La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- Alex Balog, Matt Pierpont and Tyler Matzek combined for a shutout as the Hartford Yard Goats defeated the Erie SeaWolves 6-0 on Friday.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Ryder Jones hit a two-run home run and had three hits, driving in three, and Matt Gage allowed just five hits over eight innings as the Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the Bowie Baysox 4-0 on Friday.

ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) -- Alex Wells allowed just one hit over five innings, leading the Aberdeen IronBirds over the Lowell Spinners in a 2-0 win on Friday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — UPSET ALERT: Michael Phelps ties for silver in 100-meter butterfly, losing to Singapore's Joseph Schooling.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rafael Nadal added a second Olympic tennis gold medal to all of those Grand Slam trophies, teaming with Marc Lopez to win the men's doubles championship for Spain at the Rio de Janeiro Games.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have recalled right-handed reliever Seth Lugo from Triple-A Las Vegas.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The start of the preseason game between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium has been delayed 51 minutes by the threat of severe weather.

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Chris Maragos can't imagine an NFL without kickoffs.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Taunted by local fans since the Olympics began and stinging from a surprising loss, Hope Solo called Sweden a "bunch of cowards."

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Detroit Tigers placed shortstop Jose Iglesias on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Monica Puig is trying to accomplish something no one from her country has ever done. Angelique Kerber is seeking to achieve the sort of thing she's already done this year.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Isabell Werth became the most successful rider at the Olympics as she helped the German dressage team to gold on Friday, reclaiming the title in an event that her country has historically dominated.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — The 2016 Babe Ruth World Series is getting underway in Williston.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — What track and field really needed was a Usain Bolt-like jolt to steer the conversation away from the endless string of crime, punishment and doping that nearly sank the sport over the past year.

CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals have hit rock bottom in their topsy-turvy season. Or at least they hope so.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With the late-afternoon sun shining on his shaved head and the round mountains of Rio de Janeiro behind him, Dorian van Rijsselberghe of the Netherlands stood in his coach's boat, smiled and flashed the hang…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Drenched with sweat and nearly out of breath, exhilarated American fencer Gerek Meinhardt tried to explain how his men's foil team won an Olympic medal for the first time in 84 years.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Colorado Rockies placed first baseman Mark Reynolds on the 15-day disabled list with a broken left hamate bone.

NEW YORK (AP) — The non-stop nature of soccer helped and hindered NBC's Arlo White and Kate Markgraf in their coverage of the U.S. women's team, which lost to Sweden on penalty kicks and was bounced from the Olympics.

LeBron James didn't waste any time signing his new contract.