La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — There's no need reminding LeSean McCoy how poorly the Bills' offense performed in opening the season at Baltimore last weekend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo filled in for Tom Brady quite nicely.

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Deciding to go for a game-winning two-point conversion in the final minute might not have been the boldest move Raiders coach Jack Del Rio made in Sunday's season-opening win over the New Orleans Saints.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants aren't getting too excited after opening the season with a win for the first time since 2010.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A magistrate issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for a North Carolina football player accused of sexual battery and assault on a female student in February.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints have released running back C.J. Spiller, who signed a four-year, $16 million free-agent contract just last season.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have waived cornerback Tharold Simon, a former fifth-round draft pick who has struggled with injuries.

Brian Lewis, who took over as the La Crosse Loggers manager in March, will be in the dugout for the 2017 season. Today, the Loggers front office made it official, announcing Lewis' return through a press release.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trailing early in the second quarter on Monday night and his team well within field goal range, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin could have opted for a field goal that would have cut Washington's lead in half.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Nasty, hard-hitting, wicked. Sure. But dirty? No way, say the Denver Broncos.

MILWAUKEE — Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari has signed a contract extension to stay in Green Bay, and a person familiar with the talks said it is a four-year deal worth up to $51.67 million.

Welcome to our ProFootballWeekly.com NFL week two Power Rankings. Please keep in mind as you read them they have nothing to do with who we think will be in the playoffs and Super Bowl in 16-20 weeks, nor do they…

GENEVA (AP) — Confidential medical data of gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and other female U.S. Olympians was hacked from a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted online Tuesday.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The NCAA's decision to pull seven championships out of North Carolina ratchets up the pressure on this college sports-crazy state to repeal its law on bathroom use by transgender people.

The C.J. Spiller experiment is over in New Orleans.

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn football coach Bob Diaco says he called the play his offense wanted to run on Saturday with 17 seconds left and no timeouts against Navy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Pavelski isn't the United States' oldest player at the World Cup of Hockey, nor does he have the most skill, size, experience or even the best beard.

Every Tuesday, Arthur Arkush shares his top nine waiver wire targets for fantasy football players. This will focus exclusively on players owned in less than 50 percent of all Yahoo! leagues.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are a decade into partnership that has helped guide the Pittsburgh Penguins to a pair of Stanley Cups, three combined MVP awards, four scoring titles and a seemingly endless wave of GIF-worthy…

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Josh Donaldson is day to day with a sore right hip, but the reigning AL MVP hopes to return Wednesday.