(2008/05/13)
Chris Schwarz had a hunch a phone call was forthcoming Monday. And with good reason.
(2008/05/13)
CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Zambrano switched to longer sleeves after three innings, not so much to combat the cold — as would be expected — but to cover a scab on his pitching arm.
(2008/05/13)
MINNEAPOLIS — At the end of April, the Twins sure didn’t look like a team that could keep pace with the Boston Red Sox in a shootout. The Twins were averaging 3.7 runs per game.
(2008/05/13)
I remember having a conversation with Aquinas football coach Dan Coughlin during the winter months of the 2006-07 school year.
(2008/05/12)
CHICAGO — The big matchup between Big Z and the Big Unit never materialized.
(2008/05/12)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — So much for small ball. Craig Monroe went 2-for-4 with two of light-hitting Minnesota’s three home runs and four RBIs, and the Twins hung on for a 9-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.
(2008/05/11)
Jim Schuman laughs as he recalls the first time he watched Jeff Kaiser play golf.
(2008/05/11)
BOB LAMB, La Crosse Tribune: You say you once weighed 300 pounds. You now weigh 175. Why the drastic weight loss?
(2008/05/11)
PERSONAL: Born Oct. 21, 1985. FIRST STARTED GOLFING: Age 6. HOBBIES: Golf, Wisconsin football, USC football and friends.
(2008/05/11)
SPRING 2008: Tied for 26th at the Big Ten Championships, shooting a 303 through four rounds of play ... ended in a tie for 40th at the Boilermaker Invitational, shooting 220, including 69 in the final 18 holes, the best round by any Wisconsin member at the event.
(2008/05/11)
Lee Newspapers Alex Wiese, a former La Crescent High School standout, will join the Peoria (Ill.) Pirates of Arena Football League 2.
(2008/05/11)
On Friday, Seattle slugger Richie Sexson was suspended for six games and fined for charging the mound and attacking Texas pitcher Kason Gabbard on Thursday. No one else was suspended. Rightfully so.
(2008/05/11)
CHICAGO (AP) — Alfonso Soriano's warming up, even if the weather isn't. He looked like his old self Saturday and hopes he's put his season-long struggles behind him.
(2008/05/11)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Has Daisuke Matsuzaka's mythical gyroball finally made an appearance stateside?
(2008/05/10)
MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Lamb was looking for a hit like this.
(2008/05/10)
Mike D’Antoni is one very hot coaching commodity these days. The fact that his Phoenix Suns squad exited the playoffs the same way they would a burning building — fast — doesn’t seem to make him any less desirable to NBA teams.
(2008/05/09)
PHOENIX — Max Scherzer will tell you he and Randy Johnson don’t have a lot in common.
(2008/05/09)
UW-La Crosse’s Liz Bradley has been named to the All-WIAC softball first team.
(2008/05/09)
In a desert of discouraging, disgusting and downright sad sports stories, occasionally an oasis appears.
(2008/05/09)
CHICAGO — Juan Uribe’s homer put the White Sox ahead and his old-fashioned hard slide that busted up a double play had his teammates and manager buzzing.
(2008/05/08)
CHICAGO — Carlos Gomez became the first Twins player since Kirby Puckett 22 years ago to hit for the cycle, Livan Hernandez took a shutout into the ninth and Minnesota beat the Chicago White Sox 13-1 on Wednesday night.
(2008/05/08)
I can’t help but to think back to the Milwaukee Brewers’ finish to the 2007 season. While the offense took major steps forward, the pitching took even bigger steps back. Hope was on the horizon, though, with some promising young pitchers ready to break through.
(2008/05/08)
CINCINNATI (AP) — Nothing special about Joey Votto's first homer, a hanging slider that he pulled into the seats in right field for a modest 1-0 lead.
(2008/05/08)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — None of Wisconsin's four Division I schools face any penalties from the NCAA this year based on the academic performance of their athletes.
(2008/05/07)
CHICAGO— — Another near miss for Gavin Floyd. Toying with a no-hitter for the second time in a month, the Chicago White Sox's right-hander watched his latest effort sail away with one out in the ninth.
(2008/05/07)
It is possible that the American League Central Division will soon undergo a “market correction,” as Wall Street-types might say, with the Tigers returning to what many believed was their rightful place in first and the young Twins tumbling to last.
(2008/05/07)
CINCINNATI (AP) — In the first five weeks, Carlos Zambrano has been the Chicago Cubs' constant.
(2008/05/07)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Needing to improve in the classroom to avoid losing scholarships, the University of Minnesota men's basketball and football teams did just that, according to a report issued by the NCAA on Tuesday.
(2008/05/07)
The University of Wisconsin men’s golf team is headed west. The Badgers, under fifth-year coach Jim Schuman, gained their second straight NCAA Regional berth and are the 20th seed in the 27-team West Regional next week.
