La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — In the three decades since USA Network had last broadcast an NHL playoff game, just about everything in television watching changed.

Tony Parker thought he'd seen it all in the Western Conference.

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany says making freshmen ineligible in college football and basketball could help correct the imbalance between athletics and academics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — China thrived at the Beijing Games in 2008. Britain excelled in London in 2012. Next year, Brazil will try to show it can produce a historic performance at its home Olympics.

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — The head of a Canadian media conglomerate that acquired rights to the NHL in the largest sports deal in the country's history has been hired as the new chief exe…

CHICAGO (AP) — Prized prospect Kris Bryant is in the majors.

When Mario Balotelli poked fun at Manchester United on Twitter during the team's surprising 5-3 loss to Leicester in the Premier League, the Liverpool striker would have expected some disgrunt…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has apologized to the team and its fans and asked for privacy during his recovery from an undisclosed substance problem.

BRINDISI, Italy (AP) — Having learned to play on rock-hard cement in Compton, California, Serena Williams could understandably be excused if she didn't like the slow, red clay courts of Europe.

ZIELONA GORA, Poland (AP) — Five-time Grand Slam champion Martina Hingis will play her first competitive singles match since 2007 in a Fed Cup playoff on Saturday.

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Kimi Raikkonen posted the fastest time ahead of Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel in the first practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday.

BRINDISI, Italy (AP) — Top-ranked Serena Williams will open against No. 36 Camila Giorgi on Saturday when the United States meets Italy in the Fed Cup playoffs.

MOSCOW (AP) — Germany has surprisingly left its two highest ranked players to play only doubles when the team faces Russia in the Fed Cup semifinals.

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Peter Uihlein made five birdies in gusty conditions and shot a 4-under 68 Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Shenzhen International.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Lucie Safarova will face Caroline Garcia in the opening singles match Saturday when the defending champion Czech Republic faces France in the Fed Cup semifinals.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge has postponed the sentencing hearing in the case of former doubles tennis champion, Bob Hewitt, who was convicted of rape.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge has postponed the sentencing hearing in the case of former doubles tennis champion, Bob Hewitt, who was convicted of rape.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge has postponed the sentencing hearing in the case of former doubles tennis champion, Bob Hewitt, who was convicted of rape.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge has postponed the sentencing hearing in the case of former doubles tennis champion, Bob Hewitt, who was convicted of rape.