La Crosse Tribune Sports News

CLEVELAND (AP) — Willie Cauley-Stein opened his mouth and words came out. He's not sure he believed them, but he said them anyway.

Think that last free throw was meaningless for Duke as it beat Utah in the Sweet 16? Thousands of gamblers in Las Vegas disagree.

Saturday night's games will decide half the Final Four, and the big boys have pushed the Cinderellas off the dance floor.

A look at what's happening around spring training in Florida and Arizona today:

It was a sweet night for guards in the regional semifinals of the women's basketball NCAA Tournament.

HOUSTON (AP) — Justise Winslow says coach Mike Krzyzewski never treated him and the other Duke freshmen like, well, freshmen.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Zack Greinke struggled with his command in his fourth spring start, allowing five hits in 3 2-3 innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the San Francisco Giants 8-4 o…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Denzel Valentine scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half to lead Michigan State to a 62-58 win over Oklahoma in an NCAA Tournament East Regional semifinal on Friday night.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Leticia Romero scored a career-high 21 points and Florida State held on to beat Arizona State 66-65 on Friday night in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

When the nearly three-hour competition was finished, each of the six gymnastics teams marched out of UW-La Crosse’s Mitchell Hall. The pressure was off, right?

LOS ANGELES — A day later, the reaction to Traevon Jackson’s return to the lineup was still creating a buzz in the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s locker room at Staples Center.

Jakhongir Jalalov scored a straight-set victory over Marten Jonsson at No. 2 singles, and the University of Wisconsin men’s tennis team bounced back from a 5-2 loss to Indiana with a 4-1 win o…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lindsay Allen scored a career-high 28 points to help top-seed Notre Dame defeat Stanford 81-60 in the NCAA women's Sweet 16 on Friday night.

As a way of building team chemistry — and keeping things light in the midst of a taxing season that can last up to eight or nine months — the Coulee Region Chill will occasionally play kickbal…

DENVER (AP) — Ty Lawson and Jameer Nelson each scored 18 points as the Denver Nuggets beat Utah 107-91 on Friday night, handing the Jazz their fourth straight loss.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Thomas Vanek and Mikko Koivu scored early in a three-goal third period and the Minnesota Wild pulled away to beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Friday night.

With such a rich and storied history, what could UW-La Crosse do to add yet another dramatic – and unforgettable – chapter to its book of national gymnastics championships?

NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets played with the intensity of a team fighting for its postseason future, and the Cleveland Cavaliers couldn't match it.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Denzel Valentine scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half to lead Michigan State to a 62-58 win over Oklahoma in an NCAA Tournament East Regional semifinal on Friday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 18 points and Jae Crowder had 17 points and nine rebounds as the Boston Celtics held off a late rally by the New York Knicks for a 96-92 win on Friday night.