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Four Wisconsin Badgers were drafted Sunday, all in the third round. The Oakland Raiders took defensive end Matt Shaughnessy with the 71st overall pick. Linebacker DeAndre Levy was taken by Detroit as the 76th pick. Pittsburgh selected Badgers' guard Kraig Urbik at Number 79. And...

Brewers' closer Trevor Hoffman will have two minor league rehab outings this week at Triple A Nashville. He's scheduled to start for the Sounds Tuesday night, with a middle relief appearance on Friday night. Hoffman is getting over a strained oblique muscle he suffered at spring...

The Milwaukee Bucks will play their final home game of the season tonight against Orlando. The Bucks assured themselves a winning record at the Bradley Center with their 21st home win on Saturday night over Oklahoma City. But Milwaukee is just 33-47 overall, and they're 0-3 against...

The New York Jets confirmed this morning that quarterback Brett Favre has told them he'll retire. Team owner Woody Johnson said he spoke with Favre this morning (Wednesday). "I had a great conversation with Brett this morning.

The Milwaukee Bucks have lost two straight for the first time since Dec. 9 after falling at Portland Tuesday night 102-85. First-year center Greg Oden scored a season-high 24 points for the Trail Blazers, and he tied a career-high with 15 rebounds. The Bucks made only of...

Brian Bewcyk of Winnepeg, Canada, won his second straight world title Sunday at the 46th annual World Championship Snowmobile Derby in Eagle River. Bewcyk and his Ski-Doo survived three re-starts due to crashes and he led for all 25 laps around half-mile oval to claim his victory....

Both men's and women's basketball squads from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls fell to the UW-Eau Claire Blugolds over the weekend.