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HOLMEN — A big reason that the Holmen High School boys basketball team sits atop the MVC standings is its ability to win close games.

CHICAGO (AP) — Marian Hossa scored his seventh goal in four games, and the Chicago Blackhawks rallied for a 3-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.

Normally being called young is a compliment.

SEATTLE (AP) — Stanley Johnson scored 20 points to lead five Arizona players in double figures, and the seventh-ranked Wildcats rebounded from last weekend's upset loss to rout Washington 86-6…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Kei Nishikori of Japan beat American qualifier Austin Krajicek 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Memphis Open.

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

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Artem Anisimov scored 2:17 into overtime to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night.

It takes hundreds of hours of training. It takes great technique. It takes balance and it requires a bit of a fearless attitude to be a top-level competitor on the slopes.

NEW YORK (AP) — Little League phenom Mo'ne Davis was pretty impressive on the basketball court, too.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kevin Harvick opened last season determined to immediately show the strength and speed of his new race team.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tony Stewart opened Speedweeks with a weighty — and heated — issue.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Harvick opened last season determined to immediately show the strength and speed of his new race team.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Hockey might be the streakiest of all the major professional sports, a mystery exemplified no better than by the Minnesota Wild this season.

Rhonda Glenn, the first female anchor on ESPN who became a USGA historian and tireless promoter of women's golf, died after a long illness. She was 68.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama fire officials say a blaze that gutted an NFL player's Tuscaloosa County home has been ruled arson.

NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the decision says Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James has been elected as a vice president of the NBA Players Association.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ernie Banks, the beloved Chicago Cubs great who once said he wanted to have his ashes scattered at Wrigley Field, is at the center of a battle over his remains as his estranged …

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Enjoying the best weather Pebble Beach has to offer is one thing. Brandt Snedeker knew he had to take advantage of it with his golf clubs, too.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hockey might be the streakiest of all the major professional sports, a mystery exemplified no better than by the Minnesota Wild this season.