La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Peter Finney, whose award-winning sports writing career in New Orleans spanned more than half a century, has died at age 88.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The winds of change are blowing at the Rio badminton arena. Actually, those are just the gusts from the air conditioning vents: They're cold and they're strong and they could pose a problem for some…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt turned the Olympic Stadium into his stage again for his first race at the Rio Games. With an easy win in his 100-meter heat, backed up by the trademark showmanship, he did not…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. boat was in third place halfway through the race when coxswain Katelin Snyder shouted the magic words: "This is the U.S. women's eight!"

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez has been unconditionally released by the New York Yankees, ending his 12 years in pinstripes and perhaps his big league career after 22 seasons.

SEATTLE (AP) — He's notched more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, wrote the definitive guidebooks to a major North American mountain range, and at age 93, Fred Beckey is still plotting routes — though more slowly and buoyed…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees aren't wasting time with a new-look lineup, with Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge called up from the minors and making their major league debuts in Saturday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's once precarious spot on the PGA Tour has received another boost with the announcement that a new clubhouse is being planned for the TPC River Highland's golf course.

OLYMPICS

The diminished role of the running back in college football was greatly exaggerated.

Callahan ran Green Bay’s offense the entire first half, going 16 of 23 for 124 yards and throwing a 2-yard touchdown pass to running back John Crockett with 7 seconds left in the half to put the Packers ahead 10-5.

Alex Hornibrook out-performed Bart Houston during Friday's practice.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After pulling even with San Francisco for first place in the NL West this week, the Los Angeles Dodgers have hit a bump in the road and are chasing the Giants again.

SYDNEY (AP) — Former San Francisco 49ers running back Jarryd Hayne kicked a field goal with eight seconds remaining to give the Gold Coast Titans a 19-18 win Saturday over the Wests Tigers in Hayne's second match back in the…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After three straight wins, including consecutive starts in which he threw five scoreless innings, Matt Cain lost his command Friday night and the San Francisco Giants lost in their return home from a nine-game road trip.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonathan Lucroy drove in five runs with two homers, and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 8-5 on Friday night after a rain delay that lasted 2 hours, 42 minutes, before the first pitch.

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Archer cut loose a slider, and Alex Rodriguez swung over it for the final out of the fifth inning, the 2,287th and perhaps final strikeout of his big league career.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais felt like he was watching replays of a bad movie over and over in the first three innings.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- Troy Stein hit an RBI double in the top of the 11th inning to lead the Modesto Nuts to a 3-2 win over the Inland Empire 66ers on Friday.