La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — Ike Davis and the New York Yankees have finalized a one-year contract, giving the team more options after putting four first basemen on the disabled list.

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions will have their own cheerleaders for the first time in more than four decades.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Spring of Gronk has officially begun. So, too, have the first meaningful steps on the road back for Patriots running back Dion Lewis.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets manager Terry Collins has been cleared to leave a Milwaukee hospital and planned to return to New York and be back in the dugout for Tuesday night's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The "Night of the New Red Threads" will take place at Camp Randall Stadium at 10 p.m. on June 30.

ATLANTA (AP) — Left-hander Eric O'Flaherty has been put on the 15-day disabled list by the Atlanta Braves because of a right knee strain.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have shuffled their roster before opening a mandatory spring minicamp by signing defensive end Leger Douzable and offensive tackle Chris Martin.

The Medal of Honor is given annually at each school in the Big Ten to a male and female graduating senior for excellence in academics and athletics.

PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius is a "broken" man whose mental state has deteriorated and he should be hospitalized and not jailed, a psychologist called by his defense testified at the start of a new sentencing hearing Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Curley Johnson, who punted for the New York Jets in their Super Bowl victory in 1969, has died. He was 80.

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Two English soccer fans were convicted by a French court on Monday of involvement in rioting and sentenced to two and three months in prison.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Four baseball standouts with North Dakota ties were selected in the Major League Baseball draft over the weekend.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a three-year entry-level contract with forward Sebastian Aho.

UW has sold out its allotment of student season tickets for 23 consecutive years.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a man accused of throwing a beer bottle near Phillies player Ryan Howard during a game earlier this month has been cited for disorderly conduct.

HOCKEY

The decision of who gets to hoist the Stanley Cup in triumph after the team captain is sometimes an easy one, such as when a team has a veteran near the end of his career who hasn't won a championship…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just a year ago, Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes was hailed by Olympic Committee executives as the driving force behind the Summer Games that are set to kick off in August in samba city.

In a year with no consensus top player, the Philadelphia Phillies led off Major League Baseball's draft Thursday by taking Mickey Moniak, a high school outfielder from California.