La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Strickland had served as UW cornerbacks coach under Gary Andersen but Paul Chryst did not offer him a job as a position coach.

AMSTERDAM (AP) — FIFA presidential candidate Michael van Praag has withdrawn from the May 29 election against Sepp Blatter.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — NFL owners concluded an especially hectic spring meetings by setting up what figures to be a very busy summer and fall.

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues today:

ATLANTA (AP) — J.R. Smith knocked down a tough 3-pointer, then another. Turning toward the fans, their heckling transformed to groans, he blew off his right index finger and motioned toward hi…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning were relentless, answering every challenge from the New York Rangers before taking control of the Eastern Conference finals on Nikita Kucherov's over…

CHICAGO (AP) — Shaun Marcum won his first start in almost two years, Michael Brantley had a two-run double in the seventh inning, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on We…

SOFTBALL

The Cashton High School softball team hasn’t lost a game this season.

DENVER (AP) — Rookie Severino Gonzalez pitched five solid innings, Ryan Howard homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 Wednesday night for their seventh win in eight games.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta forward DeMarre Carroll left Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night with a left knee sprain, an injury that threatens…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper is not known for hiding his thoughts, and so he certainly did not shy away from sharing what was on his mind after getting ejected from a game for the second tim…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Mauer hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot off Antonio Bastardo in the 13th inning to help the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates o…

MIAMI (AP) — Chase Anderson worked diligently to improve his two-seam fastball during spring training and he used it to keep the Marlins' hitters off-balance.

DETROIT (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a bases-loaded triple with two out in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday night.

CALEDONIA — The Spring Grove/Caledonia softball team recorded all of its hits in two separate innings of its MSHSL Section 1AA tournament game against Plainview-Elgin-Millville.

DETROIT (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a bases-loaded triple with two out in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Adams hit a long three-run homer, Jason Heyward also connected and the St. Louis Cardinals enjoyed their second consecutive offensive outburst, roughing up Bartolo Colon i…

ATLANTA (AP) — Williams Perez gave up one run over five innings in his first major league start and fellow rookie Todd Cunningham drove in the tiebreaking run with a groundout as the Atlanta B…