La Crosse Tribune Sports News

When UW-La Crosse men’s basketball coach Ken Koelbl shuffled his starting lineup last week, he knew he was going to have to take the good with the bad.

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wall scored 17 points, Rasual Butler had 15 and the Washington Wizards broke a five-game skid, coasting to a 114-77 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Billy Casper, a prolific winner on the PGA Tour whose career was never fully appreciated in the era of the "Big Three," died Saturday at his home in Utah. He was 83.

MADISON -- Playing high level basketball requires an immense amount of confidence.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Malcolm Brogdon scored 15 points for No. 3 Virginia, which put on a first-half defensive clinic and then withstood a furious rally for a 52-47 victory against No. 9…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis hurt his right shoulder on a hard, awkward fall on an alley-oop dunk, Pau Gasol and the Chicago Bulls pulled away for a 107-72 victory …

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings didn't appear to be a team that has played poorly on the road.

More than 150 skiers and snowboarders from 15 different Wisconsin schools will take to the slopes on Monday for the Mt. La Crosse Invitational.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two poor chips wound up costing Harris English three shots. He battled just to get birdie chances on the South Course at Torrey Pines and only converted two of them. He wound …

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Gerina Piller topped the leaderboard at 10 under Saturday when third-round play in the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic was suspended because of darkness.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Coach Geno Auriemma didn't like the way No. 2 Connecticut opened the game against Memphis, so he sent a message - sitting his two best players the bulk of the game.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are prepared to give Richie Incognito a second chance after the offensive guard's career was derailed by the Miami Dolphins' bullying scandal in 2013.

ONALASKA — They were 43 of the toughest days that Collin Kennedy had to endure as a basketball player.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Bo Barnes scored 18 points, including a key 3-pointer late, and Arizona State pulled off a second straight home upset over its rival by holding off No. 6 Arizona 81-78 on Saturday.

MINNEAPOLIS — When Alan Page’s Hall of Fame football career ended, he charged into his new legal career with the tenacity that made him a feared member of the Minnesota Vikings’ Purple People …

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Isaiah Taylor scored 23 points, including two foul shots with one second left that sent No. 25 Texas over Kansas State 61-57 Saturday.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The best offensive team in the Big 12 got defensive and put together its most lopsided conference victory of the season.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — J.B. Holmes birdied all but one of the par 5s at Torrey Pines and escaped with bogey on his one big miss Saturday, giving him a 4-under 68 to join Harris English at the top of…

MINNEAPOLIS — Time and again in the second half, the Purdue Boilermakers inbounded the ball and headed toward the frontcourt to try to start their offense.