La Crosse Tribune Sports News

The Aquinas High School girls soccer team needed defense to win Thursday night and received it.

LAS VEGAS — Mark Davis was beaming as he posed with fans behind a black and silver “Las Vegas Raiders” banner. He made a few jokes before delivering a $500 million commitment to a new stadium in the city for…

It was a cold and rainy afternoon, but that didn’t dampen the performance — or cool off the bat — of Aquinas High School’s Kim Lichter.

CHICAGO — Jared Goff is moving down the West Coast to Los Angeles. Carson Wentz and his big right arm are moving from North Dakota to Philadelphia.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings had an obvious need at wide receiver.

The first three hours of the draft shook out well for Green Bay, with plenty of front seven options still available late in the first round.

The senior holds off a challenge late to secure the win for the Badgers in Des Moines.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jared Goff is moving down the West Coast to Los Angeles. Carson Wentz and his big right arm are moving from North Dakota to Philadelphia.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Arrieta's bid for a second straight no-hitter was dashed on his fifth pitch. His Wrigley Field scoreless streak ended at 52 2/3 innings.

CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta's bid for a second straight no-hitter ended after five pitches and the Cubs ace went on to win his 16th straight decision, leading Chicago over the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 Thursday.

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Ford and Trice committed to the Badgers over the weekend.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Critics of the proposed $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion claims want a full U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia to review a recent court decision that upheld the deal.

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

LONDON (AP) — Lawyers representing some of the families of 96 soccer fans crushed to death in a U.K. soccer stadium in 1989 have filed a civil suit against two British police forces, alleging misuse of power in office.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the 1920s and 1930s, Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to baseball. Honoring him with a historical marker should be an ace — if not for questions about his conduct with teenage boys.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — The National Wrestling Hall of Fame says its ethics committee will consider whether to remove Dennis Hastert from its list of honorees after the former House speaker was accused of sexually abusing teenagers decades ago.