La Crosse Tribune Sports News

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Cam Perkins hit a run-scoring single in the second inning, leading the Lehigh Valley IronPigs to a 4-3 win over the Syracuse Chiefs in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Done right, there's something lyrical about calling a soccer game, isn't there?

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dzsenifer Marozsan scored early in the second half Friday and Germany went on to give coach Silvia Neid a 2-1 victory over Sweden in her final match for the nation's first Olympic gold in women's…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Christian Williams hit a run-scoring double in the fourth inning, leading the Vancouver Canadians to a 6-3 win over the Spokane Indians on Friday.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary Flames forward Sean Monahan signed a seven-year contract extension worth a reported $44.6 million on Friday.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have activated right-hander Bud Norris from the 15-day disabled list in time to start Friday night against Cincinnati.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Gone was the all-offense, all-action play that turned the last two gold-medal games into classics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities return American swimmer James Feigen's passport, say he can leave the country after robbery debacle.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have won the Jimmy Vesey sweepstakes.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Travelers Group chief executive who became a national advocate for Lou Gehrig's disease research after being diagnosed with the disease has died at his home in New Jersey. Jay Fishman was 63.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There was a calm, relaxed atmosphere at the final practice for the U.S. women's basketball team.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki are out of Friday night's lineup for the series opener against Cleveland because of injuries.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw missed his teammates so much that he flew from Los Angeles to Cincinnati just to work out with them.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Max Holt did a little bit of everything. At the net, digging balls from just off the floor, finishing points with big, leaping swings.

SEATTLE — When Shaun Hill showed up Thursday night at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, he had no idea he would be the Vikings' starting quarterback that night.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The NFL says the former wife of suspended New York Giants placekicker Josh Brown turned down multiple requests to speak to the league about her allegations of being the victim of repeated domestic violence.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays utility man Nick Franklin is available to play after being hit in the head on deck Wednesday by a teammate's bat.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As the Olympic whirlwind sweeps through Rio and brings with it disapproval of everything from shoddy construction to water pollution, residents are drawing a line in the sand. Nobody better attack their favorite snack.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — France left it to the last second, but beat a tenacious German team 29-28 in Friday's semifinal to continue chasing a record third consecutive men's handball gold medal at the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Russia was stripped of another track-and-field medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Friday after three athletes were retroactively caught in drug tests, the latest blow to a country reeling from scandals over widespread doping.