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Hornets defeat Bucks as Bridges scores 20

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Miles Bridges scored 20 points, Ryan Kalkbrenner had 17 points on 8-for-8 field goal shooting, and the Charlotte Hornets snapped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday night with a 111-100 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, who played without Giannis ...

Milwaukee’s Murphy named NL Manager of the Year

Cleveland’s Steven Vogt won his second straight AL Manager of the Year award and Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy repeated for the NL honor. Vogt received 17 of 30 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, beating out Toronto’s John Schneider and ...

No. 2 Indiana to face Wisconsin following an emotional, historic victory

Omar Cooper Jr.'s game-winning toe-tap touchdown at Penn State will forever be etched as one of the most iconic images in Indiana football history. It was so acrobatic, so unexpected that even usually unflappable coach Curt Cignetti acknowledged he nearly teared up during his postgame ...

Packers’ struggles on offense continue for second straight game

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay was trailing by three points and facing fourth-and-1 with less than two minutes remaining when Josh Jacobs said he could hear the Philadelphia Eagles calling out what play the Packers planned to run. Jacobs got stuffed behind the line of scrimmage and ...

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Hall of Famer Wilkens dies SEATTLE (AP) — Lenny Wilkens, a legendary figure in basketball, has died at 88, his family announced on Sunday. Wilkens was a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame, honored as both a player and a coach. He was known as one of the finest point guards of his era and later became a renowned coach. He coached 2,487 NBA games, a record that still stands. Wilkens was also inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team, which he was an assistant for. He also coached the U.S. to a gold medal in the Atlanta Games in ...

Next up: Musgrave to have bigger role after Kraft’s injury

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — When the Green Bay Packers decided to take a couple of tight ends in the first two days of the 2023 draft, they selected Luke Musgrave a round before they struck gold with Tucker Kraft. Kraft's rise to stardom resulted in a reduced role for Musgrave, a second-round ...