La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Left out of the four-team playoff, Big 12 co-champion Baylor gets to stay close to home to play in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day to play Big Ten team Michigan State.

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick for the third time in his last four games, rallying Barcelona over Espanyol 5-1 Sunday night in the Catalan derby.

Nick Saban vs. Urban Meyer.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A'Ja Wilson's putback with 1.8 seconds left lifted No. 1 South Carolina past No. 9 Duke 51-50 on Sunday.

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Mississippi State and Georgia Tech will play in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 31.

More professional athletes were wearing "I Can't Breathe" messages Sunday in protest of a grand jury ruling not to indict an officer in the death of a New York man.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carolina Panthers tight end Brandon Williams has been ejected from Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints for throwing punches during a scuffle between the teams that …

MONTREAL (AP) — Former teammates joined hundreds of fans and Quebec's premier at the Bell Centre on Sunday to pay tribute to Jean Beliveau, one of the greatest Montreal Canadiens players.

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State have been selected to play in the first College Football Playoff.

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Baylor and Ohio State jumped past TCU in the final Associated Press college football poll Sunday.

SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) — Danny Willett spoiled Luke Donald's birthday with a final-round 66 to charge past his English compatriot and win the Nedbank Golf Challenge by four shots on Sunday.

In three long hours, UW lost the Big Ten title, a possible spot in a New Year’s Six bowl and any chance Melvin Gordon had of winning the Heisman.

The Buckeyes steamroll the Badgers 59-0 to state their case for a spot in the College Football Playoffs Final Four.

INDIANAPOLIS — Melvin Gordon was a breakout performer for the University of Wisconsin football team in 2013, but the standout tailback had a couple outings that stuck in his craw.

INDIANAPOLIS — What does it say about the University of Wisconsin football team that it’s had a stake in four of the past five Big Ten Conference crowns?

Mike Eaves has witnessed exhilarating victories, agonizing defeats and remarkable performances in his 13 seasons as the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach.

The beleaguered University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team suffered a devastating blow well before the opening tipoff Saturday, with the announcement leading scorer and rebounder Michala …

Johnson, a 6-3 center who earned first-team All-Big Ten honors in her first season at UW last year, suffered the injury vs. Miami (Fla.) on Thursday.

He expects to play in the USHL for at least a year before coming to Madison in 2016 or ’17.

GAME BALL: CARDALE JONES