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The Badger Conference announced Friday they will be canceling the winter high school sports season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Baraboo fell to Sussex Hamilton 20-19 on Saturday evening at Flambeau Field after the Thunderbirds had to pick up the Chargers as a last-minute opponent once Lakeside Lutheran could not play football due to COVID-19 metrics.

Wednesday marked the return of college basketball in Madison as the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball returned to the floor for their first official practice of the 2020-2021 season.

The NCAA Tournament is coming to Milwaukee - four years from now.

U.S. women’s hockey captain Meghan Duggan has announced her retirement after a career in which she won the 2018 Olympic gold medal and seven world championship golds.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are back atop the NBA world.

The Friday Football Blitz Game of the Week took the NBC15 Sports team to Waterloo Friday, as the Pirates welcomed Cambria-Friesland.

University of Wisconsin- Madison announced Wednesday that only essentially personnel will be allowed to attend the Badger Football season opener at Camp Randall, meaning no family of players or coaches will be able to attend.

University of Wisconsin- Madison senior quarterback Jack Coan will be out indefinitely after a successful surgery Tuesday on his right foot.

The Green Bay Packers will not allow fans to attend home games this season until the drastic increase in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations turns around.

Aaron Rodgers connected with tight end Robert Tonyan on three of his four touchdown passes to lead Green Bay to the win.

The Atlanta Falcons have both of their top two receivers playing while the Green Bay Packers have neither of theirs available for their Monday night match up.

Wisconsin football head coach, Paul Chryst confirmed with the media today that Jack Coan injured his foot in practice as the team awaits further evaluation from a specialist on the severity of his injury. Paul Chryst said Coan went down in practice on Saturday while dropping back to pass and that it was a non contact injury.

WR Davante Adams tweets Monday morning that he has been ruled out of the game against the Falcons Monday night at Lambeau Field, and is apparently not happy about that.

Wisconsin may be without senior signal caller, Jack Coan to begin the 2020 football season. First reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jack Coan injured his foot at practice on Saturday and may be out indefinitely.

According to the team, the time for Monday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons at Lambeau Field has been moved to 8 p.m.

The Chiefs vs. Patriots game scheduled for 3:25 p.m. Sunday has been postponed to either Monday or Tuesday after positive COVID-19 tests on both teams.

It’s Week 2 of Friday Football Blitz in Wisconsin and NBC15 Sports has all the high school football sports highlights.

The Green Bay Packers awarded a $250,000 grant Friday to the Center for Veterans Issues (CVI) to support veterans and their families who are either currently or at risk for facing homelessness.

The Titans' outbreak expanded by two more players testing positive Friday, pushing the team’s total to 14 within the past week.

Aaron Rodgers passed for 283 yards and three touchdowns.

The Brewers will be the eighth seed after the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco 5-4.

J.J Watt wrote the three brothers started in their backyard.

More than a decade since Corey Perry won the Stanley Cup as a young player and years after Joe Pavelski fell two wins short, the greybeards aren’t ready to leave the bubble and give up on another opportunity for a championship just yet. Pavelski tied it with 6:45 left in the regulation, laid out to block a shot in the first overtime and Perry’s second goal of the game came in double OT to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay and force a Game 6 in the Stanley Cup Final.

Ryan Braun and Daniel Vogelbach hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth, the third time the Brewers have hit consecutive homers this season.

Friday Football Blitz is back with Week One!

On Thursday, the university announced her appointment to a four-year term on the collegiate organization’s Board of Governors.

The Pac-12 has decided to play football in the fall, reversing an August decision to postpone until spring because of concerns about COVID-19.

The 2020 high school fall football season will kickoff this Friday in Wisconsin and for Darlington they will open with the test of hosting River Valley in week one. The Redbirds are coming off a 7-4 season in 2019 and return 16 starts from that squad, including quarterback, Kaden Davis and leading receiver, Carter Lancaster.

Joey Votto homered for his first hit all season against Milwaukee, Trevor Bauer dominated on short rest, and the Cincinnati Reds won a pivotal series for playoff contention, beating the Brewers 6-1.