La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — Amare Stoudemire isn't done yet.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Dee Milliner knows what people are saying about him, and most of it is far from flattering.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favre was equal parts desperado and virtuoso during his 20-year NFL career that was predicated on taking big risks in the game's biggest moments.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Kirk Cousins unloaded on a throw down the right sideline and watched as receiver DeSean Jackson and cornerback Josh Norman raced after the ball.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The chief spokesman for the Rio Olympics says, "I can guarantee in the name of Rio 2016 that the athletes can compete in safety."

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaders of the World Anti-Doping Agency took a swipe back at IOC president Thomas Bach, saying there was no choice but to publish results from the independent investigation into Russian doping in the lead-up to…

All the consternation over whether golf's addition to the Summer Games makes sense raises the question of whether tennis — another individual, professional sport with four annual Grand Slam tournaments and millions of dollars in prize money — belongs, too.

BOSTON (AP) — Nothing like a pre-dawn phone call from Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to get you out of bed.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's anti-doping agency has dropped charges against wrestler Narsingh Yadav, clearing the way for him to travel to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the situation says veteran free-agent running back Reggie Bush is traveling to meet with the Buffalo Bills.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sabres forward Evander Kane is scheduled to appear in Buffalo City Court to answer to charges alleging he grabbed three women during an altercation at a downtown bar in June.

Ellia Green has been cutting her teeth as a rugby player for four years in the pursuit of an Olympic gold medal. It has cost her a couple of teeth along the way, too.

OLYMPICS

Maybe Brandon Finnegan will become a star someday. The former first-round draft pick is still only 23.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Adeline Gray stepped on the wrestling mat in high school against a male competitor, she got his attention pretty quickly.

CHICAGO (AP) — Everything went right for Seattle for much of Sunday night. Nelson Cruz, Robinson Cano and Dae-Ho Lee homered, and Felix Hernandez helped the Mariners get into position for a big win against the Chicago Cubs.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Chantz Mack hit a two-run home run and had three hits, driving in four, and Osmer Morales threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings as the Bakersfield Blaze defeated the Lancaster JetHawks 7-3 on Sunday.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver coach Gary Kubiak says that in his 32 years in the NFL he's never seen this much depth or deftness at wide receiver.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned…