La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — From coast to coast, the NBA draft was a big night for the biggest markets.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Connor McDavid has spent the last few days in South Florida. He's been to the beach. He's gone to a baseball game. Given by the red hue of his face and skin, he's …

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Scott Dixon won on the street course at Sonoma last season and took the checkers on the streets of Long Beach this spring.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — It's been a rather short turnaround for the United States between Monday night's 2-0 victory over Colombia in the round of 16 and Friday's World Cup quarterfinal against China.

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues today:

Already stacked at the UW standout's forward position, Milwaukee needed to add some shooting ability, which the young guard from UNLV ought to provide.

LA CRESCENT — When a team uses four pitchers in a seven-inning game, it usually means trouble.

HOUSTON (AP) — Astros manager A.J. Hinch showed confidence in his ace to let him finish what he started Thursday night.

MILWAUKEE — While the Milwaukee Bucks are much improved, they are far from a finished product.

NEW YORK — Sam Dekker was making his way through a hallway in the bowels of the Barclays Center late Thursday night, en route to a media obligation, when he rounded a corner and came face to f…

The senior center goes No. 9 to Charlotte, while the junior forward lands in Houston at No. 18.

J.P. Tokoto of Menomonee Falls waits until the second round to go to Philadelphia.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jia Perkins made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 24.6 seconds left to help San Antonio beat the Phoenix Mercury 76-71 on Thursday night for the Stars' first win of the season.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of long-suffering Minnesota Timberwolves fans filed into Target Center on Thursday night to see their downtrodden team enjoy a rare moment in the NBA's driver's seat.

Canon O’Heron is making a summer out of working basketball camps at UW-Stevens Point.

Craig Kowal’s opinion on playing high school basketball games in two halves instead of four quarters hasn’t changed since he left La Crescent High School after the 2007-2008 season.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — FIFA has issued a warning to U.S. forward Abby Wambach for comments she made about the officiating in a match against Colombia at the Women's World Cup.

MILWAUKEE — Taylor Jungmann was locked in a scoreless battle with Jacob deGrom for five innings. But the Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen couldn't keep the New York Mets off the scoreboard and Jungm…

'We like the fact that he has a knack for putting the ball in the basket,' Rockets assistant coach Chris Finch says of the team's new forward. 

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The last time the United States played China in the Women’s World Cup was in the 1999 final at the Rose Bowl, when the Americans won on penalty kicks for their second ti…