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Wisconsin Sports

Familiarity breeds contempt in NBA

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The usually good-natured Indiana Pacers star, Tyrese Haliburton, has shown he refuses to back down from his Milwaukee Bucks rival and fellow All-Star, Damian Lillard. It’s been part of the chippiness and chirping that is beginning to heat up as it usually does ...

Packers select wide receiver Matthew Golden in NFL draft

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers did something in the first round of the NFL draft that they hadn’t done since 2002. The host team for this year’s NFL draft selected a wide receiver, taking Texas’ Matthew Golden at No. 23 overall on Thursday night. The previous time the ...

NFL shines spotlight on flag football

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — While the NFL draft takes over Titletown and Lambeau Field, the league is leveraging the excitement surrounding its premier offseason event to promote flag football. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Cam Ward, Travis Hunter and other draft prospects participated in a ...

Lillard has mixed results in return to NBA action

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All-Star guard Damian Lillard wanted to give the Milwaukee Bucks a lift Tuesday night. So he called coach Doc Rivers in the morning and told him he would return for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series after missing the past month because of a health scare. Rivers ...

Johnson named WIAA Scholar Athlete finalist

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Kamdan Johnson of Florence County High School is among 32 seniors selected as a finalist to receive the 2025 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Statewide Scholar Athlete Award. The award is presented by We Energies Foundation and Wisconsin Public ...