La Crosse Tribune Sports News

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz hit his 536th career homer on Monday night to tie Mickey Mantle for 17th on baseball's all-time list.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Will Allen had three hits and three RBI, and Sandy Baez allowed just seven hits over 7 2/3 innings as the West Michigan Whitecaps beat the Great Lakes Loons 5-3 on Monday.

DETROIT (AP) — Justin Upton has left Detroit's game against Minnesota on Monday night because of a strained left calf.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson returned from his one-game suspension to start the season for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy last year.

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a Southern California football player arrested for punching referee (all times local):

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- Taylor Gushue drove in Jordan Luplow with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning, leading the Bradenton Marauders to a 4-1 win over the Tampa Yankees on Monday.

BOSTON (AP) — Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says baseball players haven't joined 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in his national anthem protest because they are concerned about losing their jobs.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings will try to keep the Green Bay Packers guessing about their starting quarterback this week.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A season of sky-high expectations began with a thud for the Arizona Cardinals.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Todd Bowles is on to Buffalo.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers, and their revamped offensive line, didn't waste time in looking ahead to Sunday night's matchup at Minnesota.

WISCONSIN

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The most daring gambler on the NFL's first weekend turns out not to be much of a betting man at all.

DETROIT (AP) — Boxing star Claressa Shields says she's still weighing her options about whether to turn pro.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots came into the regular season expecting their biggest test during Tom Brady's four-game suspension to be in their opener at Arizona.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The odds are once again stacked for Joe Gibbs Racing, the team with all four of its drivers in NASCAR's playoffs.

NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta Dream star Angel McCoughtry was suspended by the WNBA for one game on Monday for receiving her seventh technical foul of the season.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For the Tennessee Titans to turn their franchise from the NFL's worst losers to winners, they have to figure out how to protect a lead.

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Kenny Stills' actions Monday were the perfect microcosm of where the Miami Dolphins are right now.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York Mets infielder Wally Backman is out as the team's Triple-A manager in Las Vegas.