TOKYO (AP) — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique pandemic Games.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians.
Nearly three dozen athletes with ties to Wisconsin will be going for the gold as the Olympics get underway in Tokyo.
Onalaska girls hockey icon Theresa Knutson has officially re-signed with the Metropolitan Riveters out of the National Women's Hockey League. Knutson spent last season with the club…
The WIAA is hiring Prairie du Chien alumnus Mel Dow to be its associate director. Dow is a former three-sport athlete at Prairie du Chien who…
The Minnesota Twins have just traded slugger Nelson Cruz and minor league pitcher Calvin Faucher to the Rays for Tampa prospect pitchers Joe Ryan and Drew Strotman. Those are Tampa's 10th and 17th-ranked prospects, respectively. Both are currently in Triple-A.…
The NFL has informed teams they could potentially forfeit a game because of a COVID-19 outbreak among nonvaccinated players, and players on both teams wouldn’t get paid that week. The memo was sent to the teams by Commissioner Roger Goodell…
ROSEMONT, Ill.-- During his opening address at 2021 Big Ten Football Media Days, Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin Warren announced that Barry Alvarez has been named special adviser for football. Alvarez will begin his new role on August 2, 2021.…
The declaration coincides with the Bucks’ championship parade planned for Thursday afternoon in downtown Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to squeeze into the streets of downtown Milwaukee to catch a glimpse of the Milwaukee Bucks in a parade that celebrates the city’s first NBA championship in half a century.…
