The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday followed the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences in banning players who were on NFL rosters from returning to college. The decision by the Big 12 came a day after rulings by the SEC and Big Ten. Earlier Wednesday, the NFL made it clear that players who ...
PAINESDALE — Despite the Houghton Gremlins junior Brandon Van Karsen finishing as the top male runner, the Jeffers Jets boys won the season-opening cross country race at the Kilpela Farm Wednesday. On the girls’ side, Houghton had two top finishers in junior Holly Cooke and sophomore Brooke Hoppe, and they used those finishes to earn the top team spot. Jeffers boys scored a 29, which was five points better than Houghton. Van Karsen set the fastest pace of the race, and he finished the course with a time of 18.08.4. He was followed by West Iron County’s Eduel Spencer and Jeffers ...
GWINN — The Houghton Gremlins volleyball team traveled to Gwinn Wednesday and defeated the host Modeltowners in three sets, 25-14, 25-8, and 25-19. Lydia Williams led the Gremlins’ offense with eight kills and 10 digs. Annika Henquinet followed with six kills and 13 digs. Also of note where Alyssa Northey, who had 24 assists, 15 digs, and two aces, and Katia Rudak, who had 16 digs and a pair of aces as well.
Indiana spent the past two seasons listening to how it played weak schedules as it went a combined 27-2 and won the program's first national championship with an undefeated 2025 season. No. 6 Indiana has a much tougher road this season if it's going to repeat as champions, with games against ...
DETROIT — Max Clark hit his first home run at Comerica Park and five Tigers pitchers combined to allow one run as Detroit ended a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. Clark's homer, the second of his career, gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the fifth ...
Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu is taking the season off following her triumph in Milan. This time, she is certain she will be back. The 21-year-old from the San Francisco Bay area made history in February when she became the first American woman since Sarah Hughes in 2002 to stand atop the podium at the Winter Games. Liu also became the first women's skater to win two golds in the same Olympics when she was part of the U.S. squad that successfully defended its team gold medal. It was a remarkable comeback for Liu, a one-time teen phenom who abruptly walked away from ...
