Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Wisconsin dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 5,532 in the week ending Jan. 18, down from 6,156 the week before, the Labor Department said.

Earlier this month, a dozen freshmen made their way to West Virginia as early enrollees to participate in winter workouts and spring football. Now, those new players have jersey numbers, which were posted on the team's official website.

Despite Iowa State ’s 64-57 loss at then-unranked West Virginia, the Cyclones moved down just one spot. While Alabama, Florida and Tennessee stayed put, Michigan State (16-2) and Houston (14-3) made significant jumps.

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Very few teams in the country have as impressive of an NCAA Tournament resume as the West Virginia Mountaineers do halfway through the 2024-25 season. So far, first-year head coach Darian DeVries has helped guide his team to victories over No.

Chucky Hepburn of Louisville, Hunter Sallis of Wake Forest and John Tonje of Wisconsin already have been their league’s players of the week. Here's how other former Nebraska high school

Only three teams — Alabama, Florida and No. 6 Tennessee — held the same spot from a week ago. The chaotic week allowed No. 8 Michigan State to move into the top 10 for the first time this season and No. 22 Missouri into the poll for the first time since 2022-23.

Aden Holloway and Mouhamed Dioubate each scored 22 points

Duke leapfrogged now-third-ranked Iowa State from No. 3 into the second spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday after the Cyclones lost at West Virginia, while Arizona received

No. 25 Louisville (14-5) at SMU (14-4), 9 p.m. No. 5 Florida (16-2) at South Carolina (10-8), 7 p.m. No. 12 Kansas (13-4) at TCU (10-7), 7 p.m.

He reportedly made visits to West Virginia and Missouri and received interest from Kansas State and Oklahoma State, according to 247sports. Hill announced his commitment to Wisconsin on X.

WAUKESHA - As he continues an appeal process tied to his 2021 Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy conviction, Darrell Brooks Jr. will do so from a prison outside Wisconsin. Less than a month after ...