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The Badgers will play the Buckeyes in a Big Ten series at 5:30 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. 

Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. requested a top prospect in exchange for Paplebon and offered to pay a significant portion of his salary of $13 million.

The UW-Whitewater men's basketball, baseball and football programs pulled off an unprecedented trifecta in the past year.

Senior guard Becca Albrecht scored 17 of her 20 points in the second half to lead the Deerfield girls basketball team to a 48-38 victory over visiting Rio in Trailways South Conference play Th…

Senior forward Michael Medenblik scored 15 points Thursday night to lead the McFarland boys basketball team to a 55-44 victory over visiting Evansville.

Senior guard Ty Horkan scored 16 points to lead the Reedsburg boys basketball team to a 49-37 victory over host Waunakee on Thursday night in Badger North Conference play.

POYNETTE — An undefeated record in mid-February serves as an indication that a basketball team has a collection of exceptional qualities.

The battle for the Capitol South Conference championship is over, but the Cambridge girls basketball team struck a big blow in its bid for a runner-up finish Thursday night.

Adam Stanton scored the tying goal midway through the third period and added the game-winner in overtime Thursday to give the host Baraboo/Portage boys hockey team a 3-2, non-conference victor…

MIDDLETON — Shareef Smith admittedly feels the pressure of wanting to keep the streak of 11 conference titles alive for Madison Memorial boys basketball team.

Sam Meyer scored 18 points to help the Madison West boys basketball team edge visiting Beloit Memorial 67-64 in Big Eight Conference play on Thursday night.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Senior outfielder Marissa Mersch went a combined 4-for-8 with an RBI and a run scored, and the University of Wisconsin softball team completed its first sweep of the se…

Northern Wisconsin once again received up to 2 to 3 inches of snow in the past week with the state's southern half again missing out, causing counties that had opened snowmobile trails to clos…

WASHINGTON — His secretary of defense says “the world is exploding all over.” His attorney general says the threat of terror “keeps me up at night.”

Calling plays while running an entire team has become too much of a burden for one man, even if he has a championship-caliber team.

Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, wants to keep a 48-hour wait time for the purchase of a handgun in Wisconsin.

In his inaugural speech, Gov. Scott Walker said: "We will ensure every child — regardless of background or birthright — has access to a quality education."

Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, and several of his fellow Republicans don’t like the idea of giving the University of Wisconsin System more autonomy because they’re afraid tuition will go up. N…

"I tend to believe collective bargaining for faculty and staff would not be a good fit to the current culture of UW-Madison," one professor said in an email.

The Illinois food company is parent to Madison-based Oscar Mayer.