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A Chicago Blackhawks playoff series win over the Minnesota Wild will put them closer to a second straight Stanley Cup, and the city's mayor in possession of a 25-pound salted nut roll.

Marquette has named former Golden Eagles player Carolyn Kieger as women's basketball coach.

Milwaukee's impressive bullpen had one very bad inning.

Peppers has registered the second-most sacks (118.5) in the NFL and forcing the fifth-most fumbles (39) since he entered the league.

After fighting cancer, Spring Grove native Todd Oakes is fighting hard to give back. He's nominated for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Man of the Year Award.

Patrick Sharp thought the Chicago Blackhawks were going to play the Colorado Avalanche. Then he thought they were going to play the Minnesota Wild. Then he thought they were going to play the Avs again, and on and on it went.

The Wisconsin Badgers will host the Duke Blue Devils in one of the marquee matchups in December's ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

Yasiel Puig tied a career high with four hits and drove in two runs and Dan Haren struck out seven in 6 2-3 innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader on Thursday.

The Milwaukee Brewers added right-handed reliever Rob Wooten for the start of their series against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, leaving them short-handed in the outfield.

It's the first playoff series win for the Wild since 2003. Nino Niederreiter scored his second goal of the game at 5:02 in overtime.

Zack Greinke (5-0) struck out six and didn't allow an earned run, but he loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh and the Twins trailing 5-1.

He played professional baseball, but nothing can compare to what this Spring Grove native faced two years ago.

Allen Craig homered on a four-hit day that included three RBIs, and Matt Adams hit a three-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3 Wednesday.

Cordarrelle Patterson's rookie year for the Minnesota Vikings produced plenty of reasons for him to feel confident and satisfied.

The Minnesota Twins will give left-hander Kris Johnson his first start with the team, as part of their day-night doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

As the Minnesota Vikings pour concrete for their new stadium, they're thinking about how to get fans in the door in an era when watching at home on HDTV is so easy — and so much cheaper.

Lyle Overbay singled in Khris Davis with the tiebreaking run in the top of the 11th inning.

Rodriguez's early-season dominance is only part of the story for a Brewers bullpen that was one of the best in the game in April.

Wild coach Mike Yeo has a stirring pregame speech all prepared for just the occasion.

Tomah's  Jamie Gaarder scores two goals in the Timerwolves 2-1 overtime win against Onalaska.