La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Since the Rio Olympics, when Feysia Lilesa made an anti-government gesture during the marathon, he has traveled from country to country out of fear of going home. He worries about the family he left behind in Ethiopia. His young kids…

In this week's film room feature, we cover Derrick Tindal, Ryan Ramczyk, Austin Ramesh and the Badgers' pass rush.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Paralympic Games have hit the big time.

The New Orleans Saints, along with the rest of the NFL, unveiled their Color Rush uniforms on Tuesday morning.

Less than two weeks after showing the door to one-half of their offensive line's left side, the Packers have ensured the other will be around for a while.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Suspended Dallas defensive end Randy Gregory is back with the Cowboys, but owner and general manager Jerry Jones gave no indication when or if the second-year player will get on the field in 2016.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder forward Mitch McGary has been suspended without pay for at least 10 games for violating the terms of the league's anti-drug policy.

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

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia has been stripped of two medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics in doping retests.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on two men rushing the stage to protest Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after his performance on "Dancing with the Stars" (all times local):

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — IOC strips Russia of 2 track and field medals from 2008 Beijing Olympics.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The NFL isn't colorblind to the concerns of its TV audience regarding the "Color Rush" alternate uniforms the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets will wear Thursday night.

Bakhtiari was a fourth-round pick of the Packers in 2013 and has started 47 of 49 regular-season games.

BOSTON (AP) — Call it the unholy alliance: one-time Super Bowl rivals Tom Brady and Michael Strahan are teaming up to produce a six-part documentary TV series called the "Religion of Sports."

Inept offense, underachieving defense, and lots of penalties in 28-0 loss to San Francisco.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have signed cornerback Cody Riggs less than a week after waiving him.

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Pope Francis has received an autographed Pittsburgh Steelers football as a gift from the team and the Benedictine monk who heads the college that hosts the team's training camp each year.

(Reuters) - San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick brought his protest against racial inequality to a nationally televised Monday Night Football audience, kneeling on the field rather than standing as the national anthem played. Other players joined the African-American…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Radio announcer Kevin Harlan used a fan who ran onto the field to spice up his call of Monday night's game between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, offering spirited play-by-play commentary as…

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Chicago have filed fraud charges against an Arkansas sports memorabilia collector, accusing him of defrauding investors by offering a phony Heisman Trophy as collateral for a $100,000 loan.