Milwaukee Sports Headlines

Clippers owner Donald Sterling would like to allow his wife to negotiate the forced sale of the NBA team in order to end a monthlong furor surrounding his racially charged remarks about African-Americans.

Chico Camus of Milwaukee has fought in some big venues. Now he’s headed to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

BOYS
GOLF
CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
Currie, par 71

BROADLANDS: Greg Grocholski, 71; Bruce Barndt, 77.

Alex Galchenyuk tipped in a pass at the right post 1:12 into overtime, and the Canadiens overcame a late tying goal and beat the Rangers, 3-2, in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Thursday night.

Here are some thoughts found on Twitter this week from athletes with Wisconsin ties.

Sterling Sharpe was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame Thursday, highlighting a class of 14 players that also includes LaDainian Tomlinson, Tony Boselli and the late Derrick Thomas.

What is it about Bill Simmons that makes him more than a minor irritant when he appears on my television screen?

Jimmie Johnson won the pole Thursday night for the Coca-Cola 600, turning a lap at 194.911 mph at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the third round of NASCAR’s knockout qualifying format.

FRIDAY

BOYS
GOLF
CLASSIC 8
Naga-Waukee, par 72

THURSDAY

Tony Parker scored 22 points, Danny Green made seven 3-pointers and added 21, and the Spurs decimated the Thunder, 112-77, on Wednesday night, rolling to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Jeff Carter scored three of Los Angeles’ six straight goals, and the Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 6-2, on Wednesday night to leave the Western Conference final tied at one game apiece.

Teams are turning to coaches with no previous head coaching experience in the league. Here’s how the batch of first-year coaches in the 2013-’14 season fared:

Kansas forward Andrew Wiggins is the heavy favorite to be taken first by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA draft on June 26.

Tyler Thicke tossed a complete game and UW-Milwaukee rallied to beat Oakland, 4-2, in the opening round of the Horizon League baseball tournament at Kapco Park on Wednesday.