NFL

NFL to prohibit use of certain helmets for 1st time

April 16, 2018 Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL for the first time is prohibiting certain helmets from being worn by players. In notifying the 32 teams Monday, the league has sought to have players stop using 10 helmet varieties. Some, particularly those manufactured by Rawlings, no longer are being made and don’t have support from the company. […]

HIGH SCHOOL

Deal finally approved between city and soccer group for Fields for Kids

April 13, 2018 admin

Stability for another 10 years for the group renting soccer fields from La Crosse. Thursday night, the La Crosse city council approved a new lease arrangement with Rush Wisconsin West for Field for Kids in the marsh. The 10-year agreement was hammered out after months of negotiations and is a much more specific arrangement than […]

SPORTS NEWS

Without Curry or top seed, Warriors face different playoffs

April 13, 2018 Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry on the sidelines again, this time with a hurt knee. No longer the sure-thing No. 1 seed. Steve Kerr piecing together rotations based on who’s available through illness and injury. It hasn’t exactly been an easy course this season for the defending NBA champions. The Golden State Warriors are […]

NBA

NBA first-round playoff series capsules

April 13, 2018 Associated Press

Capsules for the first-round NBA playoff series in the Eastern and Western conferences: ___ EASTERN CONFERENCE No. 1 TORONTO RAPTORS (59-23) vs. No. 8 WASHINGTON WIZARDS (43-39) Season series: Split, 2-2 Story line: It was the best regular season in Toronto history and its first time going into the playoffs as a No. 1 seed, […]

NBA

Warriors, Cavs vulnerable, or headed for NBA Finals Round 4?

April 12, 2018 Associated Press

Maybe this is the year. Maybe the Golden State Warriors, opening the postseason without Stephen Curry or any momentum, won’t be the best of the West, where there’s a Houston team that can run and gun as well as they do. Maybe the Cleveland Cavaliers, starting from the middle of the pack in the East, […]

NBA

Lakers’ big summer looms after 5 straight losing seasons

April 12, 2018 Associated Press

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — And now the real season begins for the Los Angeles Lakers. At least that’s what the fans of the 16-time NBA champions repeatedly have been told while Los Angeles missed the playoffs and finished with a losing record for the fifth consecutive year. Ever since they took over the Lakers’ basketball […]

HIGH SCHOOL

Challenge of recruiting young officials might become a problem in future for Wisconsin high school sports

April 12, 2018 Drew Kelly

As much as they might be disliked throughout the course of a contest, high school sports don’t happen without willing referees to officiate the games. That’s becoming a bit of a problem statewide, attracting younger people to take on the job. Not an issue yet in this area, but the future is concerning says Mississippi […]

DAVE & SKRADIE

It’s been found! The Doug Russell Hall-of-Fame statue location!

April 11, 2018 Dave Carney

Thanks to loyal listener and Doug Russell apologist Dan, the Doug Russell Hall-of-Fame statue location has been found! Take a look! No related posts.

COLLEGE

Lawsuit accuses 3 ex-Michigan St. basketball players of rape

April 10, 2018 Associated Press

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A woman who attends Michigan State University filed a federal lawsuit against the school Monday alleging that three former men’s basketball players sexually assaulted her at an off-campus apartment in 2015 and that she was discouraged from reporting what happened. The woman and players are not named in the suit, […]

PACKERS

Packers’ Trevor Davis accused of making false bomb threat