Basketball
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Caitlin Clark marks ‘sea change’ in popularity and revenue of women’s sports
Mary Jo Kane recently talked with WPR’s “Central Time” about Caitlin Clark’s impacts and this moment for women’s sports.
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Marquette Golden Eagles head to Dallas for Sweet 16
Fans sent the Marquette Golden Eagles off to Dallas on Wednesday. The team will face North Carolina State in the Sweet 16.
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4 Wisconsin teams are on their way to March Madness
“Morning Edition” host Alex Crowe chatted with JR Radcliffe, a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel who is covering the NCAA Tournament..
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How the Milwaukee Bucks are playing differently under new head coach Doc Rivers
When the Milwaukee Bucks swapped coaches last month in the middle of the NBA season, the team’s poor-ranking defense gained wider attention and scrutiny. But the new head coach, Doc Rivers, has been unexpectedly focused on the team’s offense, according to Eric Nehm, who covers the Bucks for The Athletic.
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Doc Rivers to make coaching debut with Bucks Monday night against Denver Nuggets
Storied NBA player and coach Doc Rivers will make his coaching debut with the Bucks Monday night against the Denver Nuggets.
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Milwaukee Bucks GM says coach was fired to ‘maximize’ team’s talent
Bucks General Manager Jon Horst spoke to reporters at a press conference Wednesday. He said he stands by the decision to fire head coach Adrian Griffin.
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‘That’s a sticky issue’: Head of Panthers athletics promotes examining diversity in college sports
When Amanda Braun became the director of athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2013, women represented about 1 in every 5 athletic directors in college sports. Today, a decade after she took the helm of Panthers athletics, the ratio is up to about 1 in every 4 athletic directors, according to the NCAA. One…
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‘Something I dream about’: Pat Murphy named as new manager of the Milwaukee Brewers
“Something I dream about, man.” Those were some of the first words out of Pat Murphy’s mouth when Tyler Arnold, the son of Milwaukee Brewers general manager Matt Arnold, said the team was offering him the job of manager. Murphy has been with the franchise since 2015 as a bench coach for former manager Craig…
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‘It’s just like the Olympics’: Wisconsin tribal athletes compete in the North American Indigenous Games
Tribal youth from across Wisconsin are taking part in the 2023 North American Indigenous Games this week in Nova Scotia, Canada. More than 5,000 Indigenous participants from more than 750 tribal nations are competing in 16 sports throughout the games, which are being held in the ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. An opening ceremony…
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Bucks fire Budenholzer as coach after early playoff exit
The Milwaukee Bucks have fired coach Mike Budenholzer just over a week after their stunning first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat spoiled a season in which they owned the NBA’s best record. Budenholzer’s ouster comes just two years after he directed the Bucks to their first NBA title in half a century. The move…