La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Gary Andersen finally stated what most University of Wisconsin football fans already knew.

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson got most of the attention in his return to competition after a four-month break. Blake Adams got a lot more out of his comeback round.

Pau and Marc Gasol have been voted the first brothers to start in the NBA All-Star game, while Toronto's Kyle Lowry made a late surge in fan balloting and will start for the Eastern Conference.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ozz Negri's fast lap in Thursday's qualifying session has given Michael Shank Racing the pole for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander is doing his best to take Max Scherzer's departure in stride.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A new stadium in the western Brazilian city of Cuiaba is being closed for "emergency repairs" just seven months after it held four World Cup matches.

Havenstein, the only UW player at the Senior Bowl, has taken advantage of his early chance to impress NFL scouts.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has long been a fan of trick plays.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A right cross to an opponent's chin. An arrest on a marijuana possession charge. A decision to walk out on the Pittsburgh Steelers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant has a torn right rotator cuff, the Los Angeles Lakers say.

Trick plays stand out in a Super Bowl a little like clown suits at a cocktail party.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The prosecution has rested its case in the rape trial of two former Vanderbilt football players.

PARIS (AP) — Scuffed balls, scratched balls, balls switched mid-game. Ball-doctoring isn't only an issue for the NFL, which is investigating a report that the New England Patriots used underin…

With less than two weeks until National Signing Day on Feb. 4, new University of Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst and his staff are rushing to finish out the Badgers’ Class of 2015.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — While Patriots coach Bill Belichick defended himself to reporters on air pressure in footballs, stadium sponsor Gillette had an ad up behind him: #Flexball.

BOSTON (AP) — Make no mistake: New England fans are pumped, not deflated.

Lee, from West Hills (Calif.) Chaminade, says “with the new coaches and their philosophy, (UW) was not a good fit for me.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has fined Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch $20,000 for making an obscene gesture during last Sunday's NFC championship game, a person with knowledge of the fine tol…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Bernd Wieseberger birdied his last hole to join South Africans Branden Grace and George Coetzee on top of the Qatar Masters leaderboard after the second round on Thursday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — There is a big difference between the Venus Williams of, say, the year 2000 and the Venus of 2015.