Milwaukee Sports Headlines

Rob Perry scored 19 points to lead Loaded Slate to a 60-58 victory over Final Touch in the Muni men’s semifinals at Madison High School.

WEDNESDAY

Craig Bradshaw scored a career-high 25 points and Drew Winkler added 15 as Belmont beat short-handed Green Bay, 80-65, Tuesday night in the first round of the NIT.

Follow the live box score as the Bucks take on the Trail Blazers at the Moda Center in Portland.

Phil Jackson is back in New York, providing the Knicks stability, championship-building ideas and a link to the franchise’s best days. Now they need him to get some good players.

PGA Tour

The NCAA Tournament is back this week for the seventh time, including its debut here in 1984 at the old Arena. And, yeah, Milwaukee in March may not have the historical allure of springtime at Kemper or the Spectrum, but it has had its moments.

Freshmen have created plenty of buzz in college basketball this year. The class includes such standouts as Aaron Gordon of Arizona, Jabari Parker (above) of Duke and Andrew Wiggins of Kansas.

HONOR SCORESAMF BOWLEROMen's Handicap

Cleveland Cavaliers all-star guard Kyrie Irving will miss at least two weeks with an arm injury. Irving hurt his left biceps in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, and an MRI taken Monday revealed a strained tendon.

All season there has been a buzz around women’s basketball about UConn and Notre Dame. Now the stage is set for the former Big East rivals to meet in a historic national championship game.

TUESDAY

Even if the Bucks continue to struggle, they may not finish with the worst record in the league and the resulting prize – the most pingpong balls in the pot for the May 20 draft lottery.

There were a lot of people who were surprised that BYU got an invitation to the NCAA Tournament, but maybe the selection committee decided it wanted to see if the Cougars and Oregon Ducks could blow up the scoreboard again.

Kalah Baer scored 16 points as top-seeded Saint Francis (Ind.) outlasted Cardinal Stritch, 68-64, in the semifinals of the NAIA Division II women’s tournament Monday night in Sioux City, Iowa.

IndyCar legend Gary Bettenhausen has died at age 72, officials with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway said Monday. Bettenhausen drove in 21 Indianapolis 500s between 1968 and 1993, finishing as high as third.

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was released from jail Monday after being held overnight following a traffic stop in which police said he failed sobriety tests and had multiple prescription drugs inside his vehicle.

Free agent wide receiver James Jones has signed with the Oakland Raiders, the team announced Monday. It's a reported three-year deal for Jones, who turns 30 years old this month.

A brief look at the first-round games