Milwaukee Sports Headlines

Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali outfoxed other Tour de France title contenders to win a hilly second stage through the Yorkshire countryside in Sheffield, England, on Sunday, earning the yellow jersey.

Travis Diener spent four years playing basketball in the Italian League, but was ready to take a break when he got a job offer from his alma mater.

Ryan Braun seemed fairly confident Sunday that the lower back spasms he’s been suffering won’t be a lingering issue.

DSHA junior Arike Ogunbowalehad 15 points and eight rebounds as the U.S. women’s team knocked off Spain, 77-75, in the gold-medal game of the U-17 world championship.

MONDAY

John Hyden, 41, and his youthful, braces-wearing teammate, Tri Bourne, played two matches within five hours and still managed to thwart the efforts of the most physically-gifted team in pro beach volleyball to win the AVP Milwaukee Open.

Centerfielder Carlos Gomez and third baseman Aramis Ramirez were elected to the National League’s starting lineup in fan voting, and catcher Jonathan Lucroy and closer Francisco Rodriguez also made the squad via player balloting.

The Reds’ Jay Bruce snapped an 0-for-26 slump with an eighth-inning home run after the Brewers had tied the game earlier in the inning.

The Reds’ Jay Bruce snapped an 0-for-26 slump with an eighth-inning home run after the Brewers had tied the game earlier in the inning.

Gonzalo Higuain’s first goal of this World Cup sent Argentina into the semifinals on Saturday. The Netherlands won a shootout.

SUNDAY

Matt Garza threw 111 pitches in all and his nine innings bested his April 2 effort, when he took a no-hitter into the seventh against the Atlanta Braves at Miller Park only to see the Brewers lose, 1-0.

The collapse of the Lake Michigan yellow perch fishery is one of the unwelcome, cascading consequences of invasive species in the Great Lakes.

Wisconsin youth looking for fishing fun this summer will receive an assist from an expanded Department of Natural Resources Fishing in the Neighborhood program.

North America had a record 49.2 million ducks and a high number of ponds this spring, according to an annual survey released Wednesday.

SATURDAY

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jenningsand former Olympian April Ross, the top-seeded team, rolled past Dana Fiume and Hilary Pavels, 21-8, 21-9, in just 27 minutes in the AVP Milwaukee Open Friday at Bradford Beach.