La Crosse Tribune Sports News

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fourth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy advanced to the second round of the Rio Open by defeating Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic 6-1, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Left-hander Barry Zito is returning to the Oakland Athletics with a minor contract that includes an invitation to major league spring training, two people with knowledge…

MIAMI (AP) — The former owner of the South Florida clinic that supplied performance-enhancing substances to Major League Baseball players and other athletes has been sentenced to four years in…

The University of Wisconsin men's hockey team will open a Big Ten series with Michigan State looking for its first Friday night victory of the season.

The fourth-ranked University of Wisconsin women's hockey team will close out the regular season by hosting St. Cloud State Friday and Sunday.  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki served for the match three times before finally beating Samantha Stosur 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 Tuesday in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Cham…

EATON, Ohio (AP) — An Indianapolis Colts running back has been cited on a marijuana possession charge in western Ohio.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The mother of one of the women accusing former tennis star Bob Hewitt of rape says her daughter is lying.

Gilmore, who will be the Badgers' highest-paid non-coordinator this year at $265,000, was the Oakland Raiders' wide receivers coach from 2012-14 before serving the same position with USC in 2011.

Bo Ryan’s team has led by an average of six points at the first media timeout over the past seven games. 

It’s the third weekly honor this season for Kaminsky, who shared the award with Maryland’s Dez Wells.

The Badgers (23-2, 11-1 Big Ten) take an eight-game winning streak into Wednesday night's game at Penn State.

Karl Smesko has had a goal to get his team in the Top 25 ever since Florida Gulf Coast moved up to Division I. Now the only coach the school has ever had can cross that off his list.

There's no argument about who is No. 1.

Washington's star-studded rotation reports to Florida. Matt Harvey continues his comeback with the New York Mets. Joe Maddon takes over the Chicago Cubs, and Russell Martin gets a closer look …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With five straight victories, the Los Angeles Kings are digging their way out of a slump that has threatened their playoff chances.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Biega scored the winner in his first NHL game and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-2 Monday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With Roosevelt Jones holding the ball above the top of the key and time running down, there was only one thing for Butler to do.

GALESVILLE — When Annalese Lamke and the rest of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School girls basketball team were freshmen, the team went 1-22.