La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Ben Gamel singled three times, and Kyle Haynes allowed just two hits over six innings as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders topped the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 4-2 on Thursday.

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) -- Bret Helton allowed just three hits over seven innings, leading the West Virginia Power over the Delmarva Shorebirds in a 3-0 win on Thursday.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals signed nine-year NFL cornerback Alan Ball on Thursday and released safety Tyrequek Zimmerman.

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- T.J. White hit a run-scoring single in the eighth inning, leading the Fort Myers Miracle to a 5-4 win over the Bradenton Marauders on Thursday.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Austin Afenir hit an RBI double in the seventh inning, and Adonis Rosa allowed just three hits over 6 1/3 innings as the Charleston RiverDogs beat the Greenville Drive 2-1 on Thursday.

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) -- Vince Jackson hit a run-scoring single in the first inning, leading the State College Spikes to a 5-3 win over the Auburn Doubledays on Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Suddenly, Portugal's post-Cristiano Ronaldo era doesn't seem so daunting.

RIO DE JANEIRO — For some at the Rio Games, there's gold, silver and bronze.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) -- Grant Kay scored the decisive run on a fielder's choice in the eighth inning, as the Charlotte Stone Crabs beat the Palm Beach Cardinals 2-1 on Thursday.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Toby Thomas hit a two-run single in the seventh inning, leading the Winston-Salem Dash to a 3-1 win over the Frederick Keys on Thursday.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Matt Skole hit a three-run home run in the first inning, and Michael Taylor had two hits and scored three runs as the Syracuse Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bisons 9-5 on Thursday.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Jeremias Pineda had two hits and scored two runs as the Jupiter Hammerheads beat the St. Lucie Mets 3-1 on Thursday. With the victory, the Hammerheads swept the short two-game series.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) -- Rafael Montero allowed just three hits over seven innings, leading the Binghamton Mets over the Harrisburg Senators in a 3-2 win on Thursday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Shelby Miller tossed a three-hit shutout and Dan Rohlfing homered, as the Reno Aces topped the Salt Lake Bees 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.

TAMPA, Fla. — Nine games into his bid to transform the bumbling Tampa Bay Buccaneers into championship contenders, the normally unflappable Tony Dungy reached a boiling point.

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. (AP) — On the hottest, most humid day of Chicago Bears training camp, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio wore a sweatshirt.

There are many ways to judge NFL quarterbacks.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pssssst. Wanna know who's going to win that big first-round matchup between No. 1 Novak Djokovic and 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Quinton Spain has a much different pedigree than the other Titans linemen.

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — The Cowboys are in no rush to get a veteran quarterback behind Tony Romo, even though executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones has said they want to add one after Kellen Moore broke his right…