La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for Russia's top investigative agency says it would like to question the former head of the Russian doping lab over his allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

MIAMI (AP) — Zhou Qi needs someone to help him communicate at workouts with NBA teams, simply because he does not speak English well enough to understand most instructions.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The suspect in the April shooting death of retired New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith is set for a court hearing.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Dodgers blew a two-run lead, starter Ross Stripling couldn't make it to the fifth inning, and now they're back to .500 after four losses in five games.

ATLANTA (AP) — USA Swimming has moved a pre-Olympic training camp out of Puerto Rico because of the Zika virus.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Angels are rising right along with Mike Trout's batting average a month after both of them were scuffling.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The divers were warming up, getting ready for the biggest moment in their lives when, out of nowhere, a man in a blue tutu rushed to the ladder, ran to the edge of the board…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Josh Reddick was trying to make something happen, hoping to put himself into position to score. He's likely going to miss a month at minimum as a result of a fractured thumb.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie manager Andy Green of the San Diego Padres feels he's been nice enough in his postgame comments about opposing pitchers.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Yankees manager Joe Girardi is still undecided whether or not to send Ivan Nova back to the bullpen once the rest of the starting rotation gets healthy.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bruce Bochy met Jeff Samardzija as the big right-hander came into the dugout after the eighth inning and told him he was done for the night.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Overshadowed as Golden State shot down history during the regular season, the Cavaliers are making this postseason their own.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have fallen to 10-30 at the first-quarter mark of this spectacular flop of a season, meaning it might soon be time to forget about the standings for the year and focus on who's worth…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Toronto's struggles since taking the division title last season have been mirrored by Troy Tulowitzki, whose five All-Star Game appearances and two Silver Slugger awards have seemed rather distant lately.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Daniel Descalso could not believe his ears.

BASEBALL

CHICAGO (AP) — Pitcher Collin McHugh gave the Houston Astros a chance to complete a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night. Baseball's hottest pitcher wouldn't let that happen.

A battle with strep throat took Logan High School senior Jordyn Kleman out of the lineup for a couple of games, but she returned in a big way on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Head down, Matt Harvey began to walk off the mound even before manager Terry Collins arrived to take the ball.

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