December dud: Falcons and Packers try to avoid losing years
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — How fortunes have changed in less than two years for the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers. The participants in the NFC title game in […]
Fired coach Mike McCarthy returns to speak to Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Fired coach Mike McCarthy was welcomed back to bid farewell to the Packers players on Thursday. “Mike came by the office, I think Tuesday we […]
Bledsoe scores 27, as Bucks beat Pistons
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The formula for success in Milwaukee doesn’t always have to revolve around the high-scoring duo of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton. Eric Bledsoe matched his season high […]
Packers’ Philbin dusts off offensive play-calling duties
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Time for Joe Philbin to assume an important new responsibility with the Green Bay Packers, and it’s not just the duties that come with taking […]
NBA making a ‘long-term play’ in Africa
SALY, Senegal (AP) — Timothy Ighoefe is an intimidating defender at 6-foot-11 and 245 pounds. Still, the Nigerian knows he must improve if his decision to play basketball instead of […]
The Timberwolves, finally, are getting it done on defense
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With a baseline drive by Chris Paul and a bounce pass into the paint to Clint Capela, the Houston Rockets had what appeared to be an uncontested […]
Packers president Murphy to hire next coach, GM involved
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers’ head-coaching vacancy should be appealing for one big reason. He plays quarterback and signed a four-year, $134 million contract extension this […]
Can basketball save the world? New NYU course says yes
NEW YORK (AP) — Basketball is moving from the court to the classroom at NYU, though students won’t be tested on dribbling or shooting. Nor will they spend much time […]
Middling Minnesota: Vikings hit final stretch, not in stride
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Though one quarter of the regular season remains for the Minnesota Vikings to finish strong, none of their biggest tests have so far revealed a team […]
Minnesota DNR plans two December deer hunts to manage wasting disease
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Special deer hunts are planned for two consecutive weekends in December aimed at limiting the spread of chronic wasting disease in wild deer in southeastern […]