Milwaukee Sports Headlines

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Charlie Danielson of Osceola, ranked sixth nationally among collegiate golfers, fired a 3-under-par 69 in the second round of the NCAA Division I regional championship on the Meadow Valleys course Tuesday at Blackwolf Run in Kohler.

The tough talk hasn’t worked. Neither has erasing the occasional result and taking away the medal that went with it.

Kevin Durant scored 26 points and made a key 17-foot jumper with 30.7 seconds left, and the Thunder handed the Warriors their first home loss of the playoffs on Monday.

Adrian Ungur of Romania upset Milwaukee’s Tim Smyczek in the first round of qualifying for the French Open Monday in Paris.

According to the National Institutes of Health, between 1993 and 2015, 62 athletes were injured during joyous post-game melees, and 16 of those injuries required surgery.

TUESDAY

Andy Murray celebrated his 29th birthday by beating Novak Djokovic on clay for the first time to win the Italian Open title.

When Billy Donovan first reached out to Gregg Popovich in the late summer of 2014, his wildest dreams hadn’t included any of this.

UW-La Crosse wasted little time Sunday in reaffirming that it fielded the best baseball team in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference this season.

Kyle Lowry scored 35 points, DeMar DeRozan had 28 and the Raptors beat the Miami Heat 116-89 in Game 7 on Sunday to advance to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history.

Invited back to Wisconsin to deliver a graduation address, Seahawks star Russell Wilson opted to use part of his speech to discuss his forced departure from N.C. State.

Matt Kenseth held off Kyle Larson in a thrilling run down the stretch to win a wreck-filled NASCAR Sprint Cup AAA Drive for Autism 400 Sunday at Dover International Speedway.

The Marquette University men’s and women’s track teams swept the Big East outdoor championships Saturday in Geneva, Ohio.

SUNDAY

Waukesha native and University of Wisconsin graduate Gwen Jorgensen won a World Triathlon Series event in Yokohama, Japan, by 78 seconds in her first competition since her 13-race winning streak was snapped April 9.

BLACKSTONE CREEK: Chris Morano, 77; Jerry Slaske, 78.