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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The 49ers say Seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Patrick Willis will retire after his 2014 season was cut short by a toe injury that required surgery.

HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban official says the New York Cosmos will face off against the Caribbean country's national team in June, becoming the first professional U.S. soccer club to play on the isl…

The University of Wisconsin men's hockey team will close out the regular season with a Big Ten Conference series vs. Ohio State at the Kohl Center.

The third-ranked University of Wisconsin women's hockey team will host No. 5 Boston University in an NCAA quarterfinal Saturday at LaBahn Arena.

PARIS (AP) — The death of 10 people the collision of two helicopters is the latest in a long list of deaths involving reality TV shows around the world.

PARIS (AP) — Three French athletes were among the 10 people who died as two helicopters filming a reality show crashed in a remote part of Argentina on Monday:

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach says the Olympic world is in mourning for the three French athletes killed in a helicopter crash in Argentina.

Jim Boeheim is the latest recent example of why the entire body of work should be complete before a person is considered.

UW’s Bo Ryan is selected Coach of the Year by the conference’s coaches.

UW (28-3) is the top seed in the Big Ten tournament and will play either eighth-seeded Illinois or ninth-seeded Michigan at 11 a.m. Friday in Chicago.

Our nine-part, position-by-position spring practice preview continues with a look at UW's tight ends.

PARIS (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Camille Muffat had retired from swimming to focus on her personal life, boxer Alexis Vastine had some unfinished business after two disappointing Olympics, a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Farmers Field had a prime location in downtown Los Angeles, big-time boosters, a builder with an impeccable professional sports resume, even a name and sponsor — rare for a …

Conference tournaments will give the nation's best teams opportunities to boost their credentials to claim one of the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

A look at the highlights of what's happening all around spring training in Florida and Arizona today:

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — These Kentucky Wildcats have the chance to reach heights no team in the program's history has ever achieved — become undefeated national champions.

MIAMI (AP) — Back in the Miami Heat locker room for the first time in nearly a month, Chris Bosh had things he needed to say.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — James Neal put in a rebound of Seth Jones' shot 2:45 into overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 2-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes that snapped a season-worst, si…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Antti Niemi made 39 saves and stopped seven of eight shootout attempts to lead the San Jose Sharks to their 10th straight home win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, 2-1 …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gonzaga struggled to get going in the first half and led Pepperdine by just two points at the break. However, once the seventh-ranked Bulldogs got going, they just ran away fr…