La Crosse Tribune Sports News

DETROIT (AP) — Scott Hartnell scored the go-ahead goal, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 41 saves to help the Columbus Blue Jackets top the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Thursday night.

MONTREAL (AP) — Erik Karlsson scored twice, and goalie Andrew Hammond remained unbeaten in regulation time as the Ottawa Senators beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Thursday night.

CHICAGO — People often debate the merits of conference tournaments in college men's basketball, but there is no question where this week's Big Ten Conference tournament fell on the University …

NEW YORK (AP) — There wasn't much doubt who Georgetown would turn to late in the game and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera came through again.

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. — Taylor Reinhardt hit a home run and three pitchers combined on a shutout as the Viterbo University baseball team blanked Union College 3-0 in the first game of a doublehead…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points and Luis Scola had 17 points and 15 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 109-103 in overtime Thursday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a watered-down version of the second-best team in the Western Conference, John Wall finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists Thursday night, leading the…

Melrose-Mindoro High School basketball coach Dale Christopherson preaches the importance of winning the first four minutes of a game.

MENOMONIE, Wis. -- The Onalaska High School boys basketball team executed its game plan to near perfection in the first half of Thursday night’s WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal against pow…

OSSEO, Wis. -- Baily Williams is a dangerous player on his own.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Quinn Cook scored 15 points and No. 2 Duke routed North Carolina State 77-53 on Thursday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinal.

MINNEAPOLIS — Sure, "The Dunk" was great and it’s going to make for a great story for Justin Burg to tell years from now.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Four-time champion Jeff King claimed a gourmet meal as the first to arrive at the Galena checkpoint in Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, but a later-arriving mush…

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Brian Davis takes pride in his short game, which saved him from a rough finish Thursday and gave him the first-round lead in the Valspar Championship.

NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts guard Derrick Gordon became a better basketball player and a better teammate this season, and he credits both to having the courage to play as an openly gay man.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Roy Williams was fuming. The North Carolina coach ripped off his jacket and flung it into a chair in disgust. He stomped around his players during a first-half timeout,…

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Brian Davis chipped in for birdie on his final hole Thursday for a 6-under 65 and a one-shot lead in the Valspar Championship.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — As spectacular as George Springer's rookie season was, it included a lot of failure.

Illinois, Texas A&M and Old Dominion all picked a bad time for an unexpected loss.