La Crosse Tribune Sports News

A look at the highlights of what's happening all around spring training in Florida and Arizona on Monday:

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana believes it plays the best basketball in the Midwest.

Sixty-eight teams will begin the NCAA Tournament this week, all hoping to be the last one standing on April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. But you can't win it all without winning one…

President Barack Obama fills one out, so does just about everyone you know.

AVONDALE, Ariz. — There have been dominant drivers in NASCAR before, seasons where Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson would reel off win after win to break the spirits of the rest of the garage.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Spieth and his world-class short game came up big in a playoff victory Sunday at the Valspar Championship.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Spieth and his world-class short game paid off big Sunday in a playoff victory in the Valspar Championship.

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Harvick is redefining dominance at NASCAR's highest level.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dayton gets to open the NCAA Tournament at home, hosting Boise State in a First Four game on Wednesday night.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Donald Young led a parade of upsets at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, with the American beating 31st-seeded Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-2.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Harden scored 34 points, Terrence Jones had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 100-98 on Sunday to salvage a split of the…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Markus Kennedy scored 15 points, and No. 20 SMU held off UConn 62-54 on Sunday to win the American Athletic Conference Tournament title.

Undefeated and overall No. 1 seed Kentucky will start the NCAA tournament in the Bluegrass State.

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar is being sidelined — by a sneeze.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Don Schumacher Racing swept the top two NHRA series at the Gatornationals on Sunday, giving the car owner the perfect welcome back gift following cancer treatment.

Goaltending and three-on-three overtime will be at the forefront of discussions when NHL general managers gather Monday in Boca Raton, Fla.

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — R.A. Dickey gave up two runs in five innings, Russell Martin drove in a run and a Toronto Blue Jays split squad routed the Canadian junior national team 17-3 on Sunday.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Jose Bautista hit a two-run homer, Jose Reyes had a run-scoring triple and a double, and a Toronto Blue Jays split squad roughed up Julio Teheran and the Atlanta Braves …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 36 points and 11 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off the Chicago Bulls 109-100 on Sunday afternoon.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 36 points and 11 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off the Chicago Bulls 109-100 on Sunday afternoon.