La Crosse Tribune Sports News

CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta will have to wait for his chance to match Johnny Vander Meer.

MADISON — Unlike many others in his position, Joe Schobert never experienced the hard-hitting reality that his childhood dream was simply that.

SEATTLE (AP) — Nintendo of America plans to sell its controlling stake in the Seattle Mariners to a group of minority owners led by John Stanton, who would become the team's chairman and chief executive officer.

Schobert has likely positioned himself to be a Day 2 selection in this week’s NFL Draft, which begins with the first round Thursday night in Chicago.

MONTREAL (AP) — Russia was responsible for more doping violations than any other country in 2014, while track and field was the sport with the worst doping record over the year, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Philadelphia third baseman Maikel Franco has agreed to sell 10 percent of his future earnings for $4.35 million to a company called Fantex, which plans to sell securities to investors.

NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama wrapped up her speech to dozens of U.S. athletes to mark 100 days before the Rio Games and immediately headed over to a temporary court set up in the middle of Times…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games in Athens on Wednesday, 100 days before the opening ceremony in Brazil.

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas judge has set a $1,500 bond for former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel in his misdemeanor domestic assault case.

Card broke her own Big Ten records in the shot put and discus at the Triton Invitational in San Diego last weekend.

He was an eight-time high school state champion at Stevens Point. He won five NCAA titles and UW won team championships in cross country in 2005 and indoor track and field in 2007.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's Olympic committee on Wednesday unveiled Zika-proof long-sleeved shirts and pants it says will help protect the country's Olympic athletes from the mosquito-borne virus at this year's games in Rio de Janeiro.

Green Bay has a need at the position, which is the draft's deepest this year

Ryan Braun's pinch-hit, two-run double in the eighth got the Brewers within a run, but Hector Rondon pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — "Into the Wild" author Jon Krakauer goes to the Montana Supreme Court Wednesday to demand the release of records that could explain whether the state's higher education commissioner reversed a decision to expel a University of…

Her Logan High School softball team was well on its way to a big victory Tuesday, but one swing of the bat by Central’s Emily Hayden had pitcher Jordyn Kleman seeing red.

WEST SALEM — He’s talented, he’s smart, he’s young and he’s well-spoken.

WEST SALEM — The West Salem High School baseball team played seven seniors when it qualified for the WIAA Division 2 state semifinals last spring, which meant the losses going into this season were significant.

CHICAGO — Addison Russell’s two-out, two-run triple in the sixth inning snapped a tie and the Chicago Cubs held off the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Thursday night to secure their best 20-game start since 1907.