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Trying to tackle the running backs won't be easy for the defenses when Green Bay visits Seattle on Sunday in the NFC title game.

The Badgers play the Gophers at 8 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday in Minneapolis.

The Monona Grove boys basketball team figured out how to solve the puzzle that is Nick McGlynn on Thursday night.

Ryan given memento

Junior forward Abby Monis scored a game-high 23 points to pace the Lakeside Lutheran girls basketball team to a 57-38 victory over host Columbus in a Capitol North Conference game Thursday nig…

This was the moment Bronson Koenig has been waiting for since he committed to play for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team in 2011.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

The head-to-head Badger South Conference dual-meet battle between host Milton and Stoughton provided plenty of sparks on Thursday.

The senior has 24 goals and 21 assists, but his contribution to the Spartans go far beyond the numbers.

With defense and Deang Deang, the Madison East boys basketball team knocked Sun Prairie out of sole possession of the Big Eight Conference lead Thursday night.

The senior, who missed the loss at Rutgers with a concussion, was 4 of 5 from 3-point range and surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career.

Karma Chávez, an associate professor in the university's department of communication arts, hosted a lively debate Thursday on whether body cameras can help prevent police violence.

The guards combine for 27 points as UW evens its Big Ten record at 3-3.

WASHINGTON — On Sunday, at the great Paris rally, the whole world was Charlie. By Tuesday, the veneer of solidarity was exposed as tissue thin.

Last year, it was the "polar vortex." Then came a cool summer, and now it’s minus 6 degrees and schools are closing.

Wisconsin has been covered with glaciers several times. The glaciers advanced and then retreated.

Madison news media is giving lots of coverage to the growth of Epic, and rightly so. Dane County is very fortunate to have the growth this company is providing.

Thanks to the Madison Police Department and Chief Mike Koval for their ongoing efforts to make Madison a safe place to live and be productive.

I read with interest Charles Krauthammer’s column proposing a hefty revenue-neutral tax on gasoline in last Friday's State Journal.

The trip to London is a big success for the Bucks, who improve to 21-19.