Sports
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2 Superior men lead US team to world championship in sport of broomball
Broomball is a combination of hockey and lacrosse, played with a stick and a ball on ice with no skates.
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Slam dunk for Salam Stars: Milwaukee’s all-Muslim girls basketball team appears in novel
Award-winning author Hena Khan features Milwaukee’s all-Muslim girls basketball team in a new graphic novel called, “We Are Big Time.”
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Madison running community urges UW to alter plans on new $285M football practice facility
Track athletes and runners in the Madison community say the new space is too small, comparing it to a running track found at a health club instead of one at a Big 10 University.
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Wisconsin hunters see slow start to gun deer season
Wisconsin hunters are seeing a slow start to the state’s nine-day gun deer season compared to last year.
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Hunters hope for a better year as gun deer season begins Saturday
As of Friday morning, hunters had purchased 302,988 gun licenses out of 661,333 licenses sold so far this year, according to the Wisconsin DNR.
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Wisconsin bird dog places first in cover dog championship
Lake Effect Ali, a 6-year-old English setter from Lakeside, recently won first place in a competition of 36 dogs from around the country at the Wisconsin Cover Dog Championship.
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UW-Oshkosh starts its first-ever women’s wrestling program as sport grows across Wisconsin
Over 150 high schools in Wisconsin now offer girl’s wrestling. Colleges in the state are stepping up to meet the demand.
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Wisconsin sees rebound in bear harvest
Wisconsin’s hunters killed almost 4,300 bears this year, exceeding the state’s quota and rebounding after their lowest harvest in 15 years last season.
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Lambeau Field workers win first union contract
The union said 88 percent of the vendors voted to approve a tentative three-year collective bargaining agreement that was negotiated with Delaware North.
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Catching up with Wisconsin baseball legend Tony Kubek
WPR recently received a WHYsconsin question from an audience member about one Wisconsin’s legendary athletes. They asked: “Can you give an update on Wisconsin native and former New York Yankees shortstop and NBC baseball announcer Tony Kubek?” Here’s what reporter John Davis found out: