La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — A person familiar with the matter tells The Associated Press that Super Bowl MVP Von Miller's camp has rejected a contract proposal that would have made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The fiery one-car crash in which energy industry magnate Aubrey McClendon died was an accident, with no alcohol in his system and only traces of a drug commonly used in sleep aids, the Oklahoma medical examiner's…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — New Memphis Grizzlies coach David Fizdale has added J.B. Bickerstaff and Nick Van Exel to his staff.

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the top players eligible for the Major League Baseball draft (with position, school, height, weight and college class):

DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Zimmermann's ERA has tripled in a month.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vince Velasquez threw two pitches and walked off the mound.

DETROIT (AP) — For the first time since last summer, R.A. Dickey won consecutive starts.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — John Lackey gave the Chicago Cubs another excellent start, a common theme for baseball's best team.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Puk stood out even before Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan first saw him pitch.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Philadelphia Eagles executive Ed Marynowitz has returned to Alabama as associate athletic director for football.

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Josh Norman didn't need another reminder of his Super Bowl loss. Then new teammate David Bruton Jr. returned to the Washington Redskins' facility.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New Vanderbilt women's basketball coach Stephanie White has added former Purdue teammate Kelly Komara to her staff.

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…

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians says he is so pleased with the team's offseason work that he has ended minicamp a day early.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nike says it "will continue to partner" with Maria Sharapova, despite her two-year suspension for failing a drug test.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies guard Vince Carter has won the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Aqib Talib returned to the Denver Broncos' headquarters on Wednesday so team doctors could evaluate his gunshot wound after a bullet pierced his right thigh and calf last weekend.