La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs didn't play with their usual methodical precision. Kawhi Leonard more than offset those shortcomings, especially against ragtag Memphis.

The Coulee Region Chill needed every bounce and stroke of luck to go their way on Friday to extend their season — and the best-of-5 NAHL first-round playoff series against powerful Fairbanks.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A change in approach during batting practice paid off big for Maikel Franco, who hit two long home runs to power the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.

LAWRENCE, Kan. – It was more than a track and field meet for 16 Onalaska High School athletes. It was a chance to see some of the country’s elite performers in action.

COON VALLEY, Wis. — After each team spotted each other three runs in the first inning, the Westby High School baseball team clamped down.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — LeBron James had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving made a pair of big 3-pointers down the stretch to help the Cleveland Cavaliers move within a game of a first-round sweep with a…

BOSTON (AP) — On the heels of slow starts and lackluster offensive efforts in their first two playoff games, the Celtics knew they would need to play like a desperate bunch in their Game 3 matchup with the Hawks.

Milwaukee loses to Philadelphia for the first time in eight meetings

HOUSTON (AP) — The NBA said Friday that Houston's James Harden should have been given an offensive foul for pushing Golden State's Andre Iguodala before his winning shot Thursday night in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing in the same crease that Steve Mason allowed a goal from 101 feet out, Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth saw shots from every angle and didn't crack. Not even once.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth hit a home run and robbed one in left field, Gio Gonzalez pitched six-plus innings, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Minnesota Twins 8-4 on Friday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth said he's starting to feel more comfortable as the Washington Nationals left fielder.

With NHL playoff viewership down nearly two-thirds across Canada, the television executive who committed Toronto-based Sportsnet to a 12-year, multibillion-dollar broadcasting rights agreement joked how glad he was to have a third-floor office.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds strolled into the indoor batting cage to join his hitters at work and immediately shut the door.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brendan Steele completed an 8-under 64 in the morning and shot a 70 in the second round Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the Texas Open.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — LeBron James had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving made a pair of big 3-pointers down the stretch to help the Cleveland Cavaliers move within a game of a first-round sweep with a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Norman posed for photos with a pen and his new contract and smiled ear-to-ear alongside Washington Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan and family members decked out in fresh team gear.

Contracts for women's hockey coach Mark Johnson, wrestling coach Barry Davis and men's and women's swimming and diving coach Whitney Hite were extended on Friday.

Doyle, the player of the year in Illinois last season, has narrowed her list to UW, Iowa, Indiana, Marquette, Vanderbilt and Nebraska.

LONDON (AP) — World tennis' anti-corruption unit says it received alerts of unusual or suspicious betting on 48 matches between January and March, including one at the Australian Open.