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Fans flock to the Trop ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers fans flocked to Tropicana Field on Tuesday in hopes of seeing their team win a World Series title. Ticket marketplace TickPick said 41.3% of purchases for Game 4 came from Wisconsin. There appeared to be more Brewers ...

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WNBA moves Game 6 The WNBA has moved Game 6 of the finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries to a 12:30 p.m. tipoff Thursday at the home area of the Atlanta Hawks so that the NBA can keep its previously scheduled primetime contest that day. The WNBA worked with the NBA ...

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Wisconsin upsets USC MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Southern California transfer Bryan Jackson scored a first-half touchdown against his former team to help Wisconsin surprise the No. 16 Trojans 24-7 on Saturday night. Wisconsin (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) had its second victory of the season over a ...

Union head calls MLB’s salary cap proposal ‘nuclear bomb’

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Baseball's union chief said the owners' proposal of a salary cap this summer was a "nuclear bomb" and players have no interest in the type of economic system Commissioner Rob Manfred maintains is needed for the sport to thrive. Shortly before the Milwaukee Brewers and ...

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Misiorowski sets record MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski broke the record for fastest World Series pitch with the very first offering of this year's Fall Classic, a 103.5 mph fastball from the Milwaukee Brewers' fireballer to the Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Díaz on Friday night. Aroldis Chapman of the Chicago Cubs set the mark for a Series pitcher at 103.2 mph in the ninth inning of Game 2 in 2016, an offering that resulted in a groundout to second by Cleveland's Coco Crisp. Misiorowski's first pitch was listed at 103.4 mph on the stadium video boards but clocked at 103.5 by MLB's ...