La Crosse Tribune Sports News

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame stiff resistance from Bernard Tomic to reach the semifinals of the Mercedes Cup with a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 victory on Friday.

MIAMI (AP) — Major league home run and RBI leader Giancarlo Stanton believes he has been unlucky this season, and he might be right.

LE MANS, France (AP) — Brace for a tough fight between Porsche and Audi at the 24 Hours Le Mans this weekend.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner is vowing to fight a U.S. bid to extradite him from Trinidad to face charges in the FIFA corruption case.

ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Russian golfer Andrey Pavlov needed 17 strokes on a single hole in excellent weather conditions at the Lyoness Open on Friday, tying for the second worse score on th…

LYON, France (AP) — Interpol has suspended its 10-year, 20 million euro ($22.4 million) partnership with FIFA while soccer's governing body is implicated in bribery allegations.

EUGENE, Oregon — Only one huge throw kept University of Wisconsin junior Kelsey Card from winning the women’s shot put Thursday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Golden State Warriors looked like the NBA's best team. The Cleveland Cavaliers looked like a tired one.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Earlier this season, the grounds crew that watches over the lush green playing field where the San Francisco Giants play tried something new: They cut back on overnight watering.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — With the U.S. Open looming next week, Brooks Koepka wanted a final chance to tune up his game and added the St. Jude Classic to his schedule at the last minute.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jung Ho Kang chose the gray T-shirt because he thought it looked cool. That's it. The fact "The Trillest" — a mashup of "true" and "real" that serves as slang for someone con…

Playing on the road in the Northwoods League can be a grind.

CLEVELAND (AP) — No panic, no playing around. Just California cool.

CLEVELAND (AP) — No panic, no playing around. Just California cool.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James may need to call Janet Jackson to get some advice on how to handle wardrobe malfunctions.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Scooter Gennett drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the bottom of the eighth, capping the Milwaukee Brewers' rally from a four-run deficit for a 6-5 win Thursda…

MADISON — Everything Matt Marohl and his coaching staff mapped out for Thursday fell through when the skies opened and allowed rain to fall for several hours in Madison.

GREEN BAY — Jordy Nelson spent the offseason rehabbing his surgically repaired hip, but even that took a back seat in his mind until his running mate at wide receiver, Randall Cobb, re-signed …

MADISON — To say that Michelle Mueller is having fun right now would be an understatement.

MIAMI (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton drove in four runs with his 22nd homer and a 40-foot single, and the Miami Marlins broke a three-game losing streak Thursday night by beating Colorado 6-0.