Johnny Davis scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half, and No. 13 Wisconsin took over sole possession of first place in the Big Ten Conference with a 66-61 victory over Rutgers on Saturday night. Brad Davison added 14 points, Chucky Hepburn had 13 and Tyler Wahl had 11 as the Badgers (23-5, 14-4) opened a game lead in the conference over No. 4 Purdue, which lost to Michigan State earlier in the day. Wisconsin will host Purdue on Tuesday, and the Badgers won the earlier meeting.

Locked-out players made a counterproposal on multiple issues to MLB on Saturday as management’s end-of-Monday deadline approached.

The International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies Friday to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus, and stop using the countries’ flags and national anthems. The request from the Olympic body came after UEFA moved the Champions League final from St. Petersburg to suburban Paris, and after the governing body of skiing and Formula One pulled upcoming races from Russia. Volleyball, shooting and hockey all have world championships scheduled to be held in Russia.

As much as Daniil Medvedev cared about becoming No. 1 in men’s tennis, he knew there were more serious matters involving his home nation of Russia.

The No. 17 Ohio State Buckeyes finished off their home campaign with a resounding win over Penn State, setting up a shot at a share of the Big Ten title on Sunday.

Nine days after the race at the Beijing Olympics, the bronze medal in women’s skicross was changed on appeal Saturday. Fanny Smith of Switzerland will now be awarded the bronze medal after she was wrongly demoted to fourth in China, the International Ski Federation (FIS) said in a statement. Smith was blamed for causing contact with other skiers during the Feb. 17 race and lost her third-place finish by a ruling of the FIS race jury.