La Crosse Tribune Sports News

GENEVA (AP) — Just 10 days after the rebranded FIFA Council met for the first time, one of its members faces being banned from soccer in fallout from World Cup corruption allegations.

NEW YORK (AP) — Consider Gary Payton unimpressed by Golden State guard Stephen Curry becoming the first unanimous MVP in NBA history.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Everyone loves Nyquist.

Micaela Crall and Elizabeth Toye have left the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program.

MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for Russia's top investigative agency says it would like to question the former head of the Russian doping lab over his allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

MIAMI (AP) — Zhou Qi needs someone to help him communicate at workouts with NBA teams, simply because he does not speak English well enough to understand most instructions.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The suspect in the April shooting death of retired New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith is set for a court hearing.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Dodgers blew a two-run lead, starter Ross Stripling couldn't make it to the fifth inning, and now they're back to .500 after four losses in five games.

ATLANTA (AP) — USA Swimming has moved a pre-Olympic training camp out of Puerto Rico because of the Zika virus.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Angels are rising right along with Mike Trout's batting average a month after both of them were scuffling.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The divers were warming up, getting ready for the biggest moment in their lives when, out of nowhere, a man in a blue tutu rushed to the ladder, ran to the edge of the board…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Josh Reddick was trying to make something happen, hoping to put himself into position to score. He's likely going to miss a month at minimum as a result of a fractured thumb.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie manager Andy Green of the San Diego Padres feels he's been nice enough in his postgame comments about opposing pitchers.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Yankees manager Joe Girardi is still undecided whether or not to send Ivan Nova back to the bullpen once the rest of the starting rotation gets healthy.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bruce Bochy met Jeff Samardzija as the big right-hander came into the dugout after the eighth inning and told him he was done for the night.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Overshadowed as Golden State shot down history during the regular season, the Cavaliers are making this postseason their own.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have fallen to 10-30 at the first-quarter mark of this spectacular flop of a season, meaning it might soon be time to forget about the standings for the year and focus on who's worth…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Toronto's struggles since taking the division title last season have been mirrored by Troy Tulowitzki, whose five All-Star Game appearances and two Silver Slugger awards have seemed rather distant lately.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Daniel Descalso could not believe his ears.

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