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Marc Loving's jump shot from the lane with 5.6 seconds left in overtime lifted No. 22 Ohio State to a 74-72 victory over Minnesota on Tuesday night, helping the Buckeyes escape with the win after blowing a 12-point second-half lead.

The new president of the Milwaukee Bucks says public financial support is needed for a new, multipurpose arena to help spur downtown development.

The Green Bay Packers say they will make 300 standing-room-only tickets available for Sunday's NFL divisional playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field.

Allegiances to the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys are split in one Wisconsin community.

“We’ll see, we’ll see how long I have left and how long I feel like playing. Right now, I feel like playing as long as I can. As long as my body will allow me to play, I’m going to continue to play.” ~ Julius Peppers, May 29, 2014.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It's been a slog at times for Arron Afflalo in his second tour with the Denver Nuggets as he tries to re-acclimate himself to a team in flux.

Stoic defensive lineman Mike Daniels has trained his focus squarely on Dallas.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo and Jason Witten have seen plenty of bad endings in Dallas.

Here is The Associated Press Wisconsin prep basketball poll for the week of January 5, with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points and last week?s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters:

Here is The Associated Press Wisconsin prep basketball poll for the week of January 5, with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points and last week?s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Andy Ludwig is taking over as offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt after two seasons in that role at Wisconsin.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There is a group text message that goes out regularly among Minnesota's five seniors, encouraging each other with reminders to take full advantage of the dwindling opportunities to not only play for the Gophers but experience success together.

For the fifth straight week, Kentucky is the unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25.

Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker scored 16 points apiece, leading No. 4 Wisconsin to an 81-58 victory over Northwestern on Sunday night.

Zaza Pachulia had 16 points and 14 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks handed the New York Knicks their 11th straight loss, 95-82 Sunday night.

Vernon Fiddler scored two goals and the Dallas Stars scored six or more goals in consecutive games for the first time since 1997, beating the Minnesota Wild 7-1 on Saturday night.

Trey Burke bounced back from a horrendous shooting night to score a season-high 28 points and the Utah Jazz handed the Minnesota Timberwolves their 11th straight loss with a 101-89 victory on Saturday night.

Melo Trimble scored 20 points, and No. 12 Maryland used a strong defensive performance to beat Minnesota 70-58 on Saturday in the Terrapins' inaugural Big Ten home game.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The post-season recognition has begun for the Green Bay Packers, with quarterback Aaron Rodgers and fullback John Kuhn earning spots on the 2014 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota All-America tight end Maxx Williams is turning pro.