La Crosse Tribune Sports News

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Hockey sticks used to come one size fits all. If players wanted a better fit, it required lots of do it yourself, cutting, sanding, heating and bending the stick into a shape and size that fit…

Home ice hasn't been an advantage this year in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With a determined victory in Minnesota's deafening arena, the Dallas Stars picked up a valuable souvenir for the trip home.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 27 points, J.R. Smith made seven of Cleveland's NBA playoff record-tying 20 3-pointers, and the Cavaliers opened a 2-0 lead in their series with a 107-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski scored power-play goals in the second period and the San Jose Sharks again moved to the brink of eliminating the Los Angeles Kings from the playoffs with a 3-2 victory…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Zack Greinke and Madison Bumgarner both pitched well in a showdown of NL West aces, but Welington Castillo hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jason Spezza scored the go-ahead goal with his skate, Ales Hemsky and Patrick Eaves each scored on a second-period power play to give Dallas’ lagging special teams a lift, and the Stars defeated the Minnesota…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cole Hamels had never hit more than two batters in a game. So suffice it to say, the Texas left-hander was off to a strange start when he plunked the first two Houston hitters Wednesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — After a tough overtime loss two nights earlier, the Florida Panthers were focused on picking up their defensive intensity in Game 4.

CLEVELAND (AP) — J.R. Smith looked down at the postgame box score and couldn't believe his eyes.

Aaron Hill, Chris Carter and Domingo Santana all go deep for Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Hill, Chris Carter and Domingo Santana hit home runs to help Jimmy Nelson and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 10-5 on Wednesday night.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott says the conference's representative on the NCAA's Division I Council did not vote the league's position when the council banned so-called satellite football camps this month.

ST. PAUL — The UW-La Crosse baseball team extended its winning streak to nine games Wednesday before St. Thomas ended it there during a nonconference doubleheader split.

Setting up a batter inside or out, shifting the defensive alignment, then playing the percentages still gets Bill Sandillo juiced up. So does thinking about the La Crosse Loggers’ 2015 offense and the seven records it obliterated during a 40-win…

For Coulee Region Chill forward Larry Jungwirth, a midseason trade turned around the fortunes of both his season in the NAHL and the Chill as a whole.

ONALASKA — All of the Onalaska High School boys golf team’s scorers placed fourth or better Wednesday as the Hilltoppers cruised to a victory in the second MVC meet of the season.

Practice time on a nice day is a luxury for high school baseball and softball teams.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michal Neuvirth skated off the Flyers' ice to a roar he wanted to hear.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There were plenty of superlatives to go around in the Detroit clubhouse Wednesday night.