La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MINNEAPOLIS — One week into the season, things looked bleak for the Minnesota Twins.

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Mariah Stackhouse rallied to beat Hayley Davis in 19 holes to give Stanford its first NCAA women's golf title, 3-2 over Baylor on Wednesday.

The indictment of soccer officials and marketing and TV executives Wednesday alleges 12 schemes:

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Yoenis Cespedes homered with two outs in the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie against his former team and six Detroit pitchers combined on an six-hitter to lead the…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR penalized three teams Wednesday for infractions at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner has been hearing from players around the WNBA who would like her to change her mind and appeal her seven-game suspension for a domestic violence incident involv…

GRAND CHUTE, Wis. — The situation was setting up perfectly.

MILWAUKEE — Solid starting pitching and timely hitting have helped the San Francisco Giants get over a slow start in April to edge back toward the top of the NL West standings.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Indians infielder Mike Aviles is touched by the show of support he's getting from teammates for his 4-year-old daughter, who was diagnosed with leukemia this month.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Cowboys figured they would be without receiver Dez Bryant most of the offseason because of the star receiver's contract situation.

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal's uppercut of a lefty forehand, thick with topspin, has flummoxed many opponents through the years and carried him to nine French Open titles in 10 previous appearances.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Before he even got out of high school, Jordan Spieth had already made the cut as a teenage amateur at the Byron Nelson.

The SUNY-Cortland baseball team scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning to score a 6-2 victory over UW-La Crosse and end their best-of-3 series for the NCAA Division III championship t…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A person familiar with the discussions tells The Associated Press the Buffalo Sabres are interviewing former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma for their head-coaching vacancy.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers dealt third baseman Juan Uribe to the Atlanta Braves in a six-player trade Wednesday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon need just one word to describe another great start by Felix Hernandez.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson has spent the last five months sending vague and sometimes ambiguous messages about his desire or lack thereof to remain with the Minnesota Vikings.

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Greg Biffle is not celebrating yet. But he believes Roush Fenway Racing is improving after a couple of down years trying to catch up to its rivals.

ZURICH (AP) — While accepting the trust of world soccer has to be regained, FIFA President Sepp Blatter responded to the arrest of top officials on Wednesday by insisting it showed his efforts…

Here is a look at the seven soccer officials arrested in Switzerland on warrants issued by the U.S. Justice Department after a corruption probe involving FIFA members. All seven are connected …