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The US pairs team of Efimova and Mitrofanov is ready for their season debut at Skate America

National Sports

Ilia Malinin, the three-time world champion whose spectacular letdown at the Milan Cortina Olympics became one of the biggest storylines of the Winter Games, will demand plenty of attention when he makes his season debut at Skate America this weekend. Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov might soon be sharing the spotlight. The top American pairs team for the better part of three years, Efimova and Mitrofanov were unable to compete alongside Malinin on figure skating's grandest stage because the Finland-born Efimova was unable to secure U.S. citizenship in time. That's a requirement ...

Milwaukee's Pat Murphy first to win 3 straight Manager of Year awards. Will Venable takes AL honor

National Sports

When setting a date for hip replacement surgery, Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy made sure to schedule it after the World Series. What he didn't consider was when the NL Manager of the Year would be announced. That's why Murphy was in a hospital bed Tuesday night recovering from an operation on his right hip when he became the first skipper from either league to win the award three years in a row. "I've got nothing to do. I'm just sitting here," Murphy quipped at the end of a call with reporters. The award came less than two weeks after the Brewers won their first World ...

Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski, Yankees' Cam Schlittler unanimous selections as Cy Young winners

National Sports

Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski and the New York Yankees' Cam Schlittler were unanimous Cy Young Award winners Wednesday night after delivering dominant performances in their first full major league seasons. Misiorowski, who reached 105.5 mph with his fastball this summer, won the NL award after helping the Brewers win their first World Series title. Schlittler became the second Yankees pitcher in four years to receive the AL award. The right-handers made their major league debuts in the summer of 2025. "It's exciting," Misiorowski said. "And then you look one year past that and ...

Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle wins AL Rookie of the Year, Reds slugger Sal Stewart takes NL honor

Michigan Sports

It took the Detroit Tigers less than a month of watching Kevin McGonigle at the big-league level to decide he was worthy of a nine-figure contract. Seven months later, McGonigle rewarded that confidence by becoming the runaway winner of the American League Rookie of the Year award Monday night. Cincinnati Reds slugger Sal Stewart — another precocious hitter — took home the National League honor after anchoring the middle of the team's lineup all season. McGonigle played most of the season at just 21 years old and had a .278 batting average and .806 OPS with 18 homers, 72 RBIs, 28 ...

Huskies football closes out regular season against Wayne State

Local Sports

HOUGHTON — As the final buzzer sounded Saturday afternoon, the No. 12 Michigan Tech Huskies football team walked off the field at Kearly Stadium having thoroughly dismantled a very good then-No. 12 Davenport Panthers squad, 37-6. “It was a solid team win,” said Huskies special teams ...

Moving on up

Local Sports

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball team advanced to the GLIAC semifinals after a 3-1 victory over the Davenport Panthers during quarterfinal play Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Huskies won, 25-22, 21-25, 25-17, and 25-18, over the fourth-seeded Panthers to improve to ...