La Crosse Tribune Sports News

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Luik triplets have already encountered some strange looks at the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — This is goodbye for Michael Phelps. The most decorated athlete in Olympic history has one more race before retirement.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic security personnel questioned a female Iranian volleyball fan when she showed up for a match holding a large sign and wearing a T-shirt that said "Let Iranian Women Enter Their Stadiums."

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Christian Reitz was thrilled to watch his teammates win Olympic gold the previous two days, hoping he could keep Germany's shooting string going.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With one shoe on and one shoe off, Etenesh Diro raised a big cheer at the Olympics on Saturday with a gutsy finish in her 3,000-meters steeplechase heat.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Robert was forced to stop, Christoph got going. Now the Harting brothers have an Olympic discus title each. As different as they are, gold now unites them.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that the Soviet Union had a state-sponsored doping program ahead of the 1984 Olympics before it boycotted the Los Angeles Games.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Australia finished off women's basketball group play undefeated as Liz Cambage scored 17 points and the Aussies rallied to beat Belarus 74-66 Saturday.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed recently acquired forward Domantas Sabonis to a contract.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sometime very soon, possibly even later Saturday, the United States will lay claim to its 1,000th gold medal all-time in the Summer Olympics.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Peter Finney, whose award-winning sports writing career in New Orleans spanned more than half a century, has died at age 88.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The winds of change are blowing at the Rio badminton arena. Actually, those are just the gusts from the air conditioning vents: They're cold and they're strong and they could pose a problem for some…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt turned the Olympic Stadium into his stage again for his first race at the Rio Games. With an easy win in his 100-meter heat, backed up by the trademark showmanship, he did not…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. boat was in third place halfway through the race when coxswain Katelin Snyder shouted the magic words: "This is the U.S. women's eight!"

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez has been unconditionally released by the New York Yankees, ending his 12 years in pinstripes and perhaps his big league career after 22 seasons.

SEATTLE (AP) — He's notched more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, wrote the definitive guidebooks to a major North American mountain range, and at age 93, Fred Beckey is still plotting routes — though more slowly and buoyed…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees aren't wasting time with a new-look lineup, with Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge called up from the minors and making their major league debuts in Saturday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's once precarious spot on the PGA Tour has received another boost with the announcement that a new clubhouse is being planned for the TPC River Highland's golf course.

OLYMPICS

The diminished role of the running back in college football was greatly exaggerated.