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BUCKS

WKTY’S Dave Carney ranks best Bucks of all-time

March 23, 2020 Dave Carney

Since we don’t have any Milwaukee Bucks right now, robbed in the midst of possibly their best season in team history, let’s play the ranking game. Here’s my all-time Milwaukee Bucks rankings. What’s your list look like? 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Let’s face it, Kareem Abdul-Jabar was the most decorated, and possibly best, basketball player ever. […]

BUCKS

Giannis likely out one more game, as Suns race past Bucks

March 8, 2020 Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 20 of his 36 points in Phoenix’s 47-point first quarter and the Suns beat the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks 140-131 on Sunday night, The Bucks played without MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo because of a minor knee sprain. Injured Friday night in a loss at the Los Angeles Lakers, he’ll also sit […]

BADGERS

WILD WEEKEND: Bucks-Lakers tonight, Badgers play for Big 10 title Saturday

March 6, 2020 Rick Solem

The biggest basketball games of the season happen over the next two days for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Wisconsin Badgers. First, tonight, on WKTY, the Bucks travel to LeBron James and the LA Lakers in a showdown of the teams with the best records in the league. When they met back on Dec. 19, […]

BADGERS

No. 24 Wisconsin beats Northwestern 63-48, moves into 1st

March 5, 2020 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No. 24 Wisconsin will have a shot to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten title. The Badgers just need to tighten up a few things to improve their chances. Nate Reuvers scored 11 points and Wisconsin struggled through a 63-48 victory over Northwestern on Wednesday night, moving into […]

BUCKS

NBA-leading Bucks bounce back from loss to rout Pacers

March 4, 2020 Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have the NBA’s best record in part by avoiding slumps. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and the Bucks bounced back from one of their weakest performances of the season to rout the Indiana Pacers 119-100 on Wednesday night. Two nights after losing 105-89 in […]

BUCKS

Bucks face Brogdan’s Pacers tonight with Lakers looming Friday

March 4, 2020 Rick Solem

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Coming off their two lowest point-scoring totals of the season, the Milwaukee Bucks head back home tonight to play the Indiana Pacers, with LeBron James and the LA Lakers looming Friday. In back-to-back games Sunday and Monday, the Bucks scored 93 and 89 points, respectively, losing the latter to the Miami Heat, […]

BREWERS

Brewers locking up Yelich until he’s 37

March 3, 2020 Rick Solem

PHOENIX — It looks like the Milwaukee Brewers are going to lock up Christian Yelich long term. The 28-year-old former MVP appears to be signing a seven-year extension for $190 million on top of the two-year, $26.5 million he’s already under contract for, according to MLB.com. That will keep Yelich in Milwaukee until he’s 37 […]

BUCKS

Road trip to Miami gets best of Bucks

March 2, 2020 Rick Solem

The plague of playing in Miami got the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday. It was the second game of a road back-to-back, after the Bucks scored a then-season low 93 against the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. After a night in Miami, which typically does “things” to NBA teams, the Bucks scored a new season low, losing […]

BREWERS

Healthier Lorenzo Cain ready to lead the way for Brewers

March 2, 2020 Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Slowed by injuries last year, Milwaukee’s Lorenzo Cain appeared in his first game of spring training and went 1 for 3 against Kansas City. The 33-year-old singled in his second at-bat and caught a pair of fly balls in the first inning. “It was fun to be out there after just working […]

BUCKS

Antetokounmpo’s 41 points lift Bucks past Hornets 93-85

March 1, 2020 Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo caught the ball on the baseline with 2:39 left in the game, turned and faded away to bury a 9-foot jumper over the outstretched hands of Miles Bridges. Bridges shook his head in disbelief as he ran back down the court, knowing there was nothing more he could have […]