La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka faces the prospect of drawing a top player in the first round at the Australian Open after missing out on a seeding Wednesday.

SYDNEY (AP) — Juan Martin Del Potro continued his promising return from an 11 months injury layoff by beating top seed Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of th…

SYDNEY (AP) — Juan Martin Del Potro continued his promising return from an 11 months injury layoff by beating top seed Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of th…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Monta Ellis scored six of his 28 points in overtime and added 10 assists, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings 108-104 on Tuesday night.

BOYS BASKETBALL

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets are close to an agreement with Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles to make him their head coach, according to two people with knowledge of the…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 27 points and ignited a decisive third-quarter run to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 116-105 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.

PHOENIX (AP) — LeBron James scored 33 points in his return from a two-week layoff but it wasn't enough to prevent the Cleveland Cavaliers from going down to their sixth straight loss, 107-100 …

PHOENIX (AP) — LeBron James scored 33 points in his return from a two-week layoff but it wasn't enough to prevent the Cleveland Cavaliers from going down to their sixth straight loss, 107-100 …

GALESVILLE — It wasn’t a matter of "if" the West Salem High School girls basketball team was going to mount a comeback. It was only a matter of when.

Weeks after Dave Aranda and Joe Rudolph were expected to become Paul Chryst’s top football assistants at the University of Wisconsin, the hirings were made official.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mathieu Perreault scored four goals as the Winnipeg Jets cruised to an 8-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Angel Rodriguez scored 24 points and Miami shot 67 percent after halftime to upset No. 4 Duke 90-74 on Tuesday night, snapping the Blue Devils' 41-game home winning streak.

NEW YORK (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says the New York Jets are close to an agreement with Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles to make him their head coach.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Aaron Harrison scored 16 points including five 3-pointers, and top-ranked Kentucky finally earned a conference victory in regulation by drilling Missouri 86-37 on Tuesday night.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Languishing on a perpetually rebuilding team for more than a year taught David Perron a valuable lesson about confidence.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Craig Smith scored twice and Colin Wilson had a goal and two assists to lead the Nashville Predators to a 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 24th goal and had an assist, defenseman Barret Jackman earned his second two-point night of the season, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton…

SOUTH LANES

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Malcolm Brogdon scored 16 points, and No. 2 Virginia took command with a 29-6 run to start the second half of a 65-42 victory against Clemson on Tuesday night.