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The Bucs made the announcement Monday, a day after a season-ending 42-17 loss to the New Orleans dropped Schiano's record to 11-21 over two seasons.

The Lions made the move Monday, one day after they ended their late-season slide with a loss at Minnesota.

Mike Shanahan was dismissed Monday after meeting with team owner Dan Snyder.

The firing was announced Monday morning.

With the Sochi Olympics a little more than a month away, Eau Claire's Emilee Anderson and Adam Loomis took part in the Olympic trials in Women's Ski Jumping and Men's Nordic Combined.

Aaron Rodgers and Randall Cobb came back just in time to lift the Green Bay Packers to the NFC North championship. Rodgers fired a 48-yard touchdown pass to Cobb in the final minute, and the Packers beat the Chicago Bears 33-28 to capture the division title.

Approximately 40,000 tickets for the NFC Wild Card Playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers – to be played on either January 4 or 5 in Green Bay – will go on sale Monday, Dec. 30, the Packers announced Sunday evening.

Holiday basketball tournament action continued here on SportScene13! We head back to Menomonie for the Big Rivers/Wisconsin Valley Holiday Classic for boys basketball. Then we are off to Fall Creek for girls basketball action. Sprinkle in some boys hockey and you have a busy day of sports. Click here to see all the action on SportScene13!

Packers receiver Randall Cobb has been activated from injured reserve and has been listed as questionable for Sunday's crucial game against the Chicago Bears.

Sam Dekker had 16 points and 11 rebounds for his third career double-double as No. 4 Wisconsin cruised past Prairie View A&M, 80-43, on Saturday.

Shaun Livingston scored 20 points, Mirza Teletovic came off the bench to add 19 and the Brooklyn Nets rebounded from an embarrassing Christmas Day performance by ending their four-game losing streak with a 104-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.

Friday evening we catch up with former Regis girls basketball standout and current Vanderbilt Commodore Heather Bowe.

We catch up with the talented guard on those the 2011 championship Regis Ramblers girls basketball squad and current St.Thomas sophomore Katie Stone.

SportScene is headlined on this Friday by a big boys basketball match-up as Rice Lake and Henry Ellenson battled Diamond Stone and Dominican. The Big Rivers vs. Wisconsin Valley Holiday classic is taking place in Menomonie this weekend and we have highlights from 5 games. We also hit the ice as Chippewa Falls battles Wisconsin Rapids in boys hockey action. Click here to see all the action on SportScene 13!

On Friday, Head Coach Mike McCarthy said running back Eddie Lacy was "kept on a short rep count" at practice.

College students are on winter break, but for College athletes that break is a bit shorter, have to get back for training. While home for the holidays we had a few local athletes stop in to talk about their college playing experience...First up, former La Crosse Aquinas star and now current Badger Bronson Koenig.

Former walk-on Jared Abbrederis has set a new standard with his exemplary college career for No. 19 Wisconsin.

Packers head coach Mike McCarthy announced Thursday afternoon that Aaron Rodgers will be the starting quarterback for Green Bay Sunday when the Packers battle the Bears for the NFC North division title.

All 30 major league teams have been notified that the 30-day period to sign the star 25-year-old right-hander began at 8 a.m. EST Thursday, according to Major League Baseball spokesman Michael Teevan.

The world's oldest Olympic sport was on the chopping block this past year for future summer Olympics. The sport has since been reinstated, creating quite a commotion internationally and here in the states. In fact, youth wrestling participation is on the rise, and now former NCAA and Olympic stars are coming together to promote the sport. AGON Wrestling Championships has now hosted two events with the third one coming to Whitewater in January. Chippewa Falls native, Luke Smith is this week's Gordy's Athlete of the Week, as he comes out of retirement.