La Crosse Tribune Sports News

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has welcomed the U.S. decision to bid for the 2024 Games and says whichever city is chosen will be a "very st…

Several returning players will battle for playing time with a six-member freshman class that could be the top group in the country.

TOKYO (AP) — Hideki Matsui will team up with former New York Yankees teammate Derek Jeter to hold a baseball charity event in support children affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The men grappled with each other to board the quickly filling bus. Others wriggled in through the windows, scaling the outside, using the large wheels as footholds and leavi…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 32 points and seven assists, Kevin Durant scored 26 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the reeling Sacramento Kings 104-92 on Tuesday nig…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 32 points and seven assists, Kevin Durant scored 26 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the reeling Sacramento Kings 104-92 on Tuesday nig…

BANGOR — Senior Canon O’Heron matched the career high he established on Saturday with 38 points to lead the Bangor High School boys basketball team to a 75-43 victory over Royall in a Scenic B…

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored with 0.3 seconds left in overtime, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 Tuesday night to end a team-record nine-game home los…

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CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Kane scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 3:28 left, and the Chicago Blackhawks bounced back to beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 on Tuesday night for their 13th win in 15 games.

CALEDONIA — The Caledonia High School boys basketball had just about everything clicking on Tuesday night.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the situation says Milwaukee Bucks rookie Jabari Parker will miss the rest of the season with a left knee injury.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Daris Carter dunked with 11.9 seconds left, capping No. 11 Wichita State's rally from an 11-point deficit in the final six minutes to edge Alabama 53-52 Tuesday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Bjugstad scored the game-winning goal in the longest shootout in NHL history to lift the Florida Panthers over the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Tuesday night.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Marc Gasol scored 24 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped the Golden State Warriors' NBA-best 16-game winning streak with a 105-98 victory on Tuesday night.

TORONTO (AP) — Phil Kessel scored two of Toronto's four third-period goals and the Maple Leafs beat Anaheim 6-2 for their sixth straight victory Tuesday night, snapping the Ducks' eight-game w…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis returned from a chest injury and scored 31 points, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the reeling Utah Jazz, 119-1…

The Aquinas High School girls basketball team didn’t have the start it would have liked, but the Blugolds were able to ramp up their intensity and use a deep bench to their advantage.