La Crosse Tribune Sports News

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi set up Ivan Rakitic's goal in the 31st minute, and Barcelona defeated Manchester City 1-0 Wednesday night for a 3-1 aggregate win to reach the Champions Le…

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Jim Smith has decided to retire after 51 seasons as men's basketball coach at St. John's University in Minnesota.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jamie McMurray thought he had a shot at winning the pole two weeks ago in Las Vegas until a bobble on his lap ended his chance.

PHOENIX (AP) — Stacy Lewis had some sound advice for parents Wednesday at the JTBC Founders Cup during a press conference with LPGA-USGA Girls Golf players.

At some point during this year's NCAA Tournament, the scenario will probably unfold again: A team will bring the ball into the frontcourt, trailing by three with the clock ticking down, and th…

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have made their big play in free agency with defensive end Greg Hardy.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Andy Murray defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday, earning his 496th career match victory.

It's been three decades since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams, and five years since the play-in game model was expanded to create the "First Four."

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts could reap billions of dollars in economic activity if Boston is chosen to host the 2024 Olympics, the authors of a new report suggest, while adding there are still…

UW-La Crosse has removed the interim label and announced Wednesday that Kim Blum will be its next athletics director.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Arnold Palmer's grandson is playing at Bay Hill again this year, only now Sam Saunders can say that he earned his way.

NEW YORK (AP) — Significant changes to the use of video replay, including reviewing all fouls called by game officials, will be proposed by the NFL's competition committee at next week's owner…

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore catcher Matt Wieters has elbow tendinitis following his return from Tommy John surgery and won't play until at least Sunday.

LONDON (AP) — American tennis player Wayne Odesnik was banned Wednesday for 15 years after a second doping violation, a sanction that essentially ends his career.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — All these Duke freshmen want to write their own histories.

LONDON (AP) — Armed with more effective methods and targeting specific athletes, the IOC plans to retest hundreds of doping samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a bid to catch any drug ch…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chip Ganassi is expanding into Global Rally Cross this season with a two-car team that includes 13-time X Games medalist Brian Deegan.

PARIS (AP) — The planned renovation of Roland Garros has been put on hold after Paris city council allowed a new study of the land use.

PARIS (AP) — The planned renovation of Roland Garros has been put on hold after Paris city council allowed a new study of the land use.

PARIS (AP) — The planned renovation of Roland Garros has been put on hold after Paris city council allowed a new study of the land use.