GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson hurt his chest bad enough to get sent to the hospital Thursday night. Hours later, he was back on the field — broken rib and all — helping his team finish off a 27-19 victory over the Carolina Panthers. It was the type ...
DOLLAR BAY — The Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes volleyball team closed out their regular season with a 3-1 win in the annual Torch Lake Trophy game against the Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts on Thursday. Scores were 25-21, 25-11, 21-25, and 25-16. Lakes coach Alyssa Roose liked what she ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Pat Murphy was rushed from the ballpark six years ago, stricken with a heart attack. "This ambulance driver was like, `Sir, can I have your next of kin?'" the Milwaukee Brewers manager recalled. "I'm like, Bro, next of kin? I'm not going anywhere.'" On Wednesday night he was leaving the ballpark a World Series champion. Charming, cantankerous, inquisitive and endearing, this barrel-chested baseball lifer has rebounded from an NCAA scandal two decades ago and then his medical emergency, leading the Brewers to a five-game World Series win over the Tampa Bay ...
HOUGHTON — While things did not end Saturday the way they wanted them to, the No. 15 Michigan Tech Huskies football team gave the No. 1 Ferris State Bulldogs all they could handle in a 27-20 loss. For the Bulldogs, the win was their 38th in a row, but the seven-point margin was the smallest ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Venezuela's flag draped around him, flashing a wide smile and filled with pride, William Contreras was willing to boast. "I don't want to offend any of the other catchers in the league. The last thing I want to do is offend any of them," he said, speaking through a translator. "But sitting up here today, champion of the world, I feel like I'm the best catcher in the league. Again, that's no disrespect to any of them. That's the last thing I want to do. But today I feel like I'm the best catcher in the world." Contreras became the eighth catcher voted the ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Andrew Waisanen, a native of Hancock, competed in the Marine Corps Marathon Sunday, Oct. 25, in Washington, D.C. He finished the 26.2-mile with a time of 2:51:00, averaging a split time of 6:32 minutes per mile, which allowed him to place 216th overall amongst the 24,973 runners who competed in the race. In his specific category, Males 45-49, he placed fifth out of 1,215 participants. As a marathon runner, Waisanen has competed in races in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Duluth, Minnesota, Chicago, Boston, Massachusetts, and London.
