GREEN BAY, Wis. — The decision to keep Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur and general manager Brian Gutekunst after a late-season collapse was a matter of choosing continuity over chaos, president and CEO Ed Policy said Monday. LaFleur, Gutekunst and executive vice president/director of ...
In Division A of the Copper Country Slowpitch Softball playoffs, Bucko’s/Labatts defeated A&S Industrial, 15-12, to capture the championship Saturday at the Gordy Schaaf Field at the Hancock Driving Park. In Division B, Hidden Pines, the regular season champion, defeated Impaled Tattoo, ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Denny Hamlin had another bittersