.
(2008/11/15)
Raise your hand if you planned on attending a West Salem or De Soto high school football game this weekend back in August. If you are a player or coach for one of those teams, I understand why your hand is up. You are supposed to have confidence in your ability.
(2008/11/15)
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Girardi said this week he’d enjoy showing free agents around the new Yankee Stadium. CC Sabathia is one of the players the New York manager has in mind for a tour of the spacious clubhouse, players lounge, indoor batting cage and underground hot tub.
(2008/11/15)
“It’s time to get it done,” according to Ryan Quinn.
(2008/11/15)
Derek Dreher got the interception. Matt Winney got a license to tease him about it for the next few decades or so.
(2008/11/14)
It may not take a rocket scientist to play college football, but playing college football has helped Carleton College record-breaking senior receiver Matt Frank in his journey toward the stars.
(2008/11/14)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The UW-La Crosse volleyball team’s two All-WIAC first-team outside hitters, Amber Schoonover and Brianne Stankus, led the Eagles to an NCAA Division III regional tournament first-round win Thursday over host St. Thomas (Minn.).
(2008/11/14)
As someone who doesn’t work for an NFL team, I look at the penalty-prone Green Bay Packers and see a problem that needs to be addressed.
(2008/11/14)
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers exercised Salomon Torres’ $3.75 million option on Thursday even though he announced his retirement.
(2008/11/13)
Viterbo University men’s basketball coach Wayne Wagner wasn’t being rude or evasive during the offseason when someone asked him how his team did last year.
(2008/11/13)
1. Find a third scorer Scott Buschman and Eric Ambrose produced 44 percent of Viterbo’s offense last season. The team’s top returning scorer after those two is guard Ryan Ambrose, Eric’s twin brother, who averaged 7.0 points per game.
(2008/11/13)
It didn’t take long for Bobbi Vandenberg to confirm that her 2008-09 roster was up to date.
(2008/11/13)
1. Develop the offense In order to maximize her team’s strengths, Viterbo coach Bobbi Vandenberg installed a two-post offense that will allow 6-0 junior Katina Mandylaris and 5-11 senior Joni Stanek to do what they do best, which is score inside and rebound.
(2008/11/13)
MILWAUKEE — Andrew Bogut met earlier Wednesday with Bucks coach Scott Skiles. The message: Just be aggressive.
(2008/11/13)
Facing a team with better poll position does not intimidate the UW-La Crosse volleyball team.
(2008/11/13)
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. Eric Ambrose had a big Wednesday night, but it didn’t translate into a victory for the Viterbo University men’s basketball team.
(2008/11/13)
Somehow, Saturday’s game against UW-La Crosse is considered a “must-win” for the UW-Stevens Point football team in terms of earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III postseason tournament.
(2008/11/12)
Tuesday wasn’t the first time reliever Salomon Torres has announced his retirement from baseball. But it was the first time such an announcement put a crimp in the pitching plans of the Milwaukee Brewers.
(2008/11/12)
UW-La Crosse’s Reid Oldenburg will complete his three-year Tailback Apprenticeship Program on Saturday.
(2008/11/12)
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James supplied the Cleveland Cavaliers with a double dose of 40.
(2008/11/12)
Was it the beginning of the end for the Green Bay Packers after suffering a heart-breaking 28-27 loss to NFC North Division rival Minnesota Vikings last Sunday?
(2008/11/12)
UW-La Crosse outside hitter Brianne Stankus was named to the All-WIAC Volleyball First Team for the second season in a row on Tuesday.
(2008/11/12)
The La Crosse Loggers on Tuesday announced the signings of two pitchers to the 2009 roster.
(2008/11/11)
The UW-La Crosse volleyball team has earned an at-large bid for the NCAA Division III tournament.
(2008/11/11)
What’s the secret to Jill Callan’s hot start to the bowling season, including a sizzling 700 series last week?
(2008/11/11)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) Minnesota Vikings cornerback Charles Gordon is considering options for surgery on his broken left ankle.
(2008/11/11)
If there is one thing that gets me through the misery of a Wisconsin winter, it’s having the WIAC basketball beat.
(2008/11/11)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) In recent seasons, the Minnesota Vikings have been remarkably better at stopping the run than the pass.
(2008/11/11)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Image is no longer everything at Marquette.
(2008/11/10)
With one game left to play, UW-La Crosse football coach Larry Terry isn’t ready to do a retrospective look at 2008.
(2008/11/10)
I heard an interesting comment on the Packers yesterday, as an explanation for why they lost to the Vikings “They’re in a rebuilding year.” So the Packers are only 4-5 so far this season, while less-than perfect, it is still not as bad as some teams are doing. There are around a dozen teams at or below 4-5, a third of the league. Maybe they are still building.
(2008/11/09)
WINONA, Minn. — UW-La Crosse tailback Eric Donoval figured out the best way to keep warm Saturday afternoon.
(2008/11/09)
A confident Ryan Quinn believes he is as ready as he will ever be to earn a PGA Tour card.
(2008/11/09)
WINONA, Minn. — As each improbable shot gave way to the next, Tony Mane stole the show, and nearly the game, from the defending NCAA Division II national champion Winona State University men’s basketball team.
(2008/11/09)
WINONA, Minn. — The UW-La Crosse football team’s big guys were wearing extra-large smiles after Saturday’s game.
(2008/11/09)
Big Ten haters of the world unite, Penn State’s loss to Iowa on Saturday should spare you from having to watch the Nittany Lions follow in Ohio State’s footsteps and get throttled in the BCS Championship game.
(2008/11/08)
Jason Olejniczak emerged from the Mitchell Hall trainers room Friday afternoon with an ice pack strapped to his right shoulder.
(2008/11/08)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. The UW-La Crosse volleyball team pushed NCAA Division III seventh-ranked UW-Oshkosh to the limit in a WIAC Tournament semifinal match on Friday, but the Titans pulled through for a 3-2 (24-26, 25-18, 23-25, 25-23, 15-10) victory.
(2008/11/08)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. UW-Stevens Point’s Amanda Prawat, second in the WIAC in points this season, was in on all of her team’s goals as the Pointers beat UW-La Crosse 4-1 on Friday in a conference tournament semifinal match.
(2008/11/08)
The Los Angeles Dodgers recently made a contract offer to Manny Ramirez. It is believed to be in the neighborhood of two years for $50 million with a club option for a third year at another $25 million. Ramirez and his agent Scott Boras rejected the offer immediately.
(2008/11/08)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) Jared Allen got a double dose of bad news Friday.
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