La Crosse Tribune Sports News

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- Connor Joe homered and had two hits, driving in three as the Bradenton Marauders topped the Tampa Yankees 8-1 on Friday.

MIAMI (AP) — Home plate umpire Brian Knight left the game between the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth inning on Friday night after getting struck in the mask and neck area by a deflected pitch.

MIAMI (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been lifted after three innings and 66 pitches in his return from a back injury.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Boston College flew all the way to Ireland in its opener only to lose to Georgia Tech thanks in part to a pair of missed field goals.

MIAMI (AP) — Josh Richardson may miss the start of the season for the Miami Heat, after the second-year shooting guard partially tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee during an offseason workout Friday.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Allen Staton hit a run-scoring single in the eighth inning, leading the Springfield Cardinals to a 12-11 win over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Thursday.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seahawks right guard Germain Ifedi is listed as questionable to play against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick has brought some of his San Francisco teammates closer with his national anthem protests against social injustice.

Jimmy Garoppolo could be without his All-Pro tight end and starting left tackle for his first NFL start Sunday night in Arizona.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall says standing up for social justice by kneeling during the national anthem before Denver's season opener was worth it even though it cost him an endorsement deal.

ATLANTA (AP) — Mets general manager Sandy Alderson says the team's decision to sign Tim Tebow is not a gimmick to sell merchandise.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former 49ers tight end Bruce Miller has made his first court appearance on assault and battery charges after San Francisco police say he drunkenly attacked a 70-year-old man and his son.

With another blast of heavy rain on top of already wet field conditions, several area high school football games scheduled for tonight have either moved up their starting time or have been postponed. The Holmen at Central MVC game, which…

NEW YORK (AP) — Facing an opponent who occasionally played as if he had somewhere better to be, Novak Djokovic reached his 21st Grand Slam final and seventh at the U.S. Open with a bizarre 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory…

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers signed veteran NHL forward Kris Versteeg to a professional tryout contract Friday.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — A.J. Green is first up on this season's Revis Island itinerary.

The NFL says it's all about player safety.

ATLANTA (AP) — New York Mets second baseman Neil Walker has had season-ending surgery to repair a herniated disk.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — David DeCastro was fully prepared to enter the final year of his contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers with his future uncertain. The ever pragmatic All-Pro guard even had a phone number handy just in case he needed…

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