HANCOCK — With smart pitching, and timely hitting, the Hancock Bulldogs baseball team continued their unbeaten start to the season Saturday with a sweep of the Jeffers Jets at the Hancock Driving Park. They defeated the Jets 10-7 in the opener and followed that up with a 3-0 win to improve ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jayden Reed has signed a three-year contract extension with $50.25 million in new money and $20 million guaranteed. The deal was confirmed by Drew Rosenhaus, who teams up with Ian Grutman to represent Reed. ESPN first reported the extension. Reed, who turns 26 on Tuesday, would have been entering the final year of his rookie deal this season if he hadn't agreed to an extension. The 2023 second-round pick from Michigan State has caught 138 passes for 1,857 yards and 15 touchdowns while also rushing for 310 yards and three more ...
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — At a special meeting of the Lake Superior State University Board of Trustees on April 17, 2026, major renovations of the James C. Norris Physical Education Center were approved. The expected $6.3 million in donor-funded renovations include replacement of the Taffy ...
CINCINNATI — Pinch hitter Hao-Yu Lee hit his first MLB home run and Spencer Torkelson homered for the fifth straight game as the Detroit Tigers avoided a series sweep with an 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Torkelson tied a Tigers record by homering in five consecutive games, joining Rudy York, Hank Greenberg, Vic Wertz, Willie Horton and Marcus Thames. The Tigers led 2-0 after Kerry Carpenter's bases-loaded double in the first before Cincinnati rallied. Reds designated hitter Nathaniel Lowe homered in the second inning, going deep for the fourth time in nine plate ...
HANCOCK — When coach Mel Baker addressed her team after their opening game of the Copper Country Invite Saturday, she suggested that they had a worse record than they actually did. Despite that brief mistake, her Houghton Gremlins softball team had plenty to be excited about. They won their ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The sting of missing the playoffs didn't just linger in Detroit. It sharpened the edge inside the Lions' draft room. General manager Brad Holmes acknowledged Saturday that this year's preparation carried a little bit more fire, fueled by the frustration of falling short and a heightened sense of urgency that defined every decision. Holmes described an offseason where reminders of that disappointment were everywhere — he even wrote it on his office wall — as he and his staff approached the draft with renewed intensity. "I take every draft serious," Holmes ...
