La Crosse Tribune Sports News

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.

MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade did not see an offensive outburst like what the Miami Heat have put up in their first two playoff games coming, nor is he counting on it continuing.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia center Scott Laughton was taken off the ice on a stretcher after a scary hit into the boards Wednesday night in Game 4 of the Flyers' first-round playoff series against the Washington Capitals.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Thibodeau's NBA career started as an assistant on the inaugural Minnesota Timberwolves team.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — College Football Playoff officials believe several factors contributed to the significant decline in television ratings for the second year of the playoff.

MADISON — Nigel Hayes will enter the 2016 NBA draft while also leaving open the possibility of returning to the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team for his senior season.

HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Curry's sprained right ankle is feeling better but he isn't sure if he will be able to play on Thursday night in Game 3 of Golden State's first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oakland Athletics infielder Eric Sogard undergone surgery on his left knee on Wednesday.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — International Tennis Federation president David Haggerty says a disciplinary hearing has been scheduled in Maria Sharapova's doping case, with a ruling possible before Wimbledon.

The Badgers' defense recorded six sacks during team drills Tuesday.

The Badgers will play the Hilltoppers at Camp Randall Stadium on Sept. 1, 2018 to open the season.

The Brewers end the Twins' four-game winning streak.

In the fall of 2017, Watertown will join the Badger South Conference and Beaver Dam will join the Badger North.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Andy Green's first ejection as a big league skipper gave Mark McGwire his first chance to manage.

CHICAGO (AP) — Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw appeared to use a gay slur during a 4-3 playoff loss to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, and a prominent gay rights group affiliated with the NHL said it planned to…

Braden Holtby and the Washington Capitals plan to keep rolling along against the Flyers despite an injury scare in practice.

MIAMI (AP) — Heat star Dwyane Wade often can be heard saying at playoff time that a series hasn't truly started until somebody wins on the home floor of its opponent.

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