La Crosse Tribune Sports News

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — No. 15 North Carolina opened Saturday's game by scoring on a "Four Corners" play as a tribute to the late Dean Smith, then rolled to an 89-60 win against Georgia Tech.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Frank Kaminsky scored 21 points, Bronson Koenig added a career-high 17 and No. 5 Wisconsin beat Minnesota 63-53 Saturday for its 10th straight win.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Denny Hamlin turned the fastest lap in the final Daytona 500 practice.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rafael Nadal must bounce back from a late night if he's going to make the final of the Rio Open.

MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — McLaren's technical troubles worsened on Saturday, while Pastor Maldonado again steered Lotus to the session's fastest lap in Formula One preseason testing.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Top-seeded Simona Halep scored her second title of the season with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Karolina Pliskova at the Dubai Championsips on Saturday.

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Local favorite Gael Monfils maintained his perfect record against fourth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the final of the Open 13 with an easy 6-4, 6-2 win on Saturday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Regan Smith has started what will be a busy day at Daytona International Speedway.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Scores Saturday from the Indian Open, played at the par-71 Delhi Golf Club course:

LONDON (AP) — British police launched an investigation into further suspected racism involving Chelsea fans as the London club used Saturday's Premier League game to celebrate diversity in football.

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande has spoken with the black man abused by Chelsea supporters at a French metro station before a Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain.

A student of the game with a team-first mentality, he’s close to breaking the school record for minutes.

The Badgers also win back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Despite being outshot 53-17, the Huskies saddled the Badgers with a startling 2-1 loss to open their final regular-season Western Collegiate Hockey Association series.

Juley, a setter from LaGrange, Illinois, spent one season with the Badgers after transferring from Long Beach State. She had one year of eligibility remaining.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Randy Wittman's patience was understandably in short supply.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The position is a place Retief Goosen hasn't been in more than four years. The feeling? Probably longer.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch will miss the Daytona 500, and finds himself once again fighting for his career.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Thirty-five years after the U.S. Olympic hockey team's stunning gold medal at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics, the once-fuzzy-faced heroes are being feted for their si…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — World No. 1 Lydia Ko of New Zealand and Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn both shot 1-under 72 on Saturday to share the lead after the third round of the Women's Australi…