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The way Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan sees it, the 16th-ranked Badgers are playing better because they're making shots. They're also making plays -- and Frank Kaminsky came up two huge ones to beat No. 15 Iowa on Saturday.

SportScene 13 for Friday, February 21, 2014 includes: WIAA Boys/Girls hockey pairings for Saturday. Boys Basketball: Eleva-Strum at E.C. Immanuel Lutheran

Jamie Benn scored in the second period, Carey Price made 31 saves, and Canada beat the United States 1-0 Friday night in the semifinals of the Olympic men's hockey tournament.

Outfielder Ryan Braun has returned from suspension to a new position with the Milwaukee Brewers.

It was the first day back for the 2011 NL MVP since being suspended for 65 games in 2013 for violating Major League Baseball's anti-drug agreement.

It happened just hours before the NBA trade deadline Thursday.

The team announced details of the events this week.

UW-Stout, led by Kyleigh Hebert (So, Spencer) and Tara Matter (Fr, Spencer), had six players score in double figures en route to an 89-72 over UW-La Crosse.

The women's basketball team had little trouble getting by UW-Platteville in the final home game of the regular season, defeating the Pioneers 69-58 on Ken Anderson Court in Zorn Arena tonight.

Every Wednesday for the past two years we have brought you stories of western Wisconsin athletes breaking records, winning championships, or overcoming adversity. This fall while on the sideline of a Glenwood City football game I noticed a player on the Hilltoppers secondary who had only one hand. As I covered the Hilltoppers on their journey to a second straight state title game, I watched in awe of Marcus Kadinger's effort and ability on the grid iron. Turns out Marcus isn't just a starter on the football team, meet one of the top scorers on Glenwood City's basketball team and our Gordy's Athlete of the Week, Marcus Kadinger.

Rickie Weeks is back with his Milwaukee Brewers teammates after a left hamstring injury knocked him out in August last season. But the veteran is no longer the guaranteed starter at second base.

Milwaukee plays its first spring training game Feb. 27.

On Wednesday, the team's website said that forward Jake Dowell had been recalled from the Iowa Wild.

Busy Tuesday night for prep sports!! WIAA Boys Hockey: Medford at E.C. North, WIAA Team Wrestling: Merrill Sectional, Ellsworth Sectional, Boyceville Sectional Boys Basketball: Elk Mound at Colfax, E.C. Memorial at Menomonie Girls Basketball: Osseo-Fairchild at E.C. Regis

Gopher basketball coach Richard Pitino says the team respects Ellenson's decision. The university announced his decision Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Scott Kilgallon announced that his retirement will be effective June 30.

After an intense US-Russia hockey match at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, many Russian fans have decided the cold war is back -- and not just on the ice.

Syracuse is still No. 1 in the AP college basketball poll, but it is no longer a unanimous choice.

A busy day of high school sports action on SportScene 13. We have WIAA wrestling regionals, swimming sectionals, boys hockey and girls and boys basketball. Click here to see all the action on SportScene 13!

Coming off a 6-1 loss to fourth-ranked UW-Stevens Point last night, the third-ranked UW-Eau Claire men's hockey team looked to turn things around tonight. But an overtime goal by the Pointers handed the Blugolds a 2-1 loss, giving Stevens Point a sweep of the Blugolds this season.