La Crosse Tribune Sports News

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic won her first title by beating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 in the Eastbourne final on Saturday, enhancing her burgeoning reputati…

LONDON (AP) — While tennis fans everywhere anxiously wait to see if Serena Williams can take the third step toward a true Grand Slam, the 20-time major winner said she will only start to feel …

Recruiting sites rank Hescock as a three-star prospect.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — That the United States capped Friday with a victory over China to advance to the semifinals at the Women's World Cup had special meaning for forward Abby Wambach.

A former deputy mayor, a big-time athletic director, an Olympic gold medalist.

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR's most popular driver, called the Confederate flag "offensive to an entire race" Friday while voicing his support for it being removed from the…

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. -- La Crosse Legion Post 52 coach Andy Christensen was waiting for his team to put it altogether after a sluggish start to the season.

La Crosse Loggers manager Bill Sandillo has been saying it all season.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Peter Bourjos scored the winning run from third on a throwing error by Mike Baxter in the 10th inning to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Fri…

MILWAUKEE — Kyle Lohse pitched six effective innings and benefited from Milwaukee’s six-run first inning to get his first win since May 16 as the Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 10-4 on Friday night.

OTTAWA, Ontario — Carli Lloyd finally was able to express her creativity on field.

The Minnesota Wild drafted Joel Eriksson Ek with the 20th pick in the first round of the NHL draft.

PHILADELPHIA — Max Scherzer has been so dominant that teammates are surprised when he actually gives up a hit.

VINA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Argentina defeated Colombia 5-4 on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie Friday night and will play Brazil or Paraguay next week in the Copa America semifinals.

Adam Miller finished out the second round of the WPGA Junior Championship with three birdies to tie Holmen High School graduate Tyler Church and force a playoff on Wednesday.

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Bubba Watson shot a 3-under 67 on Friday to maintain a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Travelers Championship.

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Mi Jung Hur birdied her final five holes to reach 8 under and top leaderboard Friday in the LPGA Tour's rain-hampered NW Arkansas Championship.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Max Scherzer took a perfect game into the sixth inning in his bid to become the second pitcher in major league history to throw two consecutive no-hitters and the Washingto…

TORONTO (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion hit his seventh career grand slam and a solo homer as the Toronto Blue Jays handed the slumping Texas Rangers their season-high sixth straight loss, 12-2 Friday night.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Carli Lloyd scored in the 51st minute, and the United States beat China 1-0 Friday night to reach a semifinal against Germany at the Women's World Cup.