La Crosse Tribune Sports News

OSSEO, Wis. — The numbers were ridiculous, and so were Baily Williams and Billy Tremain.

There's always talk this time of the college basketball season that the conference tournaments — especially in the power ones — are nothing more than reasons for, as the late Marquette and Uta…

CHICAGO (AP) — Dez Wells scored 22 points, Melo Trimble added 17 and No. 8 Maryland won its first Big Ten Tournament game, beating Indiana 75-69 in the quarterfinals Friday night.

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Harvick once again showed how dominant he is at Phoenix International Raceway with a pole-winning run Friday at the track he has mastered.

Minnesota acquired wide receiver Mike Wallace from the Miami Dolphins on Friday, another attempt by the Vikings to establish a reliable deep threat and a move by the Dolphins for salary cap relief.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Brendon de Jonge rolled in a pair of long putts on his way to a 2-under 69 and the 36-hole lead Friday in the Valspar Championship.

Maybe it will be the summer-like weather. Maybe it will be the beach and the view. Or maybe it will be the absence of classrooms, tests and studying.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A bird was struck and killed by a foul ball while perched atop the protective netting behind home plate during the first inning of the Tigers-Braves game on Friday.

VIERA, Fla. (AP) — George Springer has been known to get a little hyper in the batter's box.

CHICAGO — Bo Ryan’s luggage this week included some reading material he planned to pull out during downtime in the Windy City.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Brendon de Jonge rolled in two long putts on his way to a 2-under 69 for the 36-hole lead Friday in the Valspar Championship.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Shane Greene pitched three perfect innings in his second start for the Detroit Tigers, a 12-2 win over the split-squad Atlanta Braves on Friday.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in nearly three years, Adam Scott packed up his bags at the end of a round. On a Friday.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers say pitcher Dontrelle Willis is ending his comeback bid and will retire at 33.

The polling data is about as ugly as a mud-caked snowbank in Boston these days.

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kurt Busch was back in a car Friday preparing for his first race of the season.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Charley Hoffman played short of the water hazard, then nearly walked into the path of a 10-foot alligator on the fairway.

Make no mistake: The DNR isn’t hiding this information. It just isn’t sharing or explaining much of it. 

SAN DIEGO (AP) — It's 2 o'clock on a typically brilliant San Diego afternoon and David "Boomer" Wells is on the mound at David Wells Field.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers say they have agreed with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on a contract extension.