La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Miller is quietly becoming one of baseball's better power hitters.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Who's No. 2? Well, there's no debate for Todd Bowles and the New York Jets.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Venus Williams isn't used to taking the court in doubles uncertain whether she can win.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Crucial payments to fund the travel of Paralympic teams to Brazil have not been transferred, threatening the participation of some nations, the chief executive of the Paralympic movement said on Saturday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rows of empty seats, green water, controlled explosions, stray bullets, the killing of a young policeman in a favela, muggings of team officials, an attack on a media bus, spotty weather, snarled traffic, long travel…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. dropped in to see the next generation of Olympic boxers in Rio.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Asami Yoshida scored 24 points to lead Japan to a 79-71 win over France 79-71 Saturday to wrap up its group play in women's basketball.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Morrow has been called up by the San Diego Padres after more than a year out of the majors.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — To a soundtrack of "Si se puede!" from the stands, Monica Puig won Puerto Rico's first gold medal in any sport in Olympic history, upsetting Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the women's…

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Ryan Metzler hit a two-run single in the top of the 11th inning to lead the Lansing Lugnuts to a 5-3 win over the West Michigan Whitecaps on Friday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — China is poised to return to the top of the medal podium in diving.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With their ponytails flapping and their American flag spinnaker billowing in the breeze, Paris Henken and Helena Scutt sped across Guanabara Bay and became the first U.S. crew to win a race at the Rio…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Reyes has been activated from the disabled list by the struggling New York Mets.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka were both still awake at 5 a.m., a mere nine hours before they would play for the Olympic bronze medal.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — They teamed up for a carpool karaoke video. They planted their flag in Brazil. And when the Olympics are done, they'll be remembered as the latest in a long line of U.S. swimming powerhouses.

NEW YORK (AP) — With 24 million viewers tuning in to see more American gold medals in swimming on Friday, the Olympics continued to dominate television while falling short of the audience reached for the 2012 London Games.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Five people with direct knowledge of the decision have told The Associated Press the Buffalo Bills have reached an agreement to sell the naming rights of Ralph Wilson Stadium to Buffalo-based New Era Cap Company.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — U.S. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad came to the Rio Games determined to show the world that Muslim-American women can excel in sports.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Joseph Schooling was working on a school essay one morning in 2008 when Michael Phelps showed up to train at his club in Singapore ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic officials were full of praise when they awarded the Olympics to Rio seven years ago, never imagining such things as the Zika virus and green water in the pools.