CHASSELL — The Baraga Vikings volleyball team came out swinging Wednesday in a 3-0 sweep of the Chassell Panthers at the Ed Helakoski Gym. The Vikings won 25-13, 25-14 and 25-16. It was a good first step on the new season, according to Baraga coach Corey Pietila, but she followed that up ...
SEATTLE — Sam Darnold left the game injured, the offense was stagnant and sloppy mistakes put Seattle in a hole through three quarters. Then the Dark Side defense took over, Drew Lock made a few big plays and the Seahawks capped a Super Bowl banner-raising night with another win against the New England Patriots. Lock led two late scoring drives and the Seahawks intercepted Drake Maye three times in the fourth quarter to overcome an early injury to Darnold and beat the Patriots 13-10 on Wednesday night in a Super Bowl rematch. "I want to give our team a lot of credit because you ...
BERLIN — Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark' s interactions are a subplot of the women's FIBA World Cup, the WNBA season and if you spend enough time on social media, a divided country. Clark and Reese have shown their relationship on the court is thriving. Both players are intense and animated competitors, and their fan bases' are fiercely loyal. On much of social media you're either for Reese or for Clark. It has that feel of rooting for Duke or Carolina; Yankees or Red Sox or Bird or Magic. The pair have definitely bonded so far in the World Cup in their national team debuts. Clark ...
BERLIN — Napheesa Collier scored 19 points and the U.S. routed Hungary 108-56 to advance to the semifinals of the women's FIBA World Cup on Thursday. The U.S. will play the winner of the Spain-Australia game on Saturday in the medal round. France played China and Belgium played host Germany in the other quarterfinal matchups. The Americans have now won 34 consecutive games in the tournament dating to a loss to Russia in the 2006 World Cup semifinals. The U.S. has made every medal round since 1983 when the format changed to have medal rounds. It was a record-breaking performance ...
Winners from the Women’s End of Summer Pickleball Tournament at Laurn Grove in Hancock pose with Rick Freeman. On the left side are Julie Lang and Nora T’Niemi. On either side of Freeman are Patti Blewett and Angela Davis. On the right side are third place winners Joy Ziemnick and Amy ...
DETROIT — Colt Keith homered and the Detroit Tigers ended a seven-series losing streak with a 7-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers hadn't won a series since taking two of three from the Cleveland Guardians Aug. 11-13. They had lost 16 of their last 24 games ...
