WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Billed as a chance to get Canadian football fans a close-up look at NFL superstars like Aaron Rodgers, Thursday night's exhibition between the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers sure gave them something they've never seen.
THORP — Sometimes, it’s about which team can make the most out of the other’s mistakes.
MILWAUKEE — Jordan Lyles was pulled after pitching six no-hit innings and Milwaukee reliever Devin Williams gave up a bloop single with two outs in the seventh as the Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Friday night.
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Down 15 points in the first half, Eau Claire Memorial outscored La Crosse Logan 40-0 the rest of the way en route to a 47-22 win at La Crosse.
Cam Newton hobbling to the locker room, the recipient of an unnecessary injury in an unnecessary game.
MADISON — Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus was declared eligible to play Friday, a year after he was suspended in the fallout from a sexual assault allegation that resulted in his acquittal by a jury at trial.
The Menomonie football team found itself trailing 10-7 entering the halftime break.
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MADISON — The University of Wisconsin did the right thing in reinstating Quintez Cephus as a student and football player.
Led by 15 seniors, it was a season to remember – 11 straight wins before a crushing two-point playoff loss.
Menomonie coach Joe LaBuda calls this year’s Big Rivers Conference “one of the best in the state.”
It’s open season for starting spots on the Chippewa Falls football team.
In a postseason exhibition of underclassmen last fall, Eau Claire Memorial took on Wisconsin Rapids in a regulation game.
Last year saw a dramatic finish in the Dunn-St. Croix, with Mondovi, Spring Valley and Elk Mound tying for first place. The conference’s coaches expect the same three heavyweights to battle for the crown again this season. That should make for some high-stakes head-to-head matchups this fall.
The first step has been taken.
Keldric Stokes’ wife is from Thorp, but he’s still adjusting to his new surroundings in his first season as the Cardinals head coach.
RICE LAKE — The 2019 football Rice Lake Warriors will look a lot different, and a lot younger, than the squad that went 10-3 and reached the Division 3 state semifinal level last season.
Bloomer and Northwestern have spent the past two years battling for Heart O’North supremacy and 2019 should be no different.
ALTOONA — There’s no shortage of experience in the Altoona huddle.
Lakeland coaches might be spending a little extra time on Hudl this season.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A new set of lines adorn historic Dorais Field at Chippewa Falls High School this fall.
Eleva-Strum first-year head coach Jacob Lerum isn’t wasting any time putting his team to the test this season. The Cardinals open their season on the road at Mondovi for an August 23 date with the Buffaloes of the Dunn St. Croix conference.
MONDOVI — Mondovi head football coach Craig Loscheider has spent his offseason like Dr. Frankenstein, cooking up a new quarterback to lead the Buffaloes this year.
ATLANTA — Justin Thomas has a two-shot lead, and the Tour Championship hasn’t even started.
In a moment of honesty, Kayden Lyles said he doesn’t feel like he used a major opportunity to the fullest.
MADISON — Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus returned to practice Wednesday, though he is not eligible to play in games yet at least in part because he lacks credits after he was expelled this spring amid sexual assault allegations.
MADISON — Jonathan Taylor is one of the best running backs in college football.
ST. LOUIS — Dexter Fowler was focused more on his team getting a win rather than his own production.
Few people knew his real name and it didn’t matter.
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This year, we want to hear your opinion.
The message was put out loud and clear from UW-Eau Claire football at its annual media day Monday. The Blugolds aren’t looking to dwell on the past.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dakota Hudson and two relievers combined on a one-hitter, and Paul DeJong homered to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 Monday night in a series opener between NL Central contenders.
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GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers practiced on Monday after sitting out the Packers’ second preseason game in Baltimore and being sidelined during practice Sunday with back tightness.
MADISON — Former Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus was cleared Monday to return to school after a jury acquitted him of sexual assault charges, though it was unclear when he will be eligible to play in a game.
MENOMONIE — As the Eau Claire Cavaliers walked off the field as Wisconsin Baseball Association state champs, Jordan Wilson said he was thinking about the Cavaliers legend who wasn’t with them.
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WASHINGTON — Washington manager Dave Martinez wanted his team to shake off any ill effects from Saturday's marathon loss to Milwaukee by getting out to a fast start in the series finale.
MADISON — Carmin Seltzner took a moment to collect herself and assured the person on the other end of the line that this happens all the time.
It’s hard to argue 2019 wasn’t a successful year for the Eau Claire Express, even if it ended in heartbreak.
Forty years after Jan Krueger started the Augusta Athletics and 25 years after the team hoisted the Wisconsin Baseball Association state championship in 1994, Augusta said goodbye to it’s local ballclub.
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MEDINAH, Ill. — Winless over the last 12 months, Justin Thomas knew he was playing well and he was due for a low round.
