La Crosse Tribune Sports News

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A glare from Madison Bumgarner and a few words from Wil Myers was all it took to cause the benches to empty at the end of the third inning of the San Francisco Giants' game at…

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA will elect a new president on Sept. 14, with former FIFA candidate Michael van Praag first to declare plans to replace Michel Platini in a contest likely to have several contenders.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The national champion University of North Dakota men's hockey team will be recognized during a Minnesota Twins baseball game this weekend.

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the developments in the Olympic world (all times local):

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

Starting a postseason 9-0 does not guarantee a championship.

With a record-setting offense largely intact and plenty of starting pitchers in place, the biggest question marks for the UW-La Crosse baseball team heading into this season came from the bullpen.

After going 34-8 this season — so far — and winning the third conference title in program history, the UW-La Crosse baseball team was bound to earn some postseason awards.

FORD CITY, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors have withdrawn charges against former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora, who was accused of holding a knife in front of a convenience store worker.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chase Anderson's task Tuesday night was to be better than the best, and he was up to the challenge.

Aquinas High School’s softball team was ready for the challenge of Jordyn Kleman during Tuesday’s MVC showdown with top-ranked Logan.

One night after suffering a tough one-run MVC loss to Logan, Kylee Schams and the Holmen High School softball team played the role of spoiler.

BASEBALL

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — To see him now, it’s hard to believe Jason Day had only one victory in his first six years on the PGA Tour.

The right-hander gives up back-to-back home runs in the ninth before Jeremy Jeffress gets the save.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are investigating claims that dozens of top Russian athletes participated in a sophisticated state-sponsored doping program, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers won the NBA draft lottery Tuesday night and will have the No. 1 pick in June.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Bill Self isn't paying state taxes on the bulk of his millions of dollars of income as men's basketball coach at Kansas, and it's all legal under 2012 tax reforms pressed by Gov. Sam Brownback.

LONDON (AP) — In a major doping crackdown stretching back eight years, 31 athletes in six sports could be barred from competing in the Olympics after they were caught in retesting of drug samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, and…

The Dallas Cowboys signed former University of Wisconsin tight end Austin Traylor to their 90-man roster on Tuesday.