La Crosse Tribune Sports News

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rowing, shooting and judo — the U.S. may have won big gold medals in those Olympic events but some of the most prominent Las Vegas sports books didn't even bother with them.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Yelena Isinbayeva, the pole vault world record holder, says she is retiring from competing in the sport.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva announces her retirement.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Defending Olympic and world champion Jordan Burroughs was stunned by Russia's Aniuar Geduev on Friday in the quarterfinals of men's freestyle wrestling.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Mention to a badminton superfan the widespread American view that the sport is mostly a backyard lark and watch the steam come out of their ears.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Paralympics will go ahead next month despite being forced to implement further "major budget cuts" to the games in Rio de Janeiro.

NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia's Ryan Howard and Washington's Ryan Zimmerman have been cleared by Major League Baseball of allegations they used human growth hormone.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball finds no drug violations for Ryan Howard, Ryan Zimmerman in connection with Al-Jazeera report.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor President Ken Starr is resigning his post as a law school professor, severing ties with the faith-based campus still reeling from a sexual assault scandal.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor President Ken Starr resigns law school post, severing ties with campus.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The taekwondo grudge match that was supposed to happen at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics will not come off.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland ice cream shop is giving patrons a taste of Olympic gold.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Matej Toth now has Olympic gold to go with his world title.

U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology Friday morning about an incident that occurred early Sunday at the Rio Olympics. Lochte initially said he and three teammates had been robbed at gunpoint, but Rio police discounted that on Thursday and…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police say International Olympic Committee executive Patrick Hickey has been transferred to prison while under investigation in a ticket scalping scandal.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians know the 7-1 loss to Germany's senior team at the World Cup will never be forgotten. That doesn't mean that defeating the rivals in the Olympic final wouldn't have a special sweetness.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed college free agent forward Thomas DiPauli to a two-year, entry-level contract.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars and city officials have broken ground on the second phase of a $90 million upgrade to EverBank Field, which will be called Daily's Place.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei beat two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China on Friday, avenging his last two losses to Lin in the Olympic finals and further denting once-powerful China's grip on the sport.