La Crosse Tribune Sports News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Tennessee has reached an agreement to hire former Texas coach Rick Barnes as its next men's basketball coach.

Stacy Lewis hit one of the most significant drives of her career, and it really didn't matter where it landed.

LONDON (AP) — Davis Cup organizers are considering whether to introduce a fifth-set tiebreaker.

He twice led UW-Platteville to unblemished campaigns and says John Calipari and Kentucky are feeding off the energy of their winning streak.

A unanimous selection, he joins Alando Tucker as the only players in program history to receive the honor.

Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Kentucky's John Calipari and the University of Wisconsin's Bo Ryan talk about the 2015 NCAA Division I Final Four on a teleconference Monday.

Stricker plans to visit Augusta National this week for practice rounds in and around UW's Final Four game with Kentucky at Indianapolis.

Kelly Sheffield's first recruit at UW is looking for a program where she can play more.

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

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — The first thing Dayton Moore makes clear is that he never set out to change how baseball clubs are built. He simply wanted to win games, something the Kansas City Royals…

DENVER (AP) — In the midst of a tough season, the Edmonton Oilers are finishing strong.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 19 points before sitting the final quarter and the Portland Trail Blazers secured a playoff berth with a 109-86 victory Monday night over the Phoenix Suns.

Senior Rob Jacobsen is tied for 18th place after his second solid round.

The women's Final Four will have a familiar feel to it with three of last year's teams back in the national semifinals.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Maryland is going back to consecutive Final Fours and for the second straight year the Terrapins pushed aside Tennessee to get there.

ATLANTA — Kyle Korver was unstoppable for 65 seconds.

COULEE GOLF BOWL

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Mike Napoli started a seven-run fourth inning with a broken-bat homer and Justin Masterson allowed one run in 5 2-3 innings as the Boston Red Sox rolled to a 14-2 victo…

MONTREAL (AP) — Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop had two assists, Vladislav Namestnikov scored two goals, and the Lightning clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 5-3 win over the Mont…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gordon Hayward scored 22 points, reserve Trey Burke had 19 and the Utah Jazz beat the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves 104-84 on Monday night.