Milwaukee Sports Headlines

Cleveland’s Big Three is on quite a roll. Two playoff series, two sweeps. Now, the Cavaliers get to rest up for the Eastern Conference finals.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr designated Stephen Curry as doubtful for Monday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers.

UWM’s men’s track and field team finished with 181 points, two points behind champion Youngstown State. UWM’s Nate Pozolinski captured the men’s individual scoring title.

Amateur boxing no longer has much of a following, but the president of Wisconsin Golden Gloves is determined to keep alive the dreams of a few.

MONDAY

Nyquist rolled to victory in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, staying undefeated in eight starts. Here are the horses that entered Churchill Downs undefeated and how they fared in the Derby.

Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas will miss the rest of his team’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Miami Heat with a sprained right ankle.

For the first five weeks of the season, many Brewers fans asked the same question about Aaron Hill. How does a 34-year-old infielder fit into the club’s rebuilding plan?

Struggling with Amir Khan’s speed, Alvarez unleashed a long right hand that send Khan backward on the canvas, where referee Kenny Bayless didn’t even bother to count him out at 2:37 of the sixth round.

ATHLETICS

PERFECT GAMES

OCONOMOWOC: Marilyn Godfrey, 88.

SUNDAY

Nyquist stormed into the lead on the turn for home and won the Kentucky Derby to become just the eighth undefeated horse to win the Run for the Roses.

Saturday’s field includes a horse who is, on paper, more accomplished than American Pharoah was at this time last year. But Nyquist, the clear Kentucky Derby favorite, has barely generated a buzz on the Churchill Downs backstretch and within the racing industry at large.

SATURDAY

UW-Milwaukee’s Karlie Place won the pole vault in the Horizon League outdoor women’s track and field championships Friday in Valparaiso, Ind.