La Crosse Tribune Sports News

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wayne Simmonds had a goal in regulation and the shootout to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 shootout victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox hoped to work out a new deal for manager John Farrell before they opened camp.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As many as 12 million viewers will tune into the NFL combine at some point to watch draft prospects do nothing more exciting than run sprints and lift weights.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Taurean Prince scored 14 points, Rico Gathers had 13 points and 10 rebounds and No. 20 Baylor secured another 20-win season under coach Scott Drew, beating Kansas State 69-4…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Treveon Graham scored 24 points and No. 25 VCU rebounded after blowing all of a 16-point lead, beating Massachusetts 78-72 on Saturday.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Isaiah Cousins scored 22 points and Frank Booker added a career-high 17 points to help lead No. 17 Oklahoma past Texas Tech 79-75 in overtime Saturday.

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.