La Crosse Tribune Sports News

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Trailing by nearly a point entering the final rotation and his chances of a second Olympic all-around title very much in jeopardy, Kohei Uchimura pondered what for the last seven years has been unthinkable.

Although the battle between Alex Hornibrook and Bart Houston for the University of Wisconsin football team’s starting quarterback will receive most of the attention during fall training camp, several other position battles are underway, including the fight for the No.…

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — The last thing the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions wanted from their two-day joint training camp practices was a fight.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ken Whisenhunt returned to the San Diego Chargers and it's difficult telling who's happier: Whisenhunt or Philip Rivers?

BOSTON (AP) — Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi has been removed after one inning from a game against the Red Sox with right elbow discomfort.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Isadora Cerullo has become a celebrity around Rio, more for what happened on the sidelines of the Olympic rugby stadium than for her performances on the pitch.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It seems everywhere you turn in track and field right now there's bad news.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Entrusted with cleaning up a sport mired in sleaze and doping deceptions has proved far trickier for Sebastian Coe than the pursuit of gold on the track.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The collaboration between April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings goes beyond the Copacabana beach volleyball venue, beyond the California beaches where they trained for the Olympics and beyond the far-flung airports and hotel rooms they…

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets infielder Jose Reyes will begin a rehab assignment with Class A Brooklyn on Thursday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Shed Long hit a run-scoring single in the first inning, leading the Daytona Tortugas to a 5-4 win over the Dunedin Blue Jays in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth hit a three-run home run, Anthony Rendon had a two-run double and the Washington Nationals' offense awoke in a 7-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Scarlyn Reyes allowed just three hits over six innings, leading the St. Lucie Mets over the Fort Myers Miracle in a 3-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.

PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) -- Cesar Tapia homered twice and doubled, driving in four runs and scoring three as the Pericos de Puebla topped the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz 9-2 in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Benton Moss tossed a seven-hit complete game and Joe McCarthy hit a two-run home run and had two hits, as the Charlotte Stone Crabs topped the Jupiter Hammerheads 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader…

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — When the Oakland Raiders set out this offseason to upgrade their defense, general manager Reggie McKenzie systematically targeted every apparent need except for one.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Catamarans are back in Olympic sailing, with the kind of adrenaline rush that only a double-hulled boat can bring to the regatta.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddy Galvis hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — You may have to wait until halfway through the medal race to see why defending Olympic champions Eric Murray and Hamish Bond have never been beaten in the eight years they have competed in the…

CHICAGO (AP) — Los Angeles Angels ace Garrett Richards hopes to begin throwing next week as he seeks to avoid Tommy John surgery.