NEWS

NEWS

Zimmer, Vikings left to ponder where to turn in 1-5 season

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was assessing his team’s 40-23, Week 6 loss to the Atlanta Falcons with reporters on Monday when the coach stopped talking and paused for several seconds, seemingly done answering the latest question. Zimmer then started back up, without being prompted by a question, to reflect more […]

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Classic Sports Moment

La Crosse Logan wins the 1989 WIAA State Basketball Championship

October 19, 2020 Dave Carney

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Dave Carney 10/19/20 Admittedly I was not here in (La Crosse County) in 1989, but recently one of my most loyal listeners (Jason Breecher) showed me this beauty! I don’t know much about the game, but this should still be a great way to get prepped for the NEXT high school sports season, High School […]

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COLLEGE

Iowa says it won’t pay ex-players’ demand for $20 million

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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The University of Iowa said it would not pay a demand from eight Black former football players for $20 million in compensation for alleged racial discrimination they faced playeing for the Hawkeyes. The university general counsel’s office released its response Sunday to a 21-page certified letter dated Oct. 5 from civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons […]

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NEWS

Rodgers, Packers sputter against stingy Buccaneers defense

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Things had been going so smoothly for Green Bay that Aaron Rodgers figured the Packers were due for a dose of reality. The NFL’s highest scoring offense was virtually unstoppable through the first four weeks of the season and the opening quarter of Sunday’s 38-10 loss to Tom Brady and the […]

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NEWS

Longtime Minnesota sports columnist Sid Hartman dies at 100

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality Sid Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday. He was 100. Hartman, whose first newspaper column was published in 1945, died surrounded by his family, […]

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MLB

Dodgers-Rays rare wild-card era matchup of baseball’s best

October 19, 2020 Associated Press

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The World Series matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays is a rare meeting of baseball’s best for the title, and a matchup of organizations with Andrew Friedman’s imprint. Friedman was the Rays’ director of baseball operations from 2004-05 and then general manager from until he left in […]

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BADGERS

AP Top 25: Clemson remains overwhelming No. 1 over Alabama

October 18, 2020 Associated Press

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Clemson easily held off Alabama on Sunday to retain the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press college football poll, extending its longest run atop the poll to seven weeks. The Crimson Tide ran away from Georgia on Saturday night to make the case to be No. 1, but it wasn’t enough to topple the […]

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HIGH SCHOOL

West Salem beats Tomah 28-14

October 16, 2020 Hunter Baumgardt

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The West Salem High School football team won Friday night, for the first time since 2018, and it was an impressive victory. In his first start at quarterback, Brett McConkey led the Panthers to a 28-14 win over Tomah, including a late touchdown pass to Jack Hehli. The Panthers easily moved the ball throughout most […]

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NEWS

Old man quarterbacks Brady and Rodgers face off Sunday

October 16, 2020 Associated Press

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Hey old-timer, what are you still doing on an NFL field? Guaranteed no one is asking that question to the quarterbacks in the bays: 43-year-old Tom Brady in Tampa and 36-year-old Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. The two future residents of Canton, Ohio — at least their busts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, […]

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COLLEGE

As football opens, Wisconsin’s other fall athletes must wait

October 16, 2020 Associated Press

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Wisconsin’s football team is practicing amid a pandemic knowing the start of its season is only a week away. Members of the Badgers’ other fall sports teams have no choice but to be more patient. The Big Ten football season starts Oct. 23 — nearly two months later than expected — when the 16th-ranked Badgers […]

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