La Crosse Tribune Sports News

CLEVELAND (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki are out of Friday night's lineup for the series opener against Cleveland because of injuries.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw missed his teammates so much that he flew from Los Angeles to Cincinnati just to work out with them.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Max Holt did a little bit of everything. At the net, digging balls from just off the floor, finishing points with big, leaping swings.

SEATTLE — When Shaun Hill showed up Thursday night at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, he had no idea he would be the Vikings' starting quarterback that night.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The NFL says the former wife of suspended New York Giants placekicker Josh Brown turned down multiple requests to speak to the league about her allegations of being the victim of repeated domestic violence.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays utility man Nick Franklin is available to play after being hit in the head on deck Wednesday by a teammate's bat.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As the Olympic whirlwind sweeps through Rio and brings with it disapproval of everything from shoddy construction to water pollution, residents are drawing a line in the sand. Nobody better attack their favorite snack.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — France left it to the last second, but beat a tenacious German team 29-28 in Friday's semifinal to continue chasing a record third consecutive men's handball gold medal at the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Russia was stripped of another track-and-field medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Friday after three athletes were retroactively caught in drug tests, the latest blow to a country reeling from scandals over widespread doping.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Estelle Mossely skipped the birthday bash for a gold medal celebration.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ryan Lochte's apology was about as real as his story.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a scouting booth high above the court, his fingers flying across the keyboard a mile a minute, Joe Trinsey punches in every touch of every point in an Olympic women's volleyball match between Argentina…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Inbee Park kept her composure in strong wind Friday and made two late birdies to regain the lead, posting a 1-under 70 for a two-shot lead going into the final round of the women's golf…

NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent pitcher Oliver Suero has been suspended 72 games and Chicago White Sox first baseman Telvin Nash for 50 games under baseball's minor league drug program.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nick Skelton of Britain has a metal left hip, once broke his neck and his back aches so much that he needs a stepladder to mount his horse, Big Star.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After missing out on an Olympic medal with fourth-place finishes in both Beijing and London, Liu Hong of China won the gold medal in the women's 20-kilometer walk Friday at the Rio de Janeiro Games.

New York Liberty guard Epiphanny Prince is back after a nine-month layoff because of a knee injury.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 3 Russian athletes, including a relay silver medalist, disqualified from 2008 Beijing Olympics after retesting of doping samples.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn says punter Matt Bosher avoided a serious injury to his chest when he was knocked out of Thursday night's preseason win over the Cleveland Browns.

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell has had his suspension for missing league-mandated drug tests reduced to three games. The one-game reduction is the result of a negotiated settlement between the NFL and the players' union, according to ESPN.