With record-setting running back Montee Ball headed to the NFL, Badgers Sophomore Melvin Gordon can expect a heavier workload in 2013.

Merril Junior Renee Sladek is still recovering from an ACL injury suffered during basketball season, and will win the spring track season.

Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez each homered for the second straight game.

Kyle French vs. Jack Russell in spring practice.

The Packers a minor signing on Tuesday.

UWSP's Bob Semling was named a finalist for the 2013 Jack Bennett Man of the Year award and the Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year.

Larry Sanders had a career-high 24 points and 13 rebounds as Milwaukee cruised to a 131-102 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood Senior Monica Verkuilen helped the Chargers finish with a 20-4 record overall, including a flawless 12-0 mark in the Central Wisconsin Eight Conference.

A big "Luuuuuuc" thundered down from the Miller Park crowd of 45,781 as Weeks came home with the winning run and Lucroy was mobbed by his jubilant teammates in a 5-4 Opening Day win for the Brewers.

Yovani Gallardo makes his fourth opening day start for the Brewers, who begin the season against Colorado for the second time in four years. The Rockies won their 2010 opener at Miller Park.

Some local teams are finding any place possible to practice for the spring sports season.

Kevin Durant scored 30 points, Russell Westbrook had a triple-double, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Milwaukee Bucks 109-99 on Saturday night.

Using its trapping, shot-challenging 2-3 zone defense to perfect effect, No. 4-seeded Syracuse shut down No. 3 Marquette 55-39 in the East Regional final Saturday, reaching the Final Four for the first time in a decade.

Rickie Weeks hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Saturday in the final spring training game for both teams.

Kyle Lohse had a solid debut three days after signing a $33 million, three-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching into the fourth inning of a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday.

Jamil Wilson scored 16 points, Vander Blue and Davante Gardner had 14 apiece, and Marquette advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2003 with a 71-61 win over Miami on Thursday night.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped a first-period penalty shot and finished with 31 saves to help UMass-Lowell rout Wisconsin 6-1 on Friday night in the NCAA Northeast Regional semifinals.

SPASH softball is no stranger to Madison come spring. The Panthers made a second straight trip to the State Tournament in 2012, a year after winning the Division 1 State Title in 2011.

Larry Sanders scored 13 of his career-high 21 points in the third quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 113-103 on Thursday night

Marathon Red Raiders Baseball enters the 2013 season coming off a 19-5 record last spring, but are approaching this season as a brand new year with a brand new team.

The Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak was snapped Wednesday night by the Chicago Bulls, 101-97, when a furious comeback by LeBron James and his teammates fell short.

Infielder Yuniesky Betancourt has signed a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers, rejoining the team he helped win the 2011 NL Central title.

The Miami coach returned to the scene of his greatest triumph Wednesday, leading the Hurricanes' practice in the same building where his George Mason team beat Connecticut to advance to the Final Four seven years ago.

Yovani Gallardo threw 6 1-3 innings of two-hit ball and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-1 on Wednesday.

Infielder Yuniesky Betancourt agreed Wednesday to a $900,000, one-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers, rejoining the team he helped to win the 2011 NL Central title.