(2008/05/06)
PHOENIX — Max Scherzer, a Northwoods League All-Star for the La Crosse Loggers in 2004, lost his debut as a starter for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
(2008/05/06)
WINONA, Minn. — The Winona State University baseball team went from cruising to an easy victory to barely escaping with a win.
(2008/05/06)
It’s not uncommon for me to yell at the television screen during sporting events if I see something I don’t like. However, I don’t remember anything louder than a squeak coming out of my mouth seeing Milwaukee Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo suffer a season-ending knee injury last week.
(2008/05/06)
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins began their first day in full possession of first place this year by promptly falling behind 6-0 in the top half of the first inning. Then they came back and won.
(2008/05/05)
BARRE MILLS, Wis. — It may have been the first tournament of the season, but Paul Williamson was in midseason form on Sunday.
(2008/05/05)
As the month of May begins, tournament time for high school baseball teams has emerged on the horizon. With Divisions 2, 3 and 4 beginning regional competition May 23, only a few short weeks of the regular season remain.
(2008/05/04)
It’s a lot like “American Idol,” with footballs instead of microphones and UW-La Crosse coach Larry Terry playing the role of Simon Cowell.
(2008/05/04)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — It was No. 11 for Pat Healy, the first for Don Fritsch, and two more in a long history of success for the UW-La Crosse men’s and women’s track and field programs.
(2008/05/04)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The UW-La Crosse softball team’s season came to an end Saturday with a pair of
(2008/05/04)
Dave Myers, Tribune sportswriter and copy editor, on Kelvin Sampson
(2008/05/04)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette coach Buzz Williams picked his mentor and longtime friend Dale Layer to be an assistant coach on his staff on Saturday.
(2008/05/04)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After Detroit's offense managed only one run for the second straight game, Jim Leyland struggled to explain his team's inability to consistently score.
(2008/05/03)
The La Crosse and Black rivers will be busier than usual today when the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Great Lakes Division opens its regular season.
(2008/05/03)
MINNEAPOLIS — Livan Hernandez baffled Detroit’s mighty offense for seven innings and the Minnesota Twins beat up the Tigers’ normally reliable bullpen in an 11-1 victory Friday night.
(2008/05/03)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Junior Caitlin Schetter won the long jump title with a mark of 19 feet, 2½ inches Friday at the WIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
(2008/05/02)
ONALASKA, Wis. — He’s played baseball against Michael Jordan. He’s left the batter’s box at Yankee Stadium after striking out only to hear Adam Sandler yell, “You suck,” from his front-row seat. When he looked up, he realized Jack Nicholson was sitting next to Sandler.
(2008/05/01)
The WIAC is one step away from approving a significant change in its men’s and women’s basketball postseason tournmament format, which would become effective next season.
(2008/05/01)
PHOENIX (AP) — Former La Crosse Loggers pitcher Max Scherzer was perfect in his major league debut Tuesday, and it earned him a spot in
(2008/05/01)
Freshman Rachel Weyer broke the UW-La Crosse softball single-season record with her 59th hit Wednesday as the Eagles were swept by Winona State, 8-0 in five innings and 5-3 at North Campus Field.
(2008/05/01)
Tom Fisher, Tribune agate clerk, on the firing of Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson
(2008/05/01)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Morneau came through with yet another clutch hit for the Minnesota Twins. The Chicago White Sox should have taken notes.
(2008/05/01)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Darrion Scott has been arrested after police searched his Eden Prairie residence.
(2008/04/30)
Fortunately for Viterbo University pitcher Levi Adank, the biggest mistake he made Tuesday night came 10 minutes after the game was over.
(2008/04/30)
Before this past weekend’s draft “Dr. Dave” examined each NFL team and diagnosed the ailments and deficiencies they were suffering from and prescribed a specific treatment plan — aka draft prospect — to put them on the path to health and prosperity. I am sorry to report that the vast majority of the teams ignored the doctor’s advice.
(2008/04/30)
Bob Lamb, Tribune outdoors editor/golf writer, about Mike Cameron.
(2008/04/30)
PHOENIX (AP) — Geoff Blum doubled in three runs and the Houston Astros handed the Arizona Diamondbacks only their third home loss in 13 games his season, 6-4 on Tuesday night.
(2008/04/30)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ron Gardenhire rarely expresses feelings of desperation in reference to his team, especially this early in the season.
(2008/04/29)
UW-La Crosse fullback Chris Johnson believes he can breathe some life into a position that has become “kind of a dying breed” at the college level.
(2008/04/29)
MENOMONIE, Wis. — The UW-La Crosse softball team swung its bats well Monday on its way to a doubleheader sweep over UW-Stout.
(2008/04/29)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — One of the running parodies of the NFL draft is the annual cliche spouted by team officials about taking the best player available at the time, regardless of position.
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 BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 3:: Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks, right, is congratulated by teammate Prince Fielder (28) after hitting a two-run single with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning of a baseball game to lift Milwaukee to a 4-3 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night in Milwaukee. To read more, click here. AP photo |
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