La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — Kanak Jha is having quite a year. He spent nine months playing professional table tennis in Europe, threw out the first pitch at a New York Mets game on his birthday and qualified for the Rio…

Miami President Pat Riley is a big fan of the symbolic 12:01 a.m. phone call to his team's top targets. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich says he would rather be sleeping at that moment. And more than $1 billion in…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Matheny realizes the numbers look bad, and reasons the St. Louis Cardinals can't be this bad at home for too much longer.

SEATTLE (AP) — A poor outing from Wade Miley in his return from the disabled list was only the start of a bad night for the Seattle Mariners.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Michael Phelps wondered whether the younger generation of swimmers is ready to fill his very large shoes. The 18-time Olympic champion is finding out that, yes, the new kids are all right.

The big fish is gone, so now teams will circle around the other targets when NHL free agency opens Friday.

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) -- Dawel Lugo and Chuck Taylor each homered and drove in two runs as the Visalia Rawhide topped the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 8-7 on Wednesday.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers spent the last few summers attempting to sell the NBA's top free agents on the franchise's glamorous combination of history and Hollywood.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Chris Pieters hit a run-scoring single in the seventh inning, and Trent Giambrone homered and had two hits, driving in two as the Eugene Emeralds beat the Boise Hawks 9-7 on Wednesday.

PASCO, Wash. (AP) -- Luis Asuncion doubled and singled twice, and Will Headean threw five scoreless innings as the Tri-City Dust Devils topped the Vancouver Canadians 10-1 on Wednesday.

SEATTLE (AP) — Clint Hurdle speaks with great appreciation for what Sean Rodriguez brings defensively, playing wherever Pittsburgh needs him to be in the field.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Overcoming two blown saves gave the Kansas City Royals reason to believe this trip would be better.

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) -- Matt Railey hit a walk-off single with two outs in the ninth inning, as the Hillsboro Hops defeated the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 4-3 on Wednesday.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Seth Spivey had three hits and scored three runs, and Jacob Shortslef tossed five scoreless innings as the Spokane Indians topped the Everett AquaSox 9-3 on Wednesday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Pinch-hitter Tyler Goeddel hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the Philadelphia Phillies completed their first sweep at Chase Field in 10 years with a 9-8 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

LAGUNA, Mexico (AP) -- Francisco Esparragoza hit a two-run double in the seventh inning, leading the Vaqueros de la Laguna to a 6-5 win over the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz on Wednesday.

Angie Lee had limited contact with Pat Summit over the past decade or so, but that did nothing to diminish the impact the legendary University of Tennessee coach had on her.

Have bus, will travel, and travel some more.

Summertime in La Crosse means a number of things, including baseball.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell finally got a chance to break out the superlatives.