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Often, the standout stars in big games aren't the biggest names or players making the most money.

It was her natural curiosity that led Lesley Kagen into unknown publishing realms. Her first four novels became reality through a traditional publisher, Penguin. Her fifth book she published o…

The reserve point guard hurt the knee Thursday in the Bucks' win over the Knicks in London.

Greg Kazmierski is widely credited/castigated as the force behind the deer-trustee initiative that brought Texas’ James Kroll to Wisconsin in 2012 to revamp the state’s deer-management program. 

SEATTLE — Russell Wilson called it “heartbreaking.”

The team everyone loves to hate just won't go away, claiming a spot in the AFC championship game for the ninth time in the last 14 years — a run that very well could be the most remarkable in …

SEATTLE — Game plans vary from week to week, opponent to opponent. Any NFL coach will scoff at the notion there's a formula that works the same against everyone.

President Barack Obama’s proposal to render community college free has received widespread approval and kudos from the liberals and the left. For serious egalitarians, however, the proposal sh…

Several Madison stocks are among the top performers for the year.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Darren Smith made 51 saves, and the Madison Capitols benefitted from an early lead Saturday in a 5-3 U.S. Hockey League victory over the Youngstown Phantoms at Covelli Centre.

The University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s track and field teams kicked off their 2015 indoor seasons in similar fashion.

A late score and steal sealed a 48-47 overtime victory for host Madison La Follette over Sun Prairie on Saturday, helping to create a logjam in the Big Eight Conference boys basketball race.

The Madison Edgewood boys hockey team maintained its grip on the Badger South Conference lead with an 8-3 victory over Monona Grove at Hartmeyer Ice Arena on Saturday.

Junior guard Mitch Pfeifer scored 26 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the visiting Kettle Moraine boys basketball team to a 69-33 victory over Fort Atkinson in non-conference play Sa…

Shareef Smith had a feeling that it was going to be a night to remember for Madison Memorial senior center Brett Tauber.

MINNEAPOLIS — After Mike Eaves met with the media and offered his postgame thoughts Saturday night, the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach took the somewhat unusual step of returning t…

After leading by double digits at halftime, the host Baraboo girls basketball team put away Madison West from the free throw line Saturday afternoon in a 57-38 non-conference victory.

It took Brittany Ammerman a second to realize her first career overtime goal was the last of 121 shots the University of Wisconsin would need to fire Saturday.

Lower gas prices are hindering efforts to develop alternative energy sources.

I guess it's only when social programs help other people that they're bad. Does that make Congressman Paul Ryan a hypocrite?