La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner Adam Silver believes the NBA has been "crystal clear" that the 2017 All-Star Game only stays in Charlotte if a North Carolina law goes.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tony Stewart has been cleared to return to racing and will be back in his car Friday at Richmond International Raceway.

MIAMI (AP) — Barry Bonds bicycles across the Rickenbacker Causeway on his daily morning ride, Biscayne Bay on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other, a complicated past behind him.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR fined Tony Stewart $35,000 on Thursday after he criticized the series about a potential safety hazard during races.

Taylor Jungmann (0-3) struggled for the Brewers, allowing a career-high six walks, four hits and three runs over four-plus innings.

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says this generation of players will determine its own unwritten rules on what emotion is acceptable to show on the field.

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — German qualifier Laura Siegemund upset fourth-seeded Simona Halep 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday.

Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa won't be taking part in golf's return to the Olympics this year, the third major champion to withdraw in the last week as the deadline nears to confirm participation.

Maxwell missed practice Thursday with a left leg injury.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nearly 14 years after their first meeting as professionals, Rafael Nadal maintained order by beating Spanish countryman Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-2 to make the Barcelona Open quarterfinals on Thursday.

RACE: 65th Indianapolis 500

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic was eliminated from the Nastase Tiriac Trophy in the second round on Thursday, losing to unseeded Lucas Pouille 6-3, 6-4.

MADRID (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo downplayed an injury he sustained late in Real Madrid's win over Villarreal in the Spanish league, saying Thursday he was "all good."

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Alexander Levy and Lee Soo-min opened with 6-under 66s and held the first-round lead when play was suspended Thursday at the Shenzhen International.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — The flame for South America's first Olympics was kindled Thursday at the birthplace of the ancient games in Greece, heralding the start of a 15-week journey that will culminate with the August 5 opening ceremony…

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Alexander Levy opened with a 6-under 66 and held the first-round lead when play was suspended Thursday at the Shenzhen International.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — The chief organizer of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics says the games will help unite the troubled host country, and is promising to "deliver history.'"

LONDON (AP) — An Iranian tennis player has been provisionally suspended after chasing a tournament official off the court at a low-tier event in Turkey.

ZURICH (AP) — Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he was asked by Switzerland's foreign ministry last year to help persuade an African president to leave office.

After Dan Voltz tore the anterior cruciate ligament and lateral meniscus in his right knee on Oct. 24 in a game against Illinois, the three-year starter at center for the University of Wisconsin football team could do nothing but help…