La Crosse Tribune Sports News

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — On the football field, Russell Okung is a top-notch offensive lineman. In the field of business, he wants to reach that status, too.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kenta Maeda was downright dominant for a good portion of a contest Wednesday night against the Colorado Rockies.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tasked two summers ago with rebooting a franchise whose window for success around stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin appeared to be closing, Jim Rutherford didn't tinker. He gutted.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It took Chris Rusin some time to adjust from the bullpen to the starting rotation this season.

SEATTLE (AP) — Aside from the mechanical tweaks that needed to be made to solve Taijuan Walker's recent struggles, there also needed to be a rediscovery of emotion.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jesse Hahn knew exactly why the Milwaukee Brewers beat him.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jered Weaver's fastball was still slow by major league standards. So was his deliberate walk to the dugout when he was pulled in the sixth inning with no chance to win.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Washington Nationals scored early and often, which allowed manager Dusty Baker to sit back and enjoy the view Wednesday night.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mac Williamson hit a go-ahead home run leading off the eighth inning for his first career long ball, Brandon Belt also connected, and the San Francisco Giants beat David Price and the Boston Red Sox 2-1…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sporting the same recognizable fall-away swing and plenty of speed at 42 years old, Ichiro Suzuki can still place base hits into the perfect spot in the outfield.

MILWAUKEE — It was Chase Anderson’s turn against the short-handed Oakland Athletics, and he won, too.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Yu Darvish had just thrown a 63 mph breaking ball for a strikeout in the fifth inning when he started stretching out and shaking his right his arm. When he walked the next batter, the Texas…

What does $51.25 million buy Harrison Smith? More motivation, apparently.

PARIS (AP) — Maria Sharapova was suspended Wednesday for two years for failing a drug test, labeled "the sole author of her own misfortune" because she hid regular pre-match use of a newly banned substance from anti-doping authorities and members…

PITTSBURGH — Phil Kessel insists nothing has changed. Not his game. Not his attitude. Not the shape of his body or his commitment to winning.

CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 32 points, Kyrie Irving added 30 and the Cleveland Cavaliers, pushed for 48 minutes by a delirious, championship-starved crowd, hammered the Golden State Warriors 120-90 in Game 3 on Wednesday night to pull within 2-1…

CHICAGO (AP) — Ryan Zimmerman hit one of three home runs off James Shields in his miserable White Sox debut, Max Scherzer threw seven scoreless innings and the Washington Nationals routed reeling Chicago 11-4 on Wednesday night.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Stephen Curry's only basket in the first 30 minutes came off a broken play. He found himself in foul trouble again. His jumper was nowhere to be found until it was essentially too late.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Alfredo Simon's past heroics for the Cincinnati Reds are quickly losing their luster.