STANTON — REL Inc.-Mohawk Technologies overpowered SNB-Stanton 5-1 Tuesday in Twilight Baseball League action Tuesday. REL Inc.-MT (4-4) found power from Michigan Tech hockey junior Brian Halonen, who homered in the fifth inning to extend the lead to 5-1 over SNB-Stanton. Before the game, ...
Now that it’s official as far as the Big 10 football season is concerned, one has to wonder just how far this rush to judgement will go. When the Big 10 announced this week that it was scrapping the season because of COVID-19, it opened up a variety of options for those conferences who are ...
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Michigan Tech women’s basketball team held the nation’s eighth-highest team grade-point average and earned the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 award. The Huskies held a 3.76 GPA and were one of three GLIAC teams honored. “The WBCA applauds ...
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Finlandia University men’s and women’s hockey were well represented on the Krampade / AHCA (American Hockey Coaches Association) Academic All-Stars. A total of 15 Lions earned recognition. To qualify, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.75 GPA for the fall ...
HANCOCK — When the Hancock Bulldogs hockey team next hits the ice, it will be under the tutelage of a new, yet infinitely familiar face in Scott Mikesch. Mikesch was tapped to follow two-time state champion Dan Rouleau as the sixth head coach in Hancock hockey history. Mikesch carries a ...
HANCOCK — The Hancock Central High School football season begins with practice at 4 p.m. Monday. The two-a-day practices last until 7 p.m. at McAfee Field. Middle school football will issue equipment the week of Aug. 24. Practices begin Monday, Aug. 31. The Bulldogs volleyball program ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Spencer Turnbull pitched seven strong innings and Miguel Cabrera singled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth as the Detroit Tigers edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Sunday to sweep the three-game series. After the Tigers posted 17-13 and 11-5 wins at PNC Park, the ...
In many ways, the Mid-American Conference has little in common with Power Five leagues that first come to mind when fans think of major college football. There are no 75,000-seat stadiums in the MAC. Million-dollar per year coaches are rare. In a typical season, NFL scouts might find one or ...
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kevin Harvick completed a doubleheader sweep at Michigan International Speedway, holding off Denny Hamlin in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race after Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney crashed out early in the final stage. Hamlin was right behind Harvick ...
HOUGHTON — At every level he played at, hard work typified Chuck Klingbeil’s athletic career. Whether it was in high school, college or the professional ranks, the late Houghton High product had to work for it. Former HHS football coach Jim Luoma once said Klingbeil was the hardest ...
TORONTO (AP) — Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, and the New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to clinch an NHL best-of-five preliminary round playoff series in four games on Friday. Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal had a goal and assist each in a game the Islanders never trailed. ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The entire three-game series between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis at Busch Stadium was postponed Friday night after two more Cardinals players and a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. Major League Baseball announced that the whole weekend set was off. Hours ...
TAPIOLA — Houghton claimed the top spot in the Over 50 Softball League Thursday night despite losing its season finale. A loss by South Range in the first game gave Houghton the title and the top spot in the upcoming playoffs next week. Baraga scored a 13-9 win over Range behind three-hit ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Niko Goodrum drove in five runs, two on a double in a big 11th inning that sent the Detroit Tigers over the Pittsburgh Pirates 17-13 in a startling slugfest on Friday night. Both teams finished with 16 hits, surprising since each club had four players in the starting ...
HANCOCK — The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association announced today that it will be moving conference play to the 2021 calendar year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Finlandia is a member of the NCHA for both men’s and women’s hockey. Conference athletic directors made the ...
TORONTO (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers played like a team making a run as the best in the East before the NHL shutdown. With hockey back, the streaking Flyers just might get there. With one more win, they’ll earn the top seed in the Eastern Conference in coach Alain Vigneault’s first ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers say they won’t have any fans for at least their first two home games this season due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Lambeau Field will not be the same without our fans’ energetic support in the stands,” Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jason Day took his first step toward a return to the spotlight in the majors Thursday at the PGA Championship. Brooks Koepka never seems to leave. Day took advantage of a TPC Harding Park that never felt this accommodating during the practice rounds. With only a mild ...
A total of 66 players have opted out of the 2020 NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly half of them linemen. Twenty offensive linemen and 11 on defense opted out before Thursday's deadline. Players with a medical opt out will receive a $350,000 stipend, whole those voluntarily ...
TORONTO (AP) — Tyler Johnson scored the tiebreaking goal with 87 seconds left to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over Boston on Wednesday and send the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Bruins to their second straight loss in the NHL’s playoff seeding round. Andrei Vasilevskiy ...