La Crosse Tribune Sports News

LONDON (AP) — British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead has won an appeal against an anti-doping violation and is free to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Arcia will make his major league debut in San Diego on Tuesday night, starting at short and pushing major league stolen base leader Jonathan Villar to third.

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — In the wake of the Caster Semenya sex-test scandal at the 2009 world championships, track and field's international governing body introduced contentious rules making women with a condition that caused them to produce high levels…

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Olympic gymnast Kohei Uchimura may be a record six-time world champion, but he won't be encountering much success in his "Pokemon Go" efforts after running up a huge roaming bill in Rio.

OLYMPICS

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — It seems the sports world just doesn't know what to do with an athlete like Caster Semenya.

After 18 trades on deadline day, baseball probably deserves a chance to take a deep breath.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The future starts on Tuesday for the Milwaukee Brewers.

SEATTLE (AP) — Steve Cishek cost Seattle yet again, and now he might be done as the Mariners' closer.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers are still trying to win a World Series five years after twice coming within a strike of their first title.

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — Kenyan-born runner Hillary Bor won't be content with just wearing the red, white and blue at the Olympics.

In Olympic rowing, two people make a "pair" and four make a "four" but eight won't do for an "eight."

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Sean Payton stops short of calling the HBO series "Ballers" a realistic portrayal of life in pro football, even if he likes the show enough to have made a cameo appearance in this week's…

DETROIT (AP) — An offensive lineman who played back in the 1950s, Dick Stanfel didn't have a lot of stats floating around to help his Hall of Fame case.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona chief baseball officer Tony La Russa wants to see his struggling Diamondbacks play hard, with players not resigning themselves to lesser effort despite a losing season.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Red Sox are calling up top prospect Andrew Benintendi from Double-A Portland, giving the big club a boost in the outfield hours after the non-waiver trade deadline passed.

SEATTLE (AP) — Boston Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel was supposed to get a "soft" outing in his return from left knee surgery, according to manager John Farrell. It didn't work out that way.

PHOENIX (AP) — Stephen Strasburg even gave himself a little offensive support in picking up his major league-leading 15th win Monday night.

PANJSHIR, Afghanistan (AP) — On a recent sunny morning in northern Afghanistan, excited children and bemused policemen lined the banks of a fast-flowing river to watch a group of Europeans in multicolored kayaks navigate the white water. A drone-mounted camera…