La Crosse Tribune Sports News

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…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — At the beginning of the night, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr called the San Antonio Spurs a "measuring stick" for any team and the "gold standard" of basketball.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — George Karl was far from pleased with his own coaching Friday night as he returned to the NBA with the Sacramento Kings.

Ivy Martin is leaving opponents in her wake.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Johnson scored 23 points and Brook Lopez added 22 off the bench, leading the Brooklyn Nets to a 114-105 victory over the skidding Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 25 points and 11 assists, Klay Thompson scored 20 and the Golden State Warriors returned from the All-Star break to beat the San Antonio Spurs 110-99 o…