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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Defending champion Tomas Berdych took less than an hour to beat Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-1 Saturday and reach the final of the World Tennis Tournament, where…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kelly Oubre scored 18 points, including a clinching 3-pointer in the final minutes, and eighth-ranked Kansas overcame a slow start to beat No. 16 Baylor 74-64 on Saturday.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State's Denzel Valentine celebrated Feb. 14 in style, sinking a 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds remaining to give Michigan State a 59-56 victory over No. 23 Ohio…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Qualifier Luca Vanni of Italy defeated home-crowd favorite Joao Souza 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the Brazil Open on Saturday, reaching his first ATP final.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Qualifier Luca Vanni of Italy defeated home-crowd favorite Joao Souza 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the Brazil Open on Saturday, reaching his first ATP final.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Qualifier Luca Vanni of Italy defeated home-crowd favorite Joao Souza 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the Brazil Open on Saturday, reaching his first ATP final.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sheldon Jeter scored a career-high 22 points and hot-shooting Pittsburgh dominated No. 12 North Carolina 89-76 on Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kentucky coach John Calipari, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and four-time Defensive Player of the Year Dikembe Mutombo are among the finalists for this year's Naismith Memoria…

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — Daniela Hantuchova saved two match points to beat Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the Thailand Open semifinals on Saturday.

HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) — Scott Hend of Australia surged into lead of the Thailand Classic on Saturday by shooting a 6-under 66 in the third round despite a bogey on the last hole.

Chryst admits the high standards shrink the player pool available to the Badgers, but that just means he and his staff have to do a more precise job of evaluating recruits.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Top-ranked Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Dubai Tennis Championships because of the lingering effects of an upper respiratory illness sustained durin…

After a week of cutting expenses across its proposed 2015-16 budget, the University of Wisconsin athletic department felt it had no choice but to ask football fans for a helping hand.

While the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team continues to roll down the Big Ten Conference highway on cruise control, the battle for position behind the Badgers has been filled with…

The University of Wisconsin men's hockey team scored first Friday night, but dropped a 2-1 decision to host Ohio State.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Senior captain Blayre Turnbull continued her recent high-scoring ways Friday night.

The color scheme has changed — from Badger red to Billiken blue — but otherwise Lisa Stone insists she’s the same person she’s always been.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Brandt Snedeker won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am two years ago and moved to a career-best No. 4 in the world, making him the highest-ranked American be…

GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — England's Charley Hull and Holly Clyburn and South Korea's Choi Eun-woo shared the third-round lead at the Australian Ladies Masters on a tough day for scoring Sat…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Shawn Matthias scored the first hat trick of his career Friday night as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Boston Bruins 5-2.