PARIS — Jannik Sinner lost early. Carlos Alcaraz withdrew due to injury. The pressure has been on Alexander Zverev to finally win an elusive Grand Slam title and now the second-seeded German is only one victory away from raising the French Open trophy. Zverev reached the fourth major ...
CHASSELL — Superior Service Towing had a perfect week on the softball diamond in Chassell. On Thursday, they made it four in row in the win column with victories over Moyle Construction and Backcountry Village. The opener was an 11-8 win over Moyle that saw scoring by both teams in all ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes looked a step behind, down two goals and chasing a tested team filled with Stanley Cup winners from three years ago. And the pressure had been building for weeks on Seth Jarvis and the power play. "Somebody had to step up and make a play," coach Rod Brind'Amour said simply. A shocking third-period comeback changed everything, both in getting the Hurricanes back in the Stanley Cup Final and setting the stage for Jarvis and that power-play unit to get a needed breakthrough moment. Jarvis blasted a one-timer past Carter Hart on a power play at ...
PARIS — Mirra Andreeva could not hold her nerve at Roland Garros last year. Facing the unheralded Lois Boisson for a spot in the French Open semifinals, the Russian teenager lost her temper, losing in straight sets after receiving a warning for angrily hitting a ball into the stands. There has been no such meltdown over the past two weeks. Still only 19, Andreeva is in her first Grand Slam final. The pressure remains but she knows how to handle it. "Now I'm also nervous when I play matches like this or when I'm up in the score and ... I'm serving and the opponent breaks me," she ...
GLADSTONE — Trailing 2-1 in the top of the seventh inning, the Hancock Bulldogs baseball team had just three outs to play with if they wanted to live to fight another day. On back-to-back plays, they scored a run, and ended up defeating the Menominee Maroons, 3-2, in semifinal play in the Division 3 Region 17 tournament Wednesday. The key rally was started by a Kirby Storm walk. Todd Kilpela also drew a walk, and Hancock quickly had a pair of runners on base. Chase Keranen sacrificed to move both runners into scoring position. Ben Keranen was then intentionally walked to load the ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Turns out that reigning World Cup champion Argentina draws quite a crowd no matter where it goes. Whether it be fans surrounding the team's upscale hotel near downtown Kansas City, or their first training session opened to media Wednesday that drew hundreds of reporters ...
