La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ATLANTA (AP) — Awaiting the birth of his first child, Michael Phelps has decided to skip an Olympic prep meet in Atlanta next week.

The change affects only team membership, not the ability to compete in games.

The five-time WIAA Division 4 state boys champs have jumped to Division 3, but none of the area's 54 teams will change divisions.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The business tycoon who led South Korea's organizing committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics quit on Tuesday amid escalating financial troubles at the business group his family controls.

ONALASKA — After being robbed of a chance for a walk-off victory in the bottom of the seventh, the Onalaska High School baseball team found itself in a wild ending one inning later.

TOMAH — The Aquinas High School baseball team used solid fundamental defense and clutch hitting to earn a pair of one-run victories Monday against Tomah.

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota is enjoying a baseball resurgence that has put the Gophers in position to end a five-year NCAA Tournament drought, the longest since the program’s first appearance in 1956.

BASEBALL

Jimmy Nelson (4-2) retired 15 of 16 batters before giving up a solo home run to Mike Trout in the sixth. He allowed two runs and four hits over seven innings.

LONDON (AP) — Leicester City players crowded around a television inside the house of teammate Jamie Vardy, locked arm in arm, watching the action 100 miles away. And when the final whistle blew at Stamford Bridge, they raised their arms…

MILWAUKEE — Jimmy Nelson pitched seven strong innings and drove in the go-ahead run to lead the Milwaukee Brewers past the Los Angeles Angels 8-5 on Monday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — Younger football players are more likely to return to the field less than a day after suffering concussions than those in high school and college, according to a new study.

CHICAGO — Younger football players are more likely to return to the field less than a day after suffering concussions than those in high school and college, according to a new study.

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Nobody needs to be reminded that racing is inherently dangerous. We all know drivers assume the risks. It's understood that no one forces a driver to compete.

LONDON (AP) — Leicester City completed one of the greatest-ever sporting achievements Monday when the 5,000-1 underdogs won the Premier League for the first time.

Following the 2016 NFL Draft, there are 32 former University of Wisconsin football players on NFL rosters.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky's effort to get his child molestation convictions thrown out ran into tough questioning Monday from a judge who voiced doubt about defense lawyers are entitled to question witnesses — including some of the former…

Segall was previously in the same role with the University of Vermont.

MADRID (AP) — Police arrested four people at a bull run festival in northeastern Spain for allegedly attacking two animal rights activists who tried to video the event, an official said Monday.