La Crosse Tribune Sports News

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Skyler Ewing homered and singled, scoring two runs as the Augusta GreenJackets beat the Lexington Legends 4-1 on Saturday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Randal Grichuk hit a grand slam to cap a six-run burst in the eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals stopped the Cubs' 11-game winning streak, beating Chicago 8-4 on Saturday.

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- Magneuris Sierra hit a walk-off single with two outs in the seventh inning, as the Peoria Chiefs defeated the Quad Cities River Bandits 4-3 in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joc Pederson homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers combined 17 hits and a pair of successful challenges for an 8-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Way behind in the first set Saturday against France, the Americans slowly began chipping away to end up on top. While none of the U.S. players can quite explain it, they have a propensity for…

NEW YORK (AP) — They walked in from left-center field one by one, starting with Jorge Posada and ending with John Wetteland.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets have signed running back Lache Seastrunk and waived/injured running back Matthew Tucker.

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bean has come full circle, throwing out the first pitch for the first Mets Pride Night on Saturday against his former San Diego team.

CHICAGO (AP) — Hot as they've been of late, even the Chicago Cubs couldn't withstand a six-run eighth inning.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Many three-year NFL veterans use the preseason as a tuneup.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Miller is quietly becoming one of baseball's better power hitters.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Who's No. 2? Well, there's no debate for Todd Bowles and the New York Jets.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Venus Williams isn't used to taking the court in doubles uncertain whether she can win.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Crucial payments to fund the travel of Paralympic teams to Brazil have not been transferred, threatening the participation of some nations, the chief executive of the Paralympic movement said on Saturday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rows of empty seats, green water, controlled explosions, stray bullets, the killing of a young policeman in a favela, muggings of team officials, an attack on a media bus, spotty weather, snarled traffic, long travel…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. dropped in to see the next generation of Olympic boxers in Rio.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Asami Yoshida scored 24 points to lead Japan to a 79-71 win over France 79-71 Saturday to wrap up its group play in women's basketball.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Morrow has been called up by the San Diego Padres after more than a year out of the majors.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — To a soundtrack of "Si se puede!" from the stands, Monica Puig won Puerto Rico's first gold medal in any sport in Olympic history, upsetting Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the women's…

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Ryan Metzler hit a two-run single in the top of the 11th inning to lead the Lansing Lugnuts to a 5-3 win over the West Michigan Whitecaps on Friday.