La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers held on to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-99 on Wednesday night, clinching the Central Division title and the No. 2 see…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Zach Randolph had 15 points, 13 rebounds and six assists to help the Memphis Grizzlies beat the New Orleans Pelicans 110-74 on Wednesday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Scott Hartnell had a goal and an assist and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 35 shots for his second shutout of the season to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-0 victory over…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jeff Francoeur hit a three-run homer, Aaron Harang took a one-hitter into the seventh inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Wednesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jewell Loyd is heading to the WNBA.

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Horford made the go-ahead basket on a dunk with 19 seconds remaining, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Brooklyn Nets 114-111 on Wednesday night to complete a season sweep.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Victor Oladipo had 23 points and scored on a layup with 1.5 seconds left to give the Orlando Magic a 105-103 victory over Chicago on Wednesday night, spoiling Derrick Rose…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Washington Wizards shot a franchise-record 65.3 percent from the field in their 119-90 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.

Introducing a new coach to a program typically means big changes will follow. That’s not the case for the traditionally-strong Aquinas High School girls soccer team and its newly named coach, …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Victor Oladipo had 23 points and scored on a layup with 1.5 seconds left to give the Orlando Magic a 105-103 victory over Chicago on Wednesday night, spoiling Derrick Rose…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Victor Oladipo had 23 points and scored on a layup with 1.5 seconds left to give the Orlando Magic a 105-103 victory over Chicago on Wednesday night, spoiling Derrick Rose…

DETROIT (AP) — Paul Molitor is still waiting for his first win as Minnesota's manager.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Washington Wizards shot 65.3 percent from the field in their 119-90 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — When it comes to the baseball's new speed-up rules, Adrian Beltre is ready to hop to it. He's really doing it.

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues on Thursday:

HONOR COUNTS

AUGUSTA, Ga. — When the 79th Masters tees off today, the question for Rory McIlroy, the world’s top-ranked player, is whether he can find a way to avoid the pitfalls at Augusta National Golf C…

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Men in green Masters jackets gave a warm round of applause to a large wood chip Wednesday.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose is back from his latest knee injury.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods played in the Par 3 tournament at the Masters for the first time since 2004, and he made it quite a family outing with girlfriend Lindsey Vonn at his side, and …