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Bucks looking to stay hot with all-star break approaching

February 9, 2010 By

SCOTT SKILESThe Milwaukee Bucks have won 5 of their last 6 games to climb back into the NBA’s Eastern Conference playoff picture.  The Bucks are 3-games under .500 (23-26) and can reach the all-star break at 1-under with a pair of wins.  They’re percentage points behind Miami for the 8th and final playoff spot in the East and just a game behind Chicago and Charlotte, who hold down the 6th and 7th spots.

The Bucks host the Detroit Pistons (17-32) tonight.  Detroit has dropped 6 of their last 8 games overall, but have won 10 of their last 14 against the Bucks.  The Bucks then travel to New Jersey to take on the Nets (4-46) on Wednesday, two winnable basketball games, according to Bucks coach Scott Skiles.

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The Bucks enter tonight’s game with a 7-game Bradley Center winning streak.

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1st place could be up for grabs in Big Ten tonight

February 9, 2010 By

Bo RyanThere’s a pretty good logjam near the top of the Big Ten Conference and first place could be up for grabs tonight. 

Michigan State has a 1-game lead on Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio State.  Purdue is just a half-game further behind.  The 11th ranked Badgers host Illinois at the Kohl Center and Purdue goes to East Lansing to face a Michigan State team that has lost two in-a-row.  In all, five teams are within a game and a half of each other at the top of the league.

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If Purdue can knock off the Spartans and the Badgers can win on the home court against Illinois tonight, the Badgers would then share the Big Ten lead. [Read more...]

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Packers getting some Super Bowl love in 2011

February 9, 2010 By

The 2010 Super Bowl is now behind us by just a couple of days and already, the odds are out for 2011.

Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts couldn’t pull it off in 2010, but they’re already the favorite (13-2 odds) to win it next year. 

The Green Bay Packers are tied for 6th with the Cowboys and Vikings with 12-1 odds to win the big game next year.  The top 10 follows.

Indianapolis Colts           13-2
San Diego Chargers            8-1
New England Patriots    10-1
New Orleans Saints         10-1
Pittsburgh Steelers         11-1
Green Bay Packers          12-1
Dallas Cowboys                12-1
Minnesota Vikings          12-1
Philadelphia Eagles        16-1
Baltimore Ravens           20-1

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No injuries in major train derailment

February 9, 2010 By

No Injuries occurred and no hazardous materials were released during a partial train derailment in Kenosha County. The derailment, which occurred south of a major highway in the Village of Pleasant Prairie, affected 24 cars of a 113-car Union Pacific freight train.

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Jobless benefits will end earlier than expected

February 9, 2010 By

Unemployment benefits will end sooner than expected for 100,000 Wisconsinites. At first, it was announced told they would run out at the end of April. But Monday, state workforce development spokesman John Dipko said thousands of people are in federal extensions that will run out on February 28th.

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