For LSU fans, game at Lambeau Field represents end to ‘dreadful’ summer
It's a game for the LSU Tigers, who are tired of looking up to Alabama. It's for Les Miles, the coach who nearly got dethroned after last season. It's a...
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One request for Wisconsin-LSU game at Lambeau Field: Let them Leap
C'mon, NCAA, make an exception. Live a little. You penalize taunting because standing over a tackled player and yapping at him is crummy sportsmanship. Keep that flag. But Saturday's LSU-Wisconsin...
Gold medalist Jimmy Butler salutes Tom Thibodeau, talks of ‘love-hate’ relationship
The medal ceremony had ended, and now it was time to pose for pictures. Jimmy Butler put his long right arm around his former coach, Tom Thibodeau, and smiled. "It's...
Big Ten West team-by-team previews
Iowa Reason to believe: The core of a team that shocked America (and horrified a few pundits) by going undefeated until the Big Ten title game returns. The Hawkeyes have...
Rio Olympics: The good, the bad and the Lochte
Anyone need bug spray? Chewable Pepto? A personal GPS tracking device that gets Velcroed to your ankle? I'll remember these Rio Games for what they were not. Those emergency responders...
Sky’s Elena Delle Donne on first Olympic gold medal: ‘Somebody pinch me’
The gold medal was securely draped around her neck, but Elena Delle Donne kept fiddling with it, asking herself: Did this really happen? "Yeah, I kept looking at it," she...
Big Ten East team-by-team previews
Indiana Reason to believe: The Hoosiers led the Big Ten in total offense, averaging 504.3 yards and 475 in eight conference games. Junior receiver Simmie Cobbs had 1,035 yards and...
Pau Gasol’s day embodies U.S.-Spain game that was hard to watch
Let's be honest: It was nearly impossible to form a strong opinion off Team USA's 82-76 victory Friday over Spain, which sends them into the gold-medal game against Serbia. The...
Irish twins Leona and Lisa Maguire working together on golf course in Rio
They're sometimes teammates, often rivals and always sisters. Identical twins, no less. Leona Maguire is the world's top-ranked amateur. Lisa Maguire, 15 minutes her senior, is ranked 35th. They are...
‘Crazy’ setting created memorable triathlon for Geneva’s Ben Kanute, dad
Looking out over Copacabana Beach, the magnificent Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance, blue skies above, throngs of spectators along the course and dancers shaking to Brazilian pop music, Mike Kanute...