NEWS

Analysis: The Lakers are rolling, but don’t forget the Bucks

December 5, 2019 Associated Press

No team in the NBA has a better record than the Los Angeles Lakers, who are off to a 19-3 start. LeBron James looks very much like an MVP candidate. They are grabbing headlines almost every night. There is a buzz around them again. The Lakers have been so good, in fact, that they’ve manage […]

NEWS

Brewers find new catcher landing Narváez from Mariners

December 5, 2019 Rick Solem

SEATTLE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers acquired catcher Omar Narváez from the Seattle Mariners on Thursday for minor league pitcher Adam Hill and a compensation round pick in next June’s amateur draft. Narváez becomes Milwaukee’s replacement for Yasmani Grandal, who signed a $73 million, four-year contract with the Chicago White Sox. Narváez, 28, was excellent […]

NEWS

Packers coach built his NFL foundation in Washington

December 5, 2019 Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers on Sunday will host the Washington Redskins, a club Packers coach Matt LaFleur knows all too well. LaFleur’s first NFL job was with the Houston Texans. He was hired as an offensive assistant in 2008 by then Texans coach Gary Kubiak after LaFleur spent a season […]

NEWS

Vikings still on track for playoffs, but questions persist

December 5, 2019 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings remain on a clear track for the playoffs, closer in perception to the four teams ahead of them in the NFC than the pack behind. After their setback in Seattle on Monday night, though, there’s a persistent question about whether they can produce a complete, winning performance on the […]

BADGERS

Cephus’ faith, family guided him to breakout ’19 for Badgers

December 5, 2019 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Faith and family mean everything to Quintez Cephus, and for 16 months, the Wisconsin wide receiver needed every bit of his faith and every member of his family more than ever. Cephus and 10th-ranked Wisconsin (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 8 College Football Playoff) are one win away from capturing their […]

BADGERS

Badgers still cold, losing third consecutive game

December 5, 2019 Rick Solem

RALEIGH, N.C. — Kobe King had 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting as the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team dropped its third consecutive game. Again, the Badgers shot horrendous from the field at 37.5%, including just 5 of 23 from beyond the arc (21.7%), in losing to New Mexico 69-54 in the Big 10/ACC Challenge. […]

BUCKS

Bucks push win streak to 13 after another blowout win

December 4, 2019 Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 35 points to lift the Milwaukee Bucks to their 13th consecutive victory, 127-103 over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night. The last time the Bucks had a longer winning streak than this was when they won 16 in a row spanning the end of the 1972-73 season and the […]

COLLEGE

Viterbo wins second match at NAIA tourney

December 4, 2019 Rick Solem

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Maya Roberts had 20 kills in leading the Viterbo University volleyball team to another NAIA tournament win. The V-Hawks are now 2-0 in their four-team pool, looking for one more win Thursday to move on as an upper seed in the 16-team championship bracket. Wednesday, Abbey Johnson had 35 assists, while […]

NEWS

Fresh off undefeated state football championship, Caledonia boys basketball ranked 3rd in first poll

December 4, 2019 Rick Solem

The Caledonia High School boys basketball team enters the season ranked No. 3 in Class 2A in the season’s first poll. Plus, the Warriors have the top two ranked teams coming up on the schedule. A week ago, a lot of players on the Warriors were just wrapping up an undefeated football season, in winning […]

COLLEGE

Ohio St, LSU, Clemson, UGA in CFP position; Utah, OU next

December 4, 2019 Associated Press

Ohio State will go into championship weekend as the top team in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s rankings, followed by LSU, Clemson and Georgia. Utah, Oklahoma and Baylor are on deck, and that could turn out to be the great debate by Saturday night. Utah was fifth, Oklahoma sixth and Baylor seventh in the […]