La Crosse Tribune Sports News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer pitched a no-hitter and came agonizingly close to a perfect game, hitting a batter with two outs in the ninth inning Saturday in the Washington Nationals' 6-0 wi…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Dottie Ardina birdied the final three holes Saturday in the Symetra Tour's Four Winds Invitational, leaving Canadian teen Brooke Henderson three strokes back.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jesse Hahn pitched into the eighth inning for his third consecutive win, Josh Reddick hit a tiebreaking double in the sixth and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angele…

Isaac Fruechte hopes his opportunity with the Vikings will bring more attention to wide receivers at the University of Minnesota.

DENVER (AP) — Charlie Blackmon homered and drove in three runs, Chad Bettis pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Colorado Rockies snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-1 vi…

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Rory McIlroy went out in 33 on Saturday and was at 2 over for the tournament after his first nine holes, poised for a possible charge back up the leaderboard at …

Brazilian star Marta is rested and ready for the knockout stage at the Women's World Cup.

CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Rodon pitched six effective innings and the Chicago White Sox snapped a season-worst eight-game losing streak, beating the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals ace Max Scherzer is pitching a perfect game through six innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nationals Park.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Australian Jason Day has teed off in the third round of the U.S. Open about 24 hours after collapsing at the end of his second round due to vertigo.

TORONTO (AP) — Caleb Joseph singled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the ninth inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Blue Jays 5-3 Saturday, ending Toronto's home winning streak at n…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kentucky big man Karl-Anthony Towns worked out for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday, less than a week before the Wolves pick first in the NBA draft.

The Aquinas High School girls soccer team had a bit of a relaxing Friday off between the WIAA Division 4 state semifinal game it won on Thursday and the championship game it will play this mor…

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic reached her first grass-court final when she beat Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2, 7-6 (6) in the Aegon Classic on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper is back in Washington's lineup on Saturday, two days after suffering a mild left-hamstring strain.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A newspaper says the University of Illinois gave a more than $48,000 payout to a former assistant women's basketball coach who left amid accusations that players were mi…

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Phil Mickelson staggered off Chambers Bay after a 74 that put a big dent in his chances to finally win a U.S. Open. He was eight shots behind and had little hope…

LONDON (AP) — Kevin Anderson made the final at Queen's Club by beating Gilles Simon of France 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 on Saturday.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — The latest from the U.S. Open (all times local):

HALLE, Germany (AP) — Seven-time champion Roger Federer defeated big-serving Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) to reach the Gerry Weber Open final for the 10th time on Saturday.