La Crosse Tribune Sports News

One day made up for five straight weeks of lousy golf for Michael Putnam. He's going home to Chambers Bay for the U.S. Open.

ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Kemp drove in the go-ahead run with a loud double, former Braves star Craig Kimbrel earned his 200th career save and the San Diego Padres beat Atlanta 5-3 in 11 innings on …

MINNEAPOLIS — From the way Jason Vargas hung in there after taking a line drive to the groin to the way Ned Yost aggressively managed his bullpen, the Kansas City Royals weren't treating this …

VERONA, Wis. – Tyler Church didn’t shoot himself out of a state championship, but he’s certainly got plenty of work to do today at the WIAA Division 1 state boys golf tournament at University Ridge.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Megan Rapinoe scored twice and the United States overcame early defensive shakiness to beat Australia 3-1 Monday night in the Americans' opener at the Women's World Cup.

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Commissioner Rob Manfred says Major League Baseball will re-evaluate fan safety at stadiums following the serious injury to a woman at Fenway Park last week.

CHICAGO (AP) — The latest from Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final:

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have selected slugging Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson with the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft.

CLEVELAND — High above downtown, there's no visible evidence of a painful 51-year professional sports championship drought — the longest for any major U.S. city.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It's never come easy for Martin Truex Jr., a journeyman driver who has never found the success he hoped to have at NASCAR's highest level.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Forward Alex Morgan is not the starting lineup for the United States' Women's World Cup opener against Australia.

SEATTLE (AP) — Robinson Cano was only supposed to hear the jeers and boos cascading from the spectators when he was playing on the road.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — College basketball is undergoing a major overhaul next season.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Francisca Ordega's 87th-minute goal pulled Nigeria into a 3-all tie with Sweden in a Women's World Cup match on Monday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — An attorney says a California judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by former San Francisco 49er Ray McDonald against a woman who accused him of rape.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It's never come easy for Martin Truex Jr., a journeyman driver who has never found the success he hoped to have at NASCAR's highest level.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Once LeBron James tied up the NBA Finals with another one of his virtuoso postseason performances, his legs were in knots.

Johnny Miller can't wait to get back in the broadcast booth for a major championship where he won with a great closing round.

The Amherst defensive lineman became UW's sixth commitment of the Class of 2016.