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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — No. 5 seed Penn State survived an early challenge and went on to sweep UCLA in the second NCAA volleyball regional semifinal Friday night.

The Janesville Craig girls basketball team needed a huge second half to keep its undefeated record intact Friday night.

The Marshall girls basketball team raced to a 30-7 lead after one quarter and cruised the rest of the way to a 79-37 victory over host Lake Mills in a Capitol Conference crossover game Friday night.

Senior Sean Chislom scored 20 points and junior Benjamin Rounds scored 18 as McFarland defeated host Clinton 68-45 in a Rock Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game Friday night.

WAUNAKEE — Kayla Goth drove down the right baseline as the final seconds of the first half faded away in search of an opportunity to provide the DeForest Norskies with a spark heading into halftime.

Junior Kelsey Stinson made five 3-point baskets on her way to a 24-point performance Friday night, leading the Monona Grove girls basketball team to a 59-30 victory over visiting Fort Atkinson…

Sophomore forward Justin Kakuska scored the lone goal in the Waunakee boys hockey team’s 1-0 victory over the Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells co-op Friday night in Reedsburg.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Moments before Gary Andersen made his entrance, the anticipation had built to a fever pitch.

There’s no disgrace in what happened to the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team Friday night, but there’s no solace, either.

If deer hunting is just about setting records for license sales, body counts and success rates, it’s time to declare the 1990s as Wisconsin’s golden age and move onto a new era with different …

It turns out University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez was serious when he told reporters the next football coach he hired would be his last.

They say the hours they put into the case were driven up by the state's aggressive defense of the now overturned constitutional amendment.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Wisconsin volleyball team knew it would face a nail-biter of a match at some point during its NCAA tournament run. It just came a little sooner than anyone…

Lancaster senior Andrew Gates has signed a letter of intent to enroll at Clarke University next fall and join the Crusaders’ men’s golf program.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week. 

I can't stop thinking about the rhesus macaque monkey maternal deprivation studies at UW-Madison. It makes me terribly sad to think of the suffering inflicted on these baby monkeys and their mothers.

Monday night while watching the Green Bay Packers play I saw an ad from Bergstrom Cadillac with Barry Alvarez in it. At the end of the ad he said "merry Christmas."

Madison seems like a nice place to live, study and play athletics.

Is anyone surprised by coach Gary Andersen's abrupt departure? It didn't take a Rhodes scholar to see he was not happy at UW-Madison.

I played a lot of football. I even played in college in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics over 50 years ago. My how it has changed.