ESCANABA — The third annual Candy Swetkis SISU Strikefest will be held Saturday at the Lemerand Softball Field Complex, which is located west of the Escanaba High School baseball and football fields. Tournament organizers encourage the community to come out to cheer on the teams and watch ...
HANCOCK — Numbers became a major factor as the Hancock Bulldogs swept both ends of the Bulldog Invitational track and field title at home Saturday. The Hancock boys scored 145 points, followed by Dollar Bay 70 and Calumet Copper Island Academy 51. Hancock’s girls collected 174 points. They were followed by Dollar Bay 82 and Ontonagon 60. Bulldogs’ senior Mason Wiitanen swept the boys’ weight events, taking shot put at 36 feet, one inch and discus with a season-best throw of 95-9 on this sunny and mild day. “This is the first time we’ve held this meet on a Saturday,” ...
DETROIT — Cade Cunningham had 32 points and 12 assists, Tobias Harris added 30 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 116-94 in Game 7 on Sunday to win a playoff series for the first time in 18 years. Cunningham averaged 32.4 points for Detroit, which last won a postseason ...
LAS VEGAS — David Benavidez hasn't given up the dream of facing Canelo Alvarez — and now he might have leverage. Benavidez put on a show with Alvarez sitting ringside on Saturday night, moving up 25 pounds in weight and dominating former sparring partner Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez. He twice sent Ramirez to the canvas, including knocking him out at 2:59 of the sixth round to win the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles and become the first boxer to win championships at 168, 175 and 200 pounds. Benavidez (32-0, 26 knockouts) not only remained undefeated, but showed why he was a -600 ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — Logan Stankoven scored twice to continue his postseason tear and the Carolina Hurricanes smothered the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-0 victory Saturday night to open the second-round series. Jackson Blake also scored for Carolina, and Frederik Andersen stopped 19 shots for his ...
BOSTON — The Philadelphia 76ers didn't know how many games, if any, they could count on from Joel Embiid in their first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. It turned out to be just enough. After debuting in Game 4 following appendectomy surgery last month, the former MVP played some of the best playoff basketball of his career over the final four games of the series to lead the 76ers to a 109-100 Game 7 victory over a Celtics team that had looked like a potential NBA title contender. The No. 7 seed's reward is an Eastern Conference semifinals matchup with the No. 3 ...
