La Crosse Tribune Sports News

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic will have to do without Jaromir Jagr at the World Cup of Hockey after the star winger confirmed he won't be available to compete in September.

NEW YORK (AP) — Watching someone wait has rarely been so amusing.

SEATTLE (AP) — Taijuan Walker made one bad pitch. Chris Taylor's two bad throws were even more costly for the Seattle Mariners.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drew Pomeranz pitched seven shutout innings and still couldn't win. That's because he was matched against Johnny Cueto, who has allowed one run in his last 34 innings and tossed two shutouts against San Diego this…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hunter Pence shook off the nagging pain in his tender right hamstring long enough to hit a fly ball to short right field that even some of his Giants teammates thought would be caught.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady's lawyers asked a federal appeals court for a new hearing before an expanded panel of judges, telling them that it is not just a silly dispute over underinflated footballs — it's the basic right…

MIAMI (AP) — Draymond Green has a history, and in this case it seems to have been helpful.

SEATTLE (AP) — Even by Rich Hill's recent successful standards, his second inning was a notch above.

CHICAGO (AP) — The bats finally broke loose for the White Sox in the opener of Monday's doubleheader. Then they went quiet again to leave Chicago with a 2 1/2-game lead in the AL Central.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In his three seasons in Minnesota, Ricky Nolasco has become the poster child for the ailing Twins franchise.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals have been off to a slow start in defense of their World Series championship.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Derek Holland was encouraged after one of his best outings of the season. The Rangers were even happier that they'll get their former ace, Yu Darvish, on the mound Saturday.

San Jose Sharks center and former University of Wisconsin standout Joe Pavelski scored two goals in the Sharks' 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Monday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Another dominant outing for Chicago Cubs starter John Lackey against his former team was spoiled by one swing of the bat.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw tossed a two-hitter for his third shutout of the season, pitching the Los Angeles Dodgers past Cincinnati 1-0 Monday night for their eighth straight win over the Reds.

BANGKOK (AP) — Of all the various fighting styles that combine to create the burgeoning sport of Mixed Martial Arts, it is Thai kickboxing which is at the core of the new discipline. Yet it has taken until this week…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A minor hockey league's governing body has approved the sale of the Portland Pirates to a group of Springfield, Massachusetts, investors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez felt as though nothing he threw had anything behind it, and the New York Mets took advantage.

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — The West Salem High School’s boys track and field team qualified a whopping 13 entrants into Thursday’s sectional meet as it won Monday’s Wisconsin Dells regional by a sizable margin.