Madison, Wi (WSAU) The Wisconsin men's basketball team moved up five places to 11th in the new AP-media poll. The Badgers also rose three spots to number 13 in the coaches poll. That was after Wisconsin defeated Michigan State and Michigan in the last week. The Badgers are 18-5 ...More
Wausau, Wi (WSAU)
Alpine Skiing
Wausau West wins meet at Granite Peak and clinches the Northern Ski League Conference Title
Boys Basketball
Wausau Newman 57 Witt/Birn 42
Amherst 59 Rapids Assumption 50
Menominee Indian 50 Bowler 40
Edgar 51 Spencer 38
Nekoosa 58 Marshfield Columbus 57
Flambeau 55 Phillips ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers pulled together to win their second straight contest without Kobe Bryant with a 101-89 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday.
Pau Gasol had a versatile effort with 21 points, 19 boards, eight assists and five blocks while Lamar Odom had 16 ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Clippers center Chris Kaman has been named to the Western Conference All-Star team in place of injured Portland guard Brandon Roy, the Clippers said on their website on Monday.
Roy was originally selected as a reserve but has been sidelined with a hamstring ailment, clearing ...More
TORONTO (Reuters) - Ryane Clowe used a borrowed stick to score the late game-winner as the San Jose Sharks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday for a ninth straight road win on the road.
The Western Conference-leading Sharks (39-11-9) moved within one road triumph of tying a franchise record ...More
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Olympic torch relay just got bigger, much bigger.
At 106 days, the pre-Vancouver Winter Games run weighs in as the longest domestic relay in Olympic history and to help get it across the finish line ... Arnie is back.
Famous for his "I'll be back' and "Hasta ...More
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Russia has been warned to get its anti-doping act together days before the start of the Vancouver Olympics after several of their athletes have been busted for taking banned drugs in the past months.
Russia, who will host the next winter Games in the Black Sea resort of ...More
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Cities that take on the gargantuan task of hosting Olympic Games contend that the costly investment leads to a better quality of life for its denizens for years to come.
But the 2010 Winter Games host Vancouver is already ranked as one of the most livable cities in ...More
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - To many residents of this storm-battered city, the New Orleans Saints carried more than a trophy when they came home on Monday after winning the first Super Bowl in their 42-year history.
"Our spirits are lifted," said Peggy Fuselier, one of thousands of people who lined Veterans ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A record 106.5 million Americans watched the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts in Sunday's Super Bowl game, setting a new high for any U.S. television broadcast, early ratings showed on Monday.
The National Football League championship, broadcast on CBS, beat the record ...More
