(Columbus, OH) — For the first time in three months, the Badgers are back in the Top-25. Wisconsin takes that number-24 ranking on the road for a conference game at Ohio State tonight (Tuesday). It will be going for a sweep of the season series. Big Ten Player of the Week Nick Boyd will lead the offense. He’s third in conference scoring with 20-point-6 points per game.
Pregame at 7pm. Tipoff at 7:30pm on AM1240 & 96.5FM
HSBB
Baldwin-Woodville 72, Menomonie 68
Bayfield 74, Birchwood 62
Cornell 47, Lac Courte Oreilles 21
Frederic 70, Drummond 53
HSGB
Cumberland 46, Unity 31
Fall Creek 57, Colfax 48
Frederic 70, Drummond 40
Hayward 56, Spooner 47
Ladysmith 66, Northwestern 53
Plum City/Elmwood 49, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 42
St. Croix Falls 39, Barron 34
HSBB tonight
Rice Lake vs Medford on 96.1FM
Barron vs Spooner on 99.1FM
Coverage starts at about 7pm for both games
(Milwaukee, WI) — It’s starting to look like the Bucks “won” the NBA trade deadline by picking up 22-year-old forward Ousmane Dieng. Heavy-dot-com reports that he came from the Oklahoma Thunder as part of a three-team trade. After just three games, he’s earned a start and has been showing an impressive shooting touch, connecting on half of his 3-pointers, while scoring a combined 36 points the last two times out. He will likely be a solid complement to Giannis Antetokounmpo when the superstar returns.
(Milwaukee, WI) — The Brewers are just like Rodney Dangerfield, apparently. They get no respect. Multiple projections have them finishing third in the National League Central during the 2026 season. Veteran outfielder Christian Yelich tells MLB-dot-com: “It’s the same story every year,” saying Brewers players, “Just don’t care.” It’s worked in the past. If they claim another division title, it will be the fourth in four years.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Minnesota Twins right-hander Pablo López ended a bullpen session early over what manager Derek Shelton said was “a little bit of elbow soreness.” López threw two-plus innings before shutting things down. He was considered ahead of schedule in preparations to join Venezuela for the World Baseball Classic. Lopez turns 30 next month. He has been the opening day starter for the Twins the past three seasons. Lopez was limited to 75 2/3 innings last year due to injuries.
(Green Bay, WI) — There’s no disputing the talent on the Packers’ roster, but the team still lost its last five games. The problem is that the front office doesn’t have many resources moving forward. NFL-dot-com reports that Green Bay is 22nd in salary cap space and 29th in draft pick capital. The Packers don’t have a draft choice until number-52. Right now, the team is over the salary cap but this isn’t the first time general manager Brian Gutekunst has had to deal with a situation like that.
MILAN (AP) — The United States and Canada will face off for Olympic gold for a seventh time since women’s hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Games in a border rivalry that never gets old. And this time, the Americans are the favorites at the Milan Cortina Games. The U.S. clinched its berth with a 5-0 win over Sweden in semifinal play. And the defending champion Canadians followed with Marie-Philip Poulin scoring twice to set the Olympic career goal record in a too-close-for-comfort 2-1 victory over Switzerland. The outcomes set up the latest showdown between the sport’s global powers in the gold medal final on Thursday.
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Elana Meyers Taylor has won her first Olympic gold in women’s monobob, and she made history as the oldest American woman to do it at the Winter Games. She rallied in the final heat at the Milan Cortina Games and dropped to her knees in tears. Germany’s Laura Nolte took silver. Kaillie Humphries Armbruster took bronze for the United States. Meyers Taylor already owned five Olympic medals, but she had never won gold. Her sixth medal ties Bonnie Blair for the most by a U.S. woman at the Winter Games. Kaysha Love finished seventh.
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