La Crosse Tribune Sports News

DENVER (AP) — The start of a new season rekindled some old — and troubling — issues for the NFL.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rockies pitcher Jeff Hoffman could have pointed a finger at his shortstop.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Darius Slay took a look at six names written on a notebook, an unofficial ranking of the NFL's top six shutdown corners: Patrick Peterson, Richard Sherman, Chris Harris, Josh Norman, Darrelle Revis and Slay.

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Cesar Tapia homered and singled twice, scoring three runs and driving home a couple as the Pericos de Puebla defeated the Toros de Tijuana 6-3 on Thursday.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan Schimpf hit a three-run homer and tied a career-high with four RBIs and Clayton Richard pitched seven scoreless innings as the San Diego Padres crushed the Colorado Rockies 14-1 on Thursday night.

SEATTLE (AP) — Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer and Dae-Ho Lee added a solo shot to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 6-3 victory over Texas on Thursday night, the Rangers' fourth loss in five games.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Eric Filia hit a run-scoring single in the third inning, leading the Everett AquaSox to an 8-5 win over the Spokane Indians on Thursday.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Drew Jackson was a home run short of the cycle, and Zack Littell struck out 11 over 7 1/3 innings as the Bakersfield Blaze topped the San Jose Giants 7-1 on Thursday.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- D.J. Wilson had three hits and scored three runs as the Eugene Emeralds beat the Hillsboro Hops 6-2 on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angel McCoughtry had 32 points and 11 rebounds and the Atlanta Dream beat the Los Angeles Sparks 86-81 to snap a four-game road losing streak Thursday night.

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) -- Aaron Mizell and Christian Correa each hit a pair of the Lancaster JetHawks' seven home runs in a 17-11 win over the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Thursday.

WESTBY — Chelsea Olson, a NCAA Division I basketball recruit who is headed to Youngstown State, proved she is more than a one-sport standout.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees reliever Jonathan Holder created a mess when he asked catcher Brian McCann to repeat the signs in the fifth inning.

Jimmy Garoppolo couldn't have a tougher assignment in his first NFL start. While Tom Brady is suspended, the third-year quarterback faces the Arizona Cardinals, one of the Super Bowl favorites, a team owning a strong defense.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals returned home. So did their sloppy play.

ST. LOUIS — Orlando Arcia is finding his balance.

DENVER (AP) — Denver's dominant defense came up big against Cam Newton again and the Broncos escaped with a 21-20 victory over the Carolina Panthers Thursday night when Graham Gano missed a 50-yard field goal with four seconds remaining.

The Denver Broncos used a fourth-quarter rally to beat the Carolina Panthers 21-20 in a Super Bowl rematch Thursday night. Panthers quarterback Cam Newton broke the all-time quarterback rushing touchdown record of 43 during the first half.

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