La Crosse Tribune Sports News

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — Taylor Kohlwey and the UW-La Crosse baseball team kicked off the season with a bang.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Braden Holtby made 32 saves for his eighth shutout of the season, Nicklas Backstrom became Washington's career assists leader, and the Capitals cooled the surging Boston Brui…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Bobby Ryan scored the shootout winner and Andrew Hammond stopped 27 shots to improve to 10-0-1 to start his NHL career, lifting the Ottawa Senators past the Philadelphia…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs lost Manu Ginobili to a sprained right ankle in the third quarter of a 123-97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night.

CHICAGO – For the second time in three Sundays, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team was hoisting a trophy and cutting down a net.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs lost Manu Ginobili to a sprained right ankle in the third quarter of a 123-97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night.

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.