La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Top-seeded Gael Monfils won a tight all-French encounter against Kenny De Schepper 6-4, 7-6 (3) to reach the quarterfinals of the Open Sud de France on Thursday.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Top-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain hit 10 aces in defeating Alejandro Gonzalez of Colombia 7-5, 6-2 to reach the Ecuador Open quarterfinals on Thursday.

DETROIT (AP) — Tigers slugger Victor Martinez needs surgery on his left knee after injuring it during his offseason workout program for the second time in four years.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods was in a fog Thursday, and so was everyone else at the Farmers Insurance Open.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and No. 24 George Washington ran its winning streak to 18 with a 52-35 win over Davidson on Thursday.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Magic have fired Jacque Vaughn as coach after two and half seasons, ending the tenure of the first-time head coach brought in to help rebuild the franchise.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Just as Richard Sherman predicted, his new son was a disciplined young man.

DETROIT (AP) — Ryan Briscoe and Jordan Taylor, both coming off headline-making drives in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, have been added to Corvette's 24 Hours of Le Mans lineup.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Third-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain routed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Indoors on Thursday.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Boston-based sportswear manufacturer New Balance is taking over as shirt supplier of Premier League club Liverpool from next season, in what the English team says is …

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The ski jump sits shrouded in mist, its coat of snow undisturbed by any athletes hurtling down to take off into the air.

“If we’re going to be stacked at one spot, I kind of like it being at the quarterback,’’ Chryst said as he unveiled his recruiting class.

TOKYO (AP) — The final decision on which new sports will be added to the program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics won't be made until August 2016 — a year later than originally planned.

The four-star linebacker from Georgia puts the finishing touch on the 2015 class.

Kyle Penniston, TE

The Warriors senior made his name as a running back, but doesn't rule out a move to the defensive side of the football.

Gilmore served as the Oakland Raiders’ WRs coach from 2012 to '14 after holding the same position at USC in 2011 and Nebraska from 2005 to '10.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods is at Torrey Pines and the center of attention, just like always.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The cheerleaders arrived at Penn State's football offices just as the sun was starting to peek from behind Nittany Mountain.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The ski jump sits shrouded in mist, its coat of snow undisturbed by any athletes hurtling down the ramp to take off into the air.