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Pingeton lands with Wisconsin women’s basketball team

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has hired Robin Pingeton as its women’s basketball coach three weeks after she finished her 15-season tenure at Missouri. Pingeton takes over for Marisa Moseley, who stepped down after going 47-75 in four seasons. Wisconsin went 13-17 this year for its 14th ...

Pistons’ success could be far from over

The Detroit Pistons were three minutes into their first preseason game back in October. They were already trailing by double digits against the Milwaukee Bucks. And J.B. Bickerstaff called time out to settle his team down. He still remembers the crowd reaction. “They booed us,” the ...

Mrazek exits in first period with injury

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Detroit goaltender Petr Mrazek exited with an apparent lower body injury early in the first period in the Red Wings’ 5-1 victory over Utah Hockey Club on Monday night. Utah forward Dylan Guenther collided with Mrazek in the net on the tail end of a breakaway shot ...

Rodman is back with US soccer team

Trinity Rodman is back with the U.S. women’s team for the first time since last summer’s Paris Olympics. Rodman had been nursing a back injury and was left out of both the U.S. team’s January camp and the recent SheBelieves Cup tournament. She made her return to her club team, the ...

Suns take down Bucks 108-106

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker made a mid-range jumper with 2.4 seconds remaining to lift the Phoenix Suns over the Milwaukee Bucks 108-106 on Monday night for their fourth straight win. It’s a crucial victory for the Suns, who stayed in the final position for the Western Conference play-in ...

May saves faltering Michigan program

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Basketball fans around the country are learning what those in Michigan and Florida already know. Dusty May is a good basketball coach. A year ago, the Wolverines fired Juwan Howard after going 8-24 — the most losses in school history — and finishing last in the ...