La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Mike McCarthy can't wait for Sunday. Can't blame him.

The Bangor High School girls basketball team was nearly unbeatable for the first 10 seasons it played in the Scenic Bluffs Conference.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Steve Stricker has had surgery on a bulging disk in his lower back to alleviate recurring issues in his hip area.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Rainy weather is slowing down investigators probing a fire that burned the Alabama mansion of Dallas Cowboys linebacker Rolando McClain.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fred VanVleet walks into the training room deep within Koch Arena. He gently pulls off his shirt to reveal a cut-up elbow, a bruised shoulder, a nasty gash on the palm of …

TCU's Gary Patterson is The Associated Press college football coach of the year.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama hasn't steamrolled opponents with quite the same relentless regularity as some of its recent national championship teams.

MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James doesn't have any apprehension for this homecoming.

The highly touted, dual-threat quarterback still plans to enroll at UW in January.

“I won’t be afraid to insert myself more,” Barry Alvarez said, referring to the Badgers’ play calling. 

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pardon coach Ken Niumatalolo for being perhaps a bit befuddled amid the euphoria of Navy's 17-16 Poinsettia Bowl victory against San Diego State on Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carlos Boozer scored 18 points in his new role off the bench, and the Los Angeles Lakers shocked the league-leading Golden State Warriors 115-105 on Tuesday night without Ko…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Christian Wood had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Rashad Vaughn added 21 points and UNLV pulled off one of its biggest wins in recent years by knocking off No. 3 Arizona 71-67 Tue…

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Love's first meeting with his former team wasn't packed with much emotion.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kemba Walker scored 27 points and Gerald Henderson added 16 as Charlotte held off the Milwaukee Bucks 108-101 on Tuesday night, extending the Hornets winning streak to a seaso…

CHATFIELD, Minn. — The Caledonia High School boys basketball team didn’t have its best offensive game, but it was good enough for a Three Conference Rivers win.

HONOLULU (AP) — Rashard Kelly grabbed a rebound and put back a short bank shot with 3.8 seconds left Tuesday night as No. 11 Wichita State overcame a sloppy game to beat host Hawaii 80-79 in o…

PHOENIX (AP) — Eric Bledsoe got his second career triple-double and Phoenix won its fourth in a row, beating the Dallas Mavericks 124-115 on Tuesday night in the Suns' highest-scoring game of …