La Crosse Tribune Sports News

PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner had 22 points, eight rebounds and five blocks, Sonja Petrovic made a go-ahead basket with 29.9 seconds left and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Washington Mystics 78-74 on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Liberty players are still wearing warmups to support the Black Lives Matter movement — but their shirts won't be imprinted with hashtags created after recent police shootings.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — As Sidney Crosby prepares to carry the Stanley Cup through his Nova Scotia hometown, he said the championship tour is in many ways sweeter the second time around.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers have signed Jesse Puljujarvi, the fourth overall pick at the draft, to a three-year entry level contract.

San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan says he decided to retire after 19 seasons because playing basketball wasn't "as fun anymore."

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward J.T. Miller.

Tom Brady will miss the first four games of the upcoming NFL schedule. Unless he doesn't.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — During the previous decade, as Minnesota piled up division titles as a spunky overachiever, the organization's ability to produce fundamentally solid players and competitive teams without expensive power hitters or starting pitchers became known around baseball as…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin is running with a fast crowd these days. The 16-year-old sprinter and hurdler heads to the Rio Olympics as the youngest member of the U.S. track and field team. First, though, she wants to…

He joins Joshua Ess, a defenseman from Lakeville, Minnesota; T.J. Koufis, a forward from Palatine, Illinois; and K’andre Miller, a forward/defenseman from Minnetonka, Minnesota.

What if the NFL imitated the WWE and awarded a championship belt to the best quarterback at the end of every season?

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) -- Deivi Grullon hit a two-run home run in the top of the 11th inning to help lead the Lakewood BlueClaws to a 6-3 win over the Hickory Crawdads on Wednesday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Dwight Howard has a new team, a new jersey number and a fresh start in his hometown.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Quarterback questions once again linger around the Southeastern Conference heading into preseason camps. For a league that seems to mass produce NFL-caliber talent, the QB position lately seems to be the one exception to that trend.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Mandy Alvarez had a walk-off double in the 10th inning, as the Charleston RiverDogs defeated the Rome Braves 3-2 on Wednesday.

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) -- Kelvin Gutierrez had three hits and scored three runs as the Auburn Doubledays beat the Vermont Lake Monsters 8-4 on Wednesday.

For someone like Juwan Howard Jr., summer league is a chance to experience his dream job.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is giving a committee more time to hammer out the details of a proposed NFL-grade stadium in Las Vegas.

NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball All-Star Game has drawn a record-low television rating for the second straight year.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The shuttered anti-doping laboratory for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been inspected by officials from the World Anti-Doping Agency, which will soon decide if the laboratory gets re-accredited, with the games opening in just…