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 Matt Kenseth had eluded the wreckage that turned Dover into a junkyard. He never felt he could escape the pressure that Kyle Larson put on him — the anointed future star racing door-to-door with the former champion.

Twins manager Paul Molitor acknowledged he put together an odd lineup Sunday.

UW-La Crosse baseball rolls past UW-Whitewater to reach the championship round of the WIAC tournament. Elsewhere, MVC and Coulee track and field stars square off with conference championships on the line.

The Twins' road woes continued on Friday night. So did the longest active losing streak in the majors.

Milwaukee's starting rotation is getting a lift from a journeyman right-hander who pitched in Italy just two years ago.

UW-La Crosse baseball gets a monster evening from shortstop Alex Cordova in its WIAC tournament opener against UW-Oshkosh. Meanwhile, Eagles track and field star Meg Heafy continues her dominance at the Eagle Open.

James Shields had a season-high nine strikeouts in seven innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night.

Minnesota Vikings first-round draft pick wide receiver Laquon Treadwell has signed his rookie contract.

Green Bay Packers third-round draft pick Kyler Fackrell has signed his rookie contract.

Richard Pitino's fourth year as the coach at Minnesota has come with significant pressure to pull up the floundering men's basketball program from the bottom of the Big Ten and help put an end to the off-the-court problems.

News 8 cameras cover eight area games on Thursday including Alex Grulkowski winning the high jump, triple jump, 400 M and 200 M runs at the Dairyland Conference championship.

Wei-Yin Chen tied a career high with 12 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings to help the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Max Scherzer struck out 20 batters, matching the major league record for a nine-inning game.

The Minnesota Twins have sunk to the bottom of the American League, and no one on the team is feeling lower than veteran starter Phil Hughes.

Mark Coyle was the athletic director at Syracuse for about 10 1/2 months, leaving the school with an opening for a second straight year.

Packers first-round draft pick Kenny Clark will have more homework to do as he finishes up classes at UCLA.

How can anyone make sense of this magic? Well, we tried.

Matt Higley of Eleva-Strum shoots a low round of 75 at Tuesday's Arcadia/G-E-T Invitational.

Kevin Jepsen intentionally walked Manny Machado in the ninth to get to Jones, who made him pay.

When the Milwaukee Brewers finally started to hit Adam Conley, they started to run, too.