La Crosse Tribune Sports News

CALEDONIA — The plan is an ambitious one, but there is no way that Carl Fruechte is missing either of the big events he has planned for Saturday.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Daniel Berger had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch Thursday for a share of the lead in the OHL Classic.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Flopping in football? Really?

CALEDONIA — Seth Twite, like all of his Caledonia High School football teammates, grew up watching near perfection on Friday nights.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Eddie Lacy's stocky build is tailor-made to truck over defenders in the open field.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL players' union wants to negotiate with the league in changing the personal conduct policy.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Christina Kim had two eagles in a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead Thursday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

EASLEY, S.C. (AP) — Alvin Dark, a player and manager on World Series champions who sparked perhaps the most famous rally in baseball history, died Thursday. He was 92.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL players' union wants to negotiate with the league in changing the personal conduct policy.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Matt Crafton simply had to start last season's finale in order to clinch the NASCAR Truck Series championship.

BELEK, Turkey (AP) — Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 9-under 63 Thursday for a one-stroke lead on the opening day of the Turkish Airlines Open.

In college football, it's not just about whether you win or lose. It's about the final score, too — and how much of a bump a comfortable margin of victory gives a team in the eyes of playoff judges.

BELEK, Turkey (AP) — John Daly says Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods should captain the United States at the next Ryder Cup, and didn't believe a task force would resolve America's losing streak.

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Florida State's Jameis Winston and Mississippi State's Dak Prescott keep throwing the ball to the other team. Alabama players can't figure out how to hang onto the football.

GENEVA (AP) — Just when you thought the turmoil surrounding FIFA couldn't get any more tangled, along comes a new twist to stir things up even more.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Newman is the underdog — minus the darling — of NASCAR's final four, making a mockery of the revamped playoff format that was supposed to put a premium on winning.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Long after the checkered flag fell at Phoenix last weekend, where Kevin Harvick's win earned him his first real shot at a NASCAR championship, he found a surprise visito…

NEW YORK (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he "couldn't disagree more" with comments made by Players Association executive director Michele Roberts about the league's salary system.

GIBRALTAR (AP) — At halftime, it's FIFA 1, Gibraltar 0.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James won't let his two sons play organized football because of the sport's health risks.