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Arizona State and Kansas choose different London travel plans for Wembley matchup

National Sports September 17, 2026

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham decided it would be best for the Sun Devils to depart for their game against Kansas in London this weekend immediately after their disappointing loss to Texas A&M on Saturday night. Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold and his team waited until Tuesday before taking off from Topeka, Kansas. The vastly different approaches to travel for Saturday's Union Jack Classic, the first college football game to be played at historic Wembley Stadium, in some ways mirror the approaches taken by the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, who ...

Tech hockey top pick in coaches poll

Local Sports September 16, 2026

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team was the top pick in the coaches' CCHA Preseason Poll, which the league announced Monday. Assistant captain Max Koskipirtti, captain Isaac Gordon, and senior goaltender Owen Bartoszkiewicz were named to the Preseason All-CCHA Team by the ...

PGA Tour will have an elite tier and outlines the path to get there and stay there

National Sports September 16, 2026

Winners of the four majors and The Players Championship will get the same rewards as winners of the elite Championship Series events under a new competition model the PGA Tour released Tuesday as it moves toward two divisions in 2028. The tour outlined criteria for the Championship Series ...

Montreal Canadiens sign coach Martin St. Louis to a multiyear contract extension

National Sports September 16, 2026

LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens have signed coach Martin St. Louis to a multiyear extension. The team announced the deal Monday without revealing how long St. Louis is now under contract. St. Louis, 51, has guided the upstart Canadiens to consecutive playoff berths, including ...

Pete Alonso receives thunderous ovations from Mets fans in return to Citi Field with Orioles

National Sports September 16, 2026

NEW YORK — Pete Alonso is still chasing his 300th career home run after making his first visit to Citi Field as an opposing player Monday night. He certanly knows how New York Mets fans feel about him, though. They made sure of that — over and over and over again. Alonso went hitless ...

Zach McKinstry scores go-ahead run on error to help Tigers outlast Blue Jays 6-5

Michigan Sports September 16, 2026

TORONTO (AP) — Zach McKinstry scored the winning run on a missed-catch error in the ninth inning after Brett Callahan hit a tying RBI single in the eighth, as the Detroit Tigers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday night. McKinstry scored after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. fielded a dribbler and threw to first, where Toronto pitcher Louis Varland missed the throw. Blue Jays starter José Soriano threw 6 1/3 innings, working a perfect game through five innings, before the Tigers scored four runs off five hits in the seventh. Dillon Dingler opened the seventh-inning scoring with ...