La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Gilmore, who will be the Badgers' highest-paid non-coordinator this year at $265,000, was the Oakland Raiders' wide receivers coach from 2012-14 before serving the same position with USC in 2011.

Bo Ryan’s team has led by an average of six points at the first media timeout over the past seven games. 

It’s the third weekly honor this season for Kaminsky, who shared the award with Maryland’s Dez Wells.

The Badgers (23-2, 11-1 Big Ten) take an eight-game winning streak into Wednesday night's game at Penn State.

Karl Smesko has had a goal to get his team in the Top 25 ever since Florida Gulf Coast moved up to Division I. Now the only coach the school has ever had can cross that off his list.

There's no argument about who is No. 1.

Washington's star-studded rotation reports to Florida. Matt Harvey continues his comeback with the New York Mets. Joe Maddon takes over the Chicago Cubs, and Russell Martin gets a closer look …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With five straight victories, the Los Angeles Kings are digging their way out of a slump that has threatened their playoff chances.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Biega scored the winner in his first NHL game and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-2 Monday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With Roosevelt Jones holding the ball above the top of the key and time running down, there was only one thing for Butler to do.

GALESVILLE — When Annalese Lamke and the rest of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls basketball team were freshmen, the team went 1-22.

DENVER (AP) — Cody McLeod and Matt Duchene scored 9 seconds apart, Jarome Iginla had two assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the slumping Arizona Coyotes 5-2 on Monday night.

Eric Johnson, a riverboat gambler of sorts, had to know when to hold back, when to let go, when to carve the corner with surgeon-like precision or when to simply tuck and ride.

In what has developed into a topsy-turvy MVC boys basketball race this season, Aquinas High School threw another curve into the equation Monday night.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler scored the only goal in the shootout and the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Monday.

Women's soccer coach Paula Wilkins announces her 11-member recruiting class.

MADISON -- A big reason the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team hasn’t had to do much chasing over the last month is because the Badgers have done an excellent job of setting the ton…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Andrej Nestrasil had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Ottawa Senators 6-3 Monday.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Kevin Klein scored with 4:32 left, and the New York Rangers overcame a pair of two-goal deficits and netted three third-period goals to stun the New York Islanders 6-5 o…