Luke Hancock made four straight 3-pointers in the first half, and Peyton Siva and Chane Behanan had monster second halves to lead the top-seeded Cardinals (35-5) to their first national title since 1986 on Monday night with an 82-76 victory over Michigan.

Marco Estrada pitched seven effective innings and doubled home a run Monday, helping the Milwaukee Brewers stop a five-game slide with a 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the first game of the season at Wrigley Field.

Ervin Santana pitched eight strong innings, Alcides Escobar doubled home the go-ahead run and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Monday in their home opener.

After spending last season with the Denver Broncos, the former Flambeau and Wisconsin star has signed with the New Orleans Saints.

Jimmie Johnson pulled away on a restart with eight laps to go and won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday. It was his eighth career victory on the shortest track the series races.

Pinch hitter Eric Hinske belted a long two-run homer in the 11th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-7 on Sunday to complete a three-game series sweep.

Aaron Hicks ended an 0-for-13 skid with a tiebreaking RBI single in a two-run seventh inning, rallying the Minnesota Twins past the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Sunday.

The UW-Eau Claire softball team went a perfect 4-0 against UW-Stevens Point and UW-Superior this weekend in games played in Platteville. The Blugolds improve to 16-3 overall.

Michigan takes down Syracuse in Final Four 61-56 and will play Louisville Monday night in the national championship game Monday night in Atlanta.

Jason Kubel, Paul Goldschmidt and Aaron Hill each homered in Arizona's 9-2 victory over the injury-depleted Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.

The Louisville Cardinals have advanced to Monday night's NCAA national championship game, rallying from 12 points down in the second half to beat upset-minded Wichita State in Final Four.

Justin Morneau singled in the tiebreaking run with two outs in the ninth inning after an error by Chris Davis, and the Minnesota Twins got a home run from Chris Parmalee in a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.

The Wisconsin football team was outside again Saturday and drilled in front of about 850 fans at Camp Randall Stadium that turned out for the first of two open practice sessions this spring.

Wade Miley and Kyle Lohse were locked into a pitching duel through six innings before the Arizona Diamondbacks spoiled Lohse's debut with Milwaukee by scoring two runs on a wild pitch off reliever Michael Gonzalez in the seventh for a 3-1 win over the Brewers on Friday night.

Carmelo Anthony scored 41 points, tying a franchise record with this third straight 40-point game, and the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 101-83 on Friday night.

Senior defensive end David Gilbert announced Friday that he will not play for the Wisconsin football team this fall due to recurring injuries to his right foot. It was to be Gilbert’s final year of eligibility.

Menomonie High School Linebacker and Offensive Guard Eric Peissig has been selected to the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Team ( Wisconsin Chapter). Eric was one of the eleven student athletes that will be honored at half time of the Wisconsin Badgers Spring Game on April 20th.

Mike Pelfrey pitched into the sixth inning in his Minnesota debut, Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe hit home runs and the Twins took the season-opening series from the Detroit Tigers with an 8-2 victory Thursday.

Jake Sparger gave up two hits and struck out 12 as Eau Claire Memorial defeated Milwaukee Riverside 10-0 at the Metrodome.

The Green Bay Packers’ preseason schedule is highlighted by a nationally televised contest at Lambeau Field against the Seattle Seahawks on Friday, Aug. 23. The preliminary schedule was communicated by the National Football League on Thursday.

Minnesota has picked Richard Pitino, the son of Louisville coach Rick Pitino, to take over for Tubby Smith.

The Minnesota Twins picked up their first win of 2013 in walk-off fashion when Eduardo Escobar hit a two-run double with one-out in the bottom of the 9th inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2.

Hudson native Davis Drewiske was traded by the Los Angeles Kings to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. The former Wisconsin Badgers defenseman played in 20 games for the Kings in 2013.

Eau Claire Memorial's Jake Sparger was the Big Rivers Conference Pitcher of the Year last season as he struck out 70 batters in 54 innings. In this week's Gordy's Athlete of the Week, SportScene 13's Jenn Chapman profiles the Old Abes ace.

Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez each homered for the second straight game, leading the Colorado Rockies over the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 Tuesday night and giving Walt Weiss his first win as a major league manager.