La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MINNEAPOLIS — Hunters skirting limit and weapons laws on deer are keeping the top DNR enforcer busy.

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen beat eighth-seeded Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Open Sud de France on Tuesday.

On national signing day, there is a good chance Florida fans will be angry with Will Muschamp again.

Spend a few hours on national signing day watching teenagers pick hats in their high school gymnasiums and you might find it hard to believe that the vast majority of top football prospects ha…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Frank Borghi, the goalkeeper in the United States' 1-0 upset victory over England in the 1950 World Cup, has died. He was 89.

SAO PAULO (AP) — IndyCar says it does not plan to return to Brazil this year after local organizers surprisingly canceled the series' season opener citing financial difficulties.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Seventh-seeded Dusan Lajovic of Serbia has reached the second round of the Ecuador Open, defeating Luca Vanni of Italy 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Tuesday.

BOSTON (AP) — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he "would love to" give the truck he got for winning his third Super Bowl MVP to defensive back Malcolm Butler.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Nearly an hour after the Cavaliers shook off the feisty Philadelphia 76ers for their 11th straight win, forward Kevin Love was still on the floor of an empty, sedate Quicken L…

JEREZ, Spain (AP) — The pre-season signs are encouraging so far for a Ferrari team reeling from a terrible year in 2014, when poor results went hand-in-hand with internal disputes.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Larry Bird hopes Paul George can return to the game this season after breaking his leg in a gruesome accident last summer — perhaps as soon as next month.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Raftery and Grant Hill will call the Final Four this season, a popular veteran and a rookie taking the place of the suspended Greg Anthony.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A son of Fidel Castro and a prominent Washington, D.C.-based attorney will help campaign for the return of baseball and softball in the Olympics.

MIAMI (AP) — A decade after Jack Nicklaus began a foundation aimed at children's health, a Miami children's health system is changing the name of its main hospital to the Nicklaus Children's Hospital.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany is looking for a new Davis Cup captain after the departure of Carsten Arriens, one month before a World Group match against France.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Former champion Mikhail Youzhny of Russia came back from a break down in the deciding set to defeat Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia in the first round of the Zagreb Indoors on Tuesday.

LONDON (AP) — The BBC is losing one of its most prized sports events, golf's British Open, to rival Sky.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's tourism minister says he's not worried that a recent spike in violence in Rio de Janeiro may deter visitors from attending next year's Olympic Games in the city.

DUBLIN (AP) — Rory McIlroy has arrived in court for the start of his multi-million dollar case against his former management company.

Keep in mind that recruiting analysts pegged J.J. Watt as a two-star talent and that Jared Abbrederis wasn't even ranked.