La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ROME (AP) — Tenth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain fought through her nerves and rallied past No. 2 Simona Halep 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 Saturday to reach the Italian Open final.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — MVP Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are shooting the ball outside the arc even better than they did during the regular season.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As far as Jeff Teague and the rest of the Atlanta Hawks are concerned, bring on LeBron.

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

CHICAGO (AP) — When Blackhawks defenseman Kimmo Timonen made his NHL debut in 1998, Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm was 4 years old. Rangers forward Martin St. Louis had played in 1,154 games…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josef Newgarden never experienced a scarier ride than this week at Indianapolis.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Phil Mickelson has been trying to tell everyone that'll listen he's not been playing poorly — he just hasn't been scoring well.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw earned his 100th career victory on his fifth attempt, and the Los Angeles Dodgers hung on for a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

SEATTLE (AP) — Nelson Cruz's RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning drove in Brad Miller from second base to give the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 32 points, including a 62-footer to end the third quarter, and the Golden State Warriors advanced to their first Western Conference finals since 1976…

The UW-La Crosse baseball team came from behind to win once on Friday, but it couldn’t pull off the feat a second time.

MIAMI (AP) — Garo Yepremian, the former NFL kicker who helped the Miami Dolphins win consecutive NFL championships but is best remembered for a Super Bowl blooper, died Friday of cancer. He was 70.

BASEBALL

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyle Korver was the Atlanta Hawks' closest defender as Paul Pierce shimmied to his left and launched a 3-point try, hoping to extend the Washington Wizards' season by forcing…

WEST SALEM — The West Salem High School baseball team kept its title hopes alive with a 5-4 win over Westby in a Coulee Conference contest on Friday night.

A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press the NFL plans to change guidelines regarding the way footballs are handled before games.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Danny Santana's triple keyed a late two-run rally, and Phil Hughes pitched seven strong innings Friday night to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Braun homered twice and made a marvelous catch, leading Kyle Lohse and the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-0 victory over the slumping New York Mets on Friday night.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Mountain had an easier time hoisting the Phillie Phanatic in the air than he did swinging a bat for the first time in his life.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Belt hit a three-run homer, and Buster Posey added a two-run shot off Jason Marquis on Friday night, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 10-2 victory over the Cinci…