La Crosse Tribune Sports News

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points and Markieff Morris had 18 to lead the Phoenix Suns past the winless Philadelphia 76ers 122-96 on Friday night.

MADISON, Wis. — Junior tailback Blair Mulholland rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns as Kimberly capped its perfect season with a 31-6 victory over Arrowhead in the WIAA Division 1 champio…

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Lee Janzen shot a 4-under 68 on Friday at Pebble Beach for a two-stroke lead over Andrew Putnam after two rounds of the Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational.

In the 1970s and again in '80s, I signed that era's version of the Giancarlo Stanton deal.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Raul Ibanez, Kevin Cash and Don Wakamatsu are the finalists to replace Joe Maddon as manager of the Tampa Bay Rays.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons won't apologize for somehow being in first place with a losing record.

Mother Nature isn't going to throw a wrench into Ken Johnson's 21-year streak of attending every Buffalo Bills game — no matter where they play.

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Michelle Wie played well enough Friday in the CME Globe Tour Championship to consider a million ways her great year can get even better.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Family members say Naismith Hall of Fame basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian remains hospitalized in stable condition at a Las Vegas hospital where he's being treated for pneumonia.

MIAMI (AP) — A lawyer for a former University of Miami pitching coach is seeking a wide range of Major League Baseball records for the coach's upcoming trial on illegal performance-enhancing d…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson's hearing for the appeal of his suspension will be held on Dec. 2. And it will not be in front of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Trevone Boykin sprinted forward and hurled himself into the end zone with an acrobatic somersault.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars have signed center Jason Spezza to a $30 million, four-year contract extension.

Far removed from punishing hits on the ice, the real crunching in the NHL these days is being done in front offices around the league with the numbers involved in the complex, lengthy calculat…

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke says a boycott of the 2018 World Cup in Russia would be "nonsense."

LILLE, France (AP) — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rued the lack of support of his home crowd Friday after losing to Stan Wawrinka in the opening singles match of the Davis Cup final between France and S…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reliever Joel Peralta was acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Tampa Bay Rays as part of a four-player trade.

LILLE, France (AP) — Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to give Switzerland a 1-0 lead against France in the Davis Cup final.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Henrik Stenson birdied two of his closing three holes to seize a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and two others in the second round of the World Tour Champio…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Romain Grosjean has been hit with a 20-place grid penalty at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for changing elements of his power unit, although the Lotus driver'…