La Crosse Tribune Sports News

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — What Pete Carroll saw beginning to develop in the first two weeks of training camp showed when the Seattle Seahawks finally got on the field.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Tomlin again struggled to keep the ball in the ballpark.

NEW YORK (AP) — As the ball sailed narrowly over American beach volleyball player Phil Dalhausser's head and out of bounds, NBC analyst Kevin Wong quipped, "that's one point when you're happy you're bald."

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The runner who blew the whistle on the doping scandal in Russia fears for her safety and has switched residences after hackers breached a database that records her whereabouts.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. women's basketball team's dominating performances at the Olympics over the past two decades isn't the result of simply having the best players in the world.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — For all the talk about the team's potent attack, the No. 1 priority for the U.S. women's water polo team is defense.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tight end Rob Gronkowski left the first day of joint practices between the Patriots and Bears on Monday with an apparent lower-body issue.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump testified that he transformed a Florida golf club as the trial in a $6 million federal lawsuit brought by disaffected members opened.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Olympic wind gods held their breath, and then exhaled all at once.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer has left open the possibility of some preseason playing time for running back Adrian Peterson.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Italian rider Elia Viviani held off British cycling star Mark Cavendish and reigning champion Norman Lasse Hansen of Denmark to win the gold medal in the multi-discipline omnium on Monday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From a battery of surveillance cameras to extra security guards, Olympic officials have taken a series of measures inside Rio's doping lab to prevent a repeat of the manipulation of samples that sabotaged the drug-testing…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — There seems to be growing concern about the status of oft-injured New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz.

NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Indians pitcher Skylar Arias has been suspended for 56 games under baseball's minor league drug program following a positive test for Nandrolone, a steroid.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Colts have claimed guard Donovan Williams off waivers from Chicago and placed punter Michael Palardy on waivers.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Jerick McKinnon took the handoff left and hit heavy traffic in his own end zone, bouncing off a Minnesota blocker to find a different route out of the end zone.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Center Ryan Kelly needed one play to get in sync last weekend. Safety T.J. Green wasted no time making a big splash in his NFL debut.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A canoe slalom coach from Germany died Monday after sustaining head injuries last week in a car crash in Rio de Janeiro, the country's Olympic team said.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Second-year offensive linebacker Bobby Hart is somewhat of the unknown on the New York Giants' offensive line.

CLEVELAND (AP) — David Ortiz hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in a three-run sixth inning, and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 3-2 on Monday to extend their winning streak to four.