La Crosse Tribune Sports News

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jim Boeheim has become used to the spotlight in his long career at Syracuse. It's awfully bright right now — for all the wrong reasons.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 22 points and seven assists, Klay Thompson scored 16 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 104-89 on Friday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — It didn't take long for the acquistion of Antoine Vermette to pay off for the Chicago Blackhawks.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Patric Hornqvist scored twice in the second period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins also got goals from Evgeni Malkin and Blake Comeau in a 5-2 victory over the league-leadi…

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Jose Villarreal scored in the 65th minute, Robbie Keane added a late goal and the defending champion LA Galaxy opened the 20th MLS season Friday night with a 2-0 victory …

TAMPA, Fla. — A morning victory over Portland State provided early momentum against host South Florida at the USF Under Armour Showcase, but the University of Wisconsin softball team couldn’t …

OTTAWA (AP) — It would seem that as Andrew Hammond goes, so go the Ottawa Senators.

BOYS BASKETBALL

BLAIR — It looked like Blair-Taylor High School boys basketball coach Randy Storlie was going to have a little time to relax before the seconds ticked away on the 500th coaching victory of his career.

HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden has been so good this season that Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale has come to expect performances like the one he had Friday night.

GALESVILLE — When its shots failed to fall they like typically do, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School boys basketball team didn't panic. Neither did veteran coach Mark Wagner, who left n…

WACO, Texas (AP) — Taurean Prince scored 24 points, Kenny Chery and Rico Gathers added 18 apiece and No. 14 Baylor rallied from 12 down in the second half to beat last-place Texas Tech 77-74 o…

SEATTLE (AP) — Lexy Kresl scored 19 points, Jamee Swan picked up 11 of her 18 in the second half and Colorado stunned No. 8 Oregon State 68-65 on Friday night in the Pac-12 Conference tourname…

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — The G-E-T co-op placed sixth out of 10 teams at the Division 1 WIAA State Gymnastics Championships. The Viroqua co-op also placed sixth in Division 2.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise scored in a two-minute span of the third period as the Minnesota Wild won their fifth game in a row, defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 …

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Fourth-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland advanced to the Monterrey Open semifinals Friday, beating Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-2 in the hard-court event at…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Zach Randolph had 24 points and 13 rebounds, Marc Gasol scored nine of his 18 in the fourth quarter and the Memphis Grizzlies rallied for a 97-90 victory over the Los Ang…

ARCADIA — There was nothing to worry about.

HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden had 38 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his third triple-double this season and the Houston Rockets snapped a two-game skid with a 103-93 win over the Detroit…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Boston Celtics won for the fifth time in seven games, 104-98 over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.