La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — Watching a second straight loss to last-place Tampa Bay convinced the New York Yankees it was time to shift more fully into sell mode. So late Saturday night, owner Hal Steinbrenner gave the go-ahead.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. is seemingly OK after being cleated in the area of his left ankle and being forced to leave the New York Giants training camp practice.

NEW YORK (AP) — Trevor Story is out of the Colorado Rockies' lineup against the New York Mets because of a jammed left thumb.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have placed right-handed closer Wade Davis on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday with a flexor strain and recalled left-hander Matt Strahm from Double-A Northwest Arkansas.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will send four women to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, doubling its female participation after two women competed for the first time at the 2012 London Games.

MIAMI (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz has left their game at Miami after being hit on the right hand by a pitch in the first inning.

ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- Jorge Alfaro hit a run-scoring double in the ninth inning, leading the Reading Fightin Phils to a 4-3 win over the Erie SeaWolves on Saturday.

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) -- Andrew Velazquez tripled and singled, scoring two runs as the Charlotte Stone Crabs beat the Brevard County Manatees 6-4 on Saturday.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled switching-hitting infielder Max Moroff from Triple-A Indianapolis.

NEW YORK (AP) — Traveling to the Olympics? Don't let illnesses meddle with your fun.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees have reacquired Tyler Clippard, obtaining the reliever from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Vicente Campos in a swap of right-handed pitchers.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say the uncle of boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is missing.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):

BERLIN (AP) — Alexander Zverev has become the latest tennis player to drop out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, citing health issues.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy has blocked his proposed trade to the Cleveland Indians.

MIAMI (AP) — Left-handed pitcher Zach Duke has been traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for minor league outfielder Charlie Tilson.

MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins right-hander Colin Rea has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow sprain after his debut with the team was curtailed by the injury.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — At the top of the Vikings' shiny, new $1.1 billion football palace, there is a ring of glass separating the seating bowl from the roof that the team and the stadium designers call the "clear story."

CLEVELAND (AP) — Serious about winning it all this season, the Cleveland Indians acquired left-handed reliever Andrew Miller from the New York Yankees on Sunday in exchange for four players.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Italian-born fencer Nathalie Moellhausen grew up hearing her Brazilian grandmother talk about Brazil.