La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Tony Granato and Jonathan Tsipis will each earn more than a half-million dollars annually at UW.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The dining room for the athletes village at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics will be bigger than two football fields, and the kitchen being built in the same massive tent will be as large as…

ONALASKA — Home fans went crazy. Visiting fans feared the worst.

MADISON -- So much for the notion that Barry Alvarez was indifferent about the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey and women’s basketball programs.

HOLMEN — It wasn’t always flashy, but the Logan High School baseball team did what it had to do Monday against Holmen.

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The Miami ace allows four hits over seven innings while striking out 11.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Tirico called the NFL, NBA, college basketball, golf and tennis among other sports in a quarter-century at ESPN to establish himself as one of TV's most versatile announcers.

Gordon, who had knee surgery after the season, told the San Diego Union-Tribune, "I'll be ready for training camp. I'm not even worried about that."

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The acting speaker of the lower house of Brazil's Congress on Monday annulled last month's vote for impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, potentially delaying and complicating the process that was widely expected to see the embattled…

Indiana announced the hiring of former University of Wisconsin women's basketball player Janese Banks as an assistant coach on Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, members of the Federation of Black Cowboys have been an incongruous sight in New York City.

The University of Wisconsin will pay Western Kentucky $1.35 million for a nonconference game scheduled for Sept. 1, 2018 at Camp Randall Stadium

Current contracts and salaries for University of Wisconsin coaches and athletics director Barry Alvarez.

Tsipis was hired by UW after spending four seasons as the head coach at George Washington.

Head coach Tony Granato will make $500,000 in the first season of a five-year contract. His salary will increase by $25,000 in each of the next four seasons.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazil soccer great Rivaldo is telling tourists to stay away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because "you'll be putting your life at risk."

GENEVA (AP) — Michel Platini will resign as UEFA president after failing to overturn his ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which cut his sanction from six to four years.

GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers and their fans aren’t likely to forget last season’s overtime playoff loss at Arizona for a long time.