La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders lost two players to injuries in the exhibition opener with starting defensive end Mario Edwards Jr. sidelined by a hip injury and tight end Gabe Holmes out with an ankle injury.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Cuban heavyweight Mijain Lopez once again bested Turkish rival Riza Kayaalp — this time with an Olympic performance that put him in the company of wrestling great Alexander Karelin.

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Former Seattle Seahawks safety Kenny Easley has been selected as the senior finalist for the 2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Simone Biles felt her right foot slip. Then her left.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees have promoted right-hander Chad Green from Triple-A to start Monday night against the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The IAAF is exploring tightening the rules that allow athletes to switch the country they represent in track and field.

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.