Milwaukee Sports Headlines

FRIDAY

The Milwaukee Wave announced that tickets are on sale for their MISL playoff semifinal match on March 10 at the U.S. Cellular Arena.

Here are some thoughts found on Twitter this week. Go to www.jsonline.com/sportstweets for links to accounts of state athletes.

With the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, 10 hours ahead, Milwaukee television stations have different approaches to coverage.

THURSDAY

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu broke his own record and won the men's short program at the Sochi Games on a night four-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko retired from competitive skating.

Evgeni Plushenko withdrew for medical reasons Thursday from the men's figure skating competition at the Sochi Olympics. The four-time medalist who helped Russia win the team gold over the weekend fell on a triple axel during warmups for the short program and immediately grabbed his back.

Paul Stastny scored twice during a six-goal barrage in the second period, and the United States got off to a spectacular start in the Olympic men's hockey tournament with a 7-1 victory over Slovakia on Thursday.

An Olympic track worker struck by a bobsled broke both his legs and may have a concussion, IOC officials said Thursday. The worker was on the track when he was hit by a forerunning sled near the finish line just before the start of Thursday's two-man bobsled training.

The U.S. has swept the podium in men's slopestyle skiing. Joss Christensen soared to gold in the sport's Olympic debut, posting a score of 95.80 on Thursday to beat teammates Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper.

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Milwaukee’s Tim Smyczek dropped a 6-2, 7-6 (5) decision to Michael Russell in the second round of U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships Wednesday in Memphis.

Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won the Olympic gold medal in pairs figure skating Wednesday as Russia took the top two spots to reclaim its dominance in the sport.

Kaitlyn Farrington of the U.S. captured gold in the women's Olympic snowboarding halfpipe final Wednesday, edging defending champion Torah Bright and American teammate Kelly Clark for the title.

Megan Agosta scored twice and assisted on Hayley Wickenheiser's goal to lead Canada to a 3-2 victory over the United States on Wednesday in a tense preview of the expected gold medal match.

Izaiah Anderson scored 21 points as the Green Knights (19-1, 15-0 Midwest Conference), ranked No. 6 in the D3hoops.com poll, held off the host Pioneers (13-8, 10-6) for their 17th straight victory.

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College basketball writer John Gasaway picked 10 coaches who in his estimation have exceeded the expectations set for them before the season started.