La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MIAMI (AP) — A year ago Marcell Ozuna was a newly demoted minor leaguer, sent to Triple-A following a 1-for-36 slump that erased his perpetual smile and magnified doubts about his future with the Miami Marlins.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian public defenders have recommended to Rio de Janeiro's city hall and Olympic organizers that religions of African origin be represented in the ecumenical center of the Athletes Village.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former running back Ricky Williams says he went through "at least 500" drug tests during his 11-year NFL career.

TROON, Scotland (AP) — Jordan Spieth withdrew from the Olympics on Monday, leaving golf without its top four players when the sport returns to the games for the first time since 1904.

TROON, Scotland (AP) — Golfer Jordan Spieth withdraws from Olympics .

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan is finally calling it a career.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan announces retirement after 19 NBA seasons that included five championships .

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin in New Orleans for two people authorities say are tied to the drug and sexual assault case that brought down former NFL star Darren Sharper.

BERGISCH-GLADBACH, Germany (AP) — In the retro-looking gym that serves as the talent-honing center for Germany's potential Olympian gymnasts, girls aged six and seven in leotards execute their somersaults and back flips under watchful trainers.

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — South African Olympic swimming champion Chad le Clos, who beat Michael Phelps at the 2012 London Games, says both his parents are fighting cancer.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian long jumper Daria Klishina, cleared by the IAAF to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, is facing a barrage of criticism at home.

PARIS (AP) — France has lost the Euro 2016 soccer championship but can claim victory on another front — making it safely through the monthlong tournament that drew fans from all over Europe while in a state of emergency and…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A ruling on Maria Sharapova's appeal against her two-year doping ban has been postponed until September, ruling her definitively out of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A couple of California college kids who came north for a nonstop summer of baseball relaxed in the shaded grandstand one bright afternoon, before the gates opened and the Rochester Honkers hosted the Mankato MoonDogs.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A couple of California college kids who came north for a nonstop summer of baseball relaxed in the shaded grandstand one bright afternoon, before the gates opened and the Rochester Honkers hosted the Mankato MoonDogs.

OLYMPICS

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dylan Cozens said his choice was simple. He could have played defensive end at the University of Arizona or signed with the Philadelphia Phillies.

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- Kyle Lewis hit a walk-off two-run single with one out in the ninth inning, as the Everett AquaSox beat the Spokane Indians 7-6 on Sunday.