La Crosse Tribune Sports News

SAO PAULO (AP) — Nico Rosberg was faster than Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in the final practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday.

PRAGUE (AP) — Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova cruised past Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 6-4 to give the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over Germany in the Fed Cup final on Saturday.

LONDON (AP) — Not long ago at Wimbledon, Milos Raonic had to tell journalists how to pronounce his name. Less than five months later, things have changed dramatically for the big-serving Canad…

SHANGHAI (AP) — The momentum at the HSBC Champions belongs to U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer and Masters champion Bubba Watson.

Bill Busch and Jeff Genyk share the coaching duties while with most teams, the responsibilities fall on one person.

Joel Rumpel makes 39 saves but can't prevent his team's fifth consecutive loss to open the season.

The Badgers play the Boilermakers at 11 a.m. Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.

State Journal reporter Jim Polzin breaks down the matchups in Saturday's game.

Verona natives Jordan and Nick Schmaltz, teammates at North Dakota, return home to face the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team.

As college football's regular season heads into its stretch run, plenty of intriguing plotlines are developing each week.

SHANGHAI (AP) — Graeme McDowell shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday that kept him in the lead at the HSBC Champions. But just barely.

DENVER (AP) — Now this is more along the lines of what LeBron James had in mind.

SHIMA, Japan (AP) — Laura Davies of Britain shot a 5-under 67 to share the Mizuno Classic lead with Ai Suzuki of Japan and Ilhee Lee of South Korea after Saturday's second round.

FOOTBALL

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 19 points and Brandon Jennings added 15 against his former team as the Detroit Pistons beat the Milwaukee Bucks 98-95 Friday night.

PHOENIX (AP) — Rudy Gay hit a turnaround jumper with 1:07 left in the second overtime, leading the Sacramento Kings to a 114-112 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night.

The Rice Lake High School football team’s offense moved at will Friday night.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki had 27 points and 10 rebounds to help the Dallas Mavericks coast to a 105-82 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night.

Charlie Parker scored the first two goals of his young NAHL career and Dominik Florian recorded his eighth point in eight games as the Coulee Region Chill shook off a slow start and cruised to…

BANGOR — Simply put, the Pepin/Alma football team was the better team Friday night as it throttled Bangor 42-13 in a WIAA Division 7 quarterfinal playoff game.