SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit the first leadoff homer in Padres playoff history on the Cubs' first pitch, Michael King took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and San Diego rolled to an 8-0 victory over Chicago in their NL Wild Card Series opener on Tuesday night. Manny Machado also ...
NEW YORK — The New York Liberty are peaking at the right time and were able to complete a historic sweep of the Minnesota Lynx to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs. Jonquel Jones had 21 points and 13 rebounds and the No. 8 seed Liberty beat the top-seeded Lynx 87-71 in Game 2 of their WNBA playoff series Tuesday night. New York became the first No. 8 seed to eliminate a No. 1 seed in the league's 30-year history. The WNBA has undergone a number of different playoff formats. And in many of the formats, it wasn't possible for those seeds to match up. However, in 2022 the ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes gathered at the blue line, the Stanley Cup sitting on a table a few feet away, and watched a championship banner rise to the rafters amid roaring home fans. From the visiting bench, the Florida Panthers — the team that had won the Cup the two years ...
Chassell 2, Watersmeet 0 Chassell 3, Copper Island Academy 2 CHASSELL — The Chassell Panthers volleyball team needed five sets, but they defeated the Watersmeet Nimrods, 2-0, in a triangular Tuesday. The scores were 25-13 and 25-16). They followed that up by defeating Copper Island Academy in five sets, 26-24, 20-25, 25-20, 23-25, and 15-11. With the wins, the Panthers improved to 4-6-3 on the season. On the evening for Chassell, Elli Kuntze had 28 kills, 11 aces, 13 digs and two blocks. Oriana Olson had 17 kills, five aces and 14 digs. Skye Isaacson had five aces and 17 ...
HOUGHTON — Coming off a bye week and ramping up for games is never an easy task, but for the No. 20 Michigan Tech Huskies, the week of rest and reset could not have come at a better time. After going 3-1 through their first four non-conference matchups, the Huskies were banged up. Getting a ...
HOUGHTON — With losses of 3-0 at Saginaw Valley State, and 2-0 at Ferris State, the Michigan Tech Huskies soccer team is still searching for their first win of the season. Things won’t get much easier for the Huskies this week, as they host rival Northern Michigan Sunday. Huskies coach ...
