La Crosse Tribune Sports News

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have brought back forward Radim Vrbata on a one-year contract.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets running back Matt Forte says he'll "definitely" be ready to play in the regular-season opener against Cincinnati despite a hamstring injury that has prevented him from fully practicing during training camp.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Don't tell leaders of Budapest's bid that they are underdogs in the race for the 2024 Olympics. In fact, they say, the three other cities "should be afraid of us."

NEW YORK (AP) — Pitchers Miguel Medrano of Kansas City and Yonaiker Oropeza of Washington have been suspended 72 games each under baseball's minor league drug program following positive tests for Stanozolol.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Kenyan sprinter Carvin Nkanata's biggest race this week was the 12-hour dash from Florida to the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro to make the starting blocks for the 200-meter heats.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police investigating reports that American swimmer Ryan Lochte and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi so far have found no evidence supporting the account, and say the swimmers were unable…

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills' patience with Marcell Dareus grew thin on Tuesday, when the team announced the NFL suspended the star defensive tackle for violating the league's substance abuse policy for the second time in two years.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Inbee Park, the most decorated major champion in the Olympics, finished her final practice round Tuesday when LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan walked by with a smile and a question.

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Dolphins' home has a new name: Hard Rock Stadium.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. women's volleyball team knows Japan so well that long points are a given. Patience is an absolute must. Against the best defensive team in the world, balls are going to come back across…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Once the self-styled "Olympic family" started grumbling, Rio de Janeiro organizers knew they had to make rapid improvements.

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue have been selected as finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.

OTTAWA (AP) — The Ottawa Senators will retire former captain Daniel Alfredsson's No. 11 on Dec. 29 when they host the Detroit Red Wings.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — If Tony McDaniel finds his way onto the Seattle Seahawks 53-man roster at the end of the preseason he will owe an assist to Snapchat.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Right-hander Jose Urena has been recalled from New Orleans by the Miami Marlins, who optioned right-hander Austin Brice to the Triple-A farm team.

CHICAGO (AP) — Trevor Cahill came off the disabled list to throw five innings of two-hit ball in his first start in nearly 16 months, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 Tuesday in the opener of a…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers leadoff hitter Shin-Soo Choo will have surgery to insert a plate near the break in his left wrist and forearm after he was hit by a pitch.

HOUSTON (AP) — As practices and now games start to pile up, Houston Texans running back Lamar Miller is settling into his new home quite nicely.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Wes Lunt's 2013 decision to transfer to Illinois from Oklahoma State was just the kind of news an Illini team coming off a two-win season needed.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The first field goal by Blair Walsh this season that counted for Minnesota on the scoreboard, exhibition game or not, was good from 51 yards out.