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Pickleball was invented 60 years ago, but now it's a national craze. Does the city have enough courts to keep up?

Scoring is often one of the most difficult adjustments for tennis players who take up pickleball.

BadgerExtra football beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down his picks for the Wisconsin football All-Badgers Quarter Century Team's defense, which features a who's-who of stellar front-seven players.

When Sauk County Board members say the county nursing home lost money, they are hypocritically criticizing the Sauk County Health Care Center in Reedsburg for what other county departments and services do: use some property tax dollars.

We are six months into the current Trump administration. The plan to "make America great again" is now enshrined in executive orders and legislation. Let us examine the plan for greatness:

I'm a retired teacher and resident at the Sauk County Health Care Center in Reedsburg. It has been my home for the last 18 months and will be for the rest of my life.

I am the grandparent of both a transgender child and a nonbinary child. They are ages 10 and 7. My wife and I often struggle to remember to use the appropriate pronouns (or no pronouns, as the case may be).…

It greatly offends me to see women in the Trump administration conspicuously displaying little silver crosses around their necks.

Sterling Sharpe averaged 85 catches in his injury-shortened career — an unheard of number for his era and 10 more than Jerry Rice averaged in his first seven seasons.

Aaron Rodgers' somewhat late arrival means there isn't a lot of time to build the kind of chemistry required to thrive once the games start to count.

The Badgers football coach addressed several topics following the first day of training camp in Platteville. Here's what information from Fickell caught our eye.

MILWAUKEE — When Andrew Vaughn joined the Milwaukee Brewers last month with a chance to rejuvenate a career that had gone sideways, the message he received from his new team was simple.

The Philadelphia Phillies acquired hard-throwing reliever Jhoan Durán while identical twin relievers Tyler and Taylor Rogers got dealt on the same day, signaling that teams are willing to pay a hefty price for bullpen help as the Major League Baseball…

A quarterback shined despite tough weather conditions, two edge defenders were all over the backfield and more from Badgers training camp.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Henry Davis’ fielder’s-choice grounder brought home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.

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