La Crosse Tribune Sports News

SEATTLE (AP) — Even a couple of home runs couldn't derail the roll Cleveland's Corey Kluber is on, getting closer to the form that earned him the AL Cy Young award a season ago.

ZURICH (AP) — Sepp Blatter will seek another term as FIFA president later Friday after asking soccer leaders to entrust him with guiding the governing body's recovery from a corruption crisis — again.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez went to bed and dreamed about his major league debut after the Boston Red Sox arrived in Texas.

He attends a school few of us have heard of — Chabot College, a community college located in Hayward, Calif. He’s on a temporary, or 10-day contract with the La Crosse Loggers. He may not see …

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers are giving retired baseball commissioner and former team owner Bud Selig a high-tech tribute.

The Aquinas High School girls soccer team hasn’t made many changes this season, but the one James Lockley made Thursday night paid off with a championship on Thursday.

ONALASKA — The Onalaska Luther High School softball team didn’t have it’s best showing but it still had enough to come from behind and beat Aquinas 3-2 in a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal …

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Hamilton stepped into the batter's box in Texas to a loud ovation. That got even louder when he lined the first pitch he saw into the right-field corner for a double.

FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson is feeling better and on track to return for the NBA Finals next week after taking a knee to his head from Trevor Ariza that ca…

It was a good swing on the ball, which floated softly in the air and landed between second base and center field.

GREEN BAY (AP) — Clay Matthews said he's happy with continuing to spend at least part of his time at inside linebacker.

Golden State coach Steve Kerr was chatting with assistant Luke Walton a few minutes before what became the Warriors' clinching victory in the Western Conference Finals, and a realization poppe…

NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) — Rory McIlroy shot a season-worst 9-over 80 on Thursday in the Irish Open to fall 13 strokes behind the first-round leaders.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Steven Bowditch matched his career best with an 8-under 62 on Thursday in the AT&T Byron Nelson, leaving Jordan Spieth seven strokes back in the Masters champion's hom…

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States says it will vote for Jordan's Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein for FIFA president Friday and not for incumbent Sepp Blatter.

Gillitzer played key coaching role for UW-L

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson took to Twitter on Thursday to express his frustration over criticism he is receiving while staying away from the voluntary portion of Minnesota Vikings' offseason.