La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Madison (15-0) will play Seattle (11-5) at 7 p.m. Saturday, after Dallas (15-0) and Toronto (13-2) play in the first semifinal at 4 p.m. The winners will play for the title Sunday at noon.

Plea deal dismisses felony counts and asks for probation for Ball but judge adds jail time.

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins defensive line coach Terrell Williams was engaged in conversation on the field following practice Friday when end Cameron Wake came up from behind and playfully draped a large, sweaty arm around his coach's neck.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills rookie linebacker Reggie Ragland left practice Friday with a left knee injury.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Katie Ledecky is going for a sweep of the longer freestyle races at the Olympics, a feat unmatched since another American teenager achieved it 48 years ago.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There was nothing the least bit shaky about South Korean archer Kim Woojin's world-record performance at the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From Kyrie to KD, DeMar to DeMarcus, many players on the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team are so well known to NBA fans they can simply go by first names or nicknames.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pele will not attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics because of poor health, denying Brazilians a chance to celebrate their greatest sports figure.

BALTIMORE (AP) — For the Baltimore Orioles, home is where the victories are.

Former University of Wisconsin running back Montee Ball will spend 60 days in jail after pleading guilty Friday to the misdemeanor battery and two disorderly conduct charges that resulted from his role in two domestic abuse incidents that occurred earlier…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady says his decision not to pursue his appeal of a four-game suspension in the "Deflategate" saga was "a personal decision."

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo Securities of defrauding investors in Rhode Island's failed $75 million deal with 38 Studios, the video game company started…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee defended his support of the decision not to ban Russia's entire team from the Rio Games, framing it as a done deal by the time he weighed in…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian soccer great Pele says ill health prevents him from going to opening ceremony of Rio Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Karch Kiraly's eyes always stay up, hands clasped behind his back, as he deliberately moves around the court checking in with each of his players. During Olympic training at Rio's Navy School, he stands atop…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former NFL and Wisconsin running back Montee Ball has been sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and battery for his role in two domestic abuse incidents.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic road cycling races promise to be a grueling, 6-hour showcase featuring everything from the sun-splashed beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema to the squalor of the nearby slums.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol says former basketball player Dennis Rodman should face charges in a freeway crash.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Kim Gaucher has seen the growth of women's basketball in Canada over her 16 years with the program.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the NBA's decision to move its all-star game from Charlotte because of a law limiting anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people was "grandstanding."