La Crosse Tribune Sports News

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers' center Maurkice Pouncey is happy to be playing football again after the All-Pro nearly had the game he loves taken from him.

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Tony Dungy would like to see the NFL's Rooney Rule used in the manner it was intended.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Greek Olympic committee says 1 of its athletes has failed a doping test and has left Olympic Village.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carmelo Anthony was the last one to take the practice floor Friday, joining his U.S. teammates after wrapping up interviews where he was asked about everything from the opening ceremony to his diet.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brian Baker is not among the collection of highly ranked players and Grand Slam champions playing tennis at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's taken rugby 92 years to get back in the Olympic Games, and yet Argentina great Agustin Pichot called it the right moment.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The words trail Danell Leyva even now, four eventful years since that warm night in London when — giddy from his bronze in the all-around at the 2012 Olympics — the rising American star made…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Holding the Olympics in Rome in 2024 would send a message of defiance to terrorists trying to cower people into a "life of fear" and rob them of their sporting and cultural identity, Italian Premier…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge in Little Rock has scheduled an August 2017 jury trial in Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden's lawsuit against his longtime business manager.

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."