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Frost open PWHL playoffs seeking to three-peat, with semifinals featuring familiar mix of contenders

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So much for the complaints raised last summer about the PWHL's expansion process favoring the league's newest franchises in Seattle and Vancouver. After a five-month, 120-game regular season featuring record crowds, women's hockey enjoying a significant post-Olympic boost and with more expansion on the horizon, the Walter Cup playoff semifinalists are made up exclusively of the league's old guard. The four-team field is led by the Minnesota Frost seeking to three-peat. They open their best-of-five series at Montreal on Saturday against the Marie Philip-Poulin-led Victoire, who have ...

Tigers' Casey Mize exits vs. Braves with groin tightness and Javier Báez leaves with foot injury

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ATLANTA (AP) — Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Casey Mize and center fielder Javier Báez both left Tuesday night's 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves because of injuries. Mize exited in the third inning with right groin tightness. "It was kind of a gradual tightening," Mize said. "We did some tests between innings and felt good enough to go back out there, but it just never really went away." The right-hander covered first base on a ground ball to first baseman Spencer Torkelson and recorded the out, then met with trainers on the field before leaving. There was no collision at first ...

Prep Athlete of the Week

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Hancock pitcher Lucy Biekkola had a strong week last week. She opened with a 12-2 win over L’Anse where she went 5 2/3 innings, striking out eight, walking one, and giving up five hits Tuesday. She also went 3-for-3 at the plate with an RBI and two runs scored. In the nightcap, she pitched ...

Sal Frelick ends Brewers' home-run drought in 13-2 blowout of Diamondbacks

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MILWAUKEE — Sal Frelick hit a solo shot to end Milwaukee's stretch of seven straight games without a homer and Tyler Black went 3 for 5 with three RBIs as the Brewers trounced the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-2 on Tuesday night. Milwaukee broke the game open by scoring eight runs in the sixth off reliever Andrew Hoffmann, whose earned run average rose from 2.38 to 8.49. Arizona's Ildemaro Vargas singled in the eighth inning and has hit safely in all 21 games he has played this season. Vargas actually has a 24-game hitting streak if his last three games from 2025 are included. Vargas has ...

Jokic has triple-double as Nuggets avoid elimination with 125-113 win against Timberwolves

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DENVER — The Denver Nuggets rediscovered both their offensive identity and their defensive intensity just in time to save their season. Nikola Jokic snapped out of his prolonged funk with a triple-double, Spencer Jones provided a spark while subbing for injured Aaron Gordon, and the Nuggets staved off elimination with a chippy 125-113 win over the injury-riddled Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of their playoff series Monday night. "I think we're a multidimensional team that can win a variety of ways," said Jones, who scored 20 points and keyed a third-quarter spurt that gave ...