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Both players, who starred last season at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., will join the Badgers for the 2016-17 season.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Simon Pagenaud's hot streak continued at Barber Motorsports Park, giving Team Penske yet another pole.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. dominated all day and regained the lead on a late restart to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday, earning his 24th career victory in the series and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michal Neuvirth, Thomas Greiss and Martin Jones were sitting on the bench as playoff backups a year ago. Jeff Zatkoff and Matt Murray were in the minors.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has declined a request to change the bond conditions for former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle.

Doyle narrows her list to Indiana, Iowa, Vanderbilt and Nebraska.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami running back Mark Walton was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence and was suspended indefinitely from the team shortly thereafter.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin has gotten accustomed to having Sundays off when NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series comes to Richmond International Raceway, where the premier series has traditionally raced under the lights on Saturday night.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Josef Newgarden is carrying an unfamiliar mantle into Barber Motorsports Park: defending champion.

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich ground past Hertha Berlin 2-0 and Borussia Dortmund kept the Bundesliga title race alive for one more week with a 3-0 victory at Stuttgart on Saturday.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Unseeded Lucas Pouille and former top-10 player Fernando Verdasco will meet in Sunday's final of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy.

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Defending champion Angelique Kerber reached her second successive Porsche Grand Prix final with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 defeat of Petra Kvitova.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Two-time defending champion Kei Nishikori beat Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday to return to the final of the Barcelona Open.

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho is being investigated by UEFA over a failed drugs test after last month's Europa League game against Manchester United.

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Callum Shinkwin of England shot a 62 to close within two strokes of Lee Soo-min, who still leads after another weather-curtailed day at the Shenzhen International.

Brookins, who was moved to linebacker early in his UW career, has excelled at safety this spring and enters Saturday’s spring game as one of many inexperienced players fighting for playing time.

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets and Portland Trail Blazers are hoping a change in venue will provide some mojo in the NBA playoffs, while the Oklahoma City Thunder and Toronto Raptors look to take 3-1 leads in their…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matt Murray watched the Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round collapse against the New York Rangers from afar two years ago, the wispy goaltender still a teenage prospect in the spring of 2014 as a 3-1 series lead morphed into…

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Alan Quine was a newborn when the New York Islanders last won a playoff series. He spent most of this season in the minors. His NHL debut was a mere two weeks ago, the team adding…