La Crosse Tribune Sports News

LONDON (AP) — Bettors looking for a wager with a fancifully high payoff last summer could have gone into their local betting shop in England and risked a bit of cash on the proposition that Elvis Presley would be found…

The Packers turned to defense in the third round by taking Utah State outside linebacker Kyler Fackrell with the 88th overall selection. Fackrell led the nation with five fumble recoveries.

HONOLULU (AP) — Tommy Kono, who took up weightlifting in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans and went on to win two Olympic gold medals for the United States, has died. He was 85.

GREEN BAY — If it wasn’t apparent during the first round of the NFL draft, the notion was cemented during the second and third.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — It’s been an action-packed week for Tony Stewart following his return to a race car after a back injury sidelined him the first eight races of the season.

ARCADIA — The Arcadia High School softball team managed one hit in its first six innings, but it turned a hit batter and three seventh-inning hits into its biggest win of the season on Friday.

BASEBALL

MILWAUKEE — Two outs away from being no-hit, the Milwaukee Brewers almost came away with a miraculous win Friday night.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Packers have added heft up front in the NFL draft.

The transition season after winning a state championship isn’t always an easy one.

BOSTON (AP) — First the 2024 Olympics. Now an IndyCar race is pulling out of Boston before it even began.

CHICAGO (AP) — The wait is over for injured linebackers Myles Jack and Jaylon Smith.

Ahhh, we're once again at that time of the year when self-important men who've never served in the military gather to divvy up a group of younger men who happen to be very good at the game of football.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the second day of the NFL draft (all times local):

For a guy that only runs short distances, it’s been a long road for Alex Koenen.

Even with an atypical start to the recruiting cycle, Greg Gard emerged satisfied with UW's two recruits in the class of 2016.

GENEVA (AP) — The Olympic flame for the Rio de Janeiro Games came to the United Nations in Geneva on Friday, where officials said a team of refugee athletes will bring a message of hope for refugees around the world.

Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson has few equals during the three days of the NFL draft. This is where Thompson does his best work.

GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers are counting on UCLA's Kenny Clark to help fill a big void on the defensive line.

One thing that UW-La Crosse baseball coach Chris Schwarz won't do is take credit for Taylor Kohlwey’s success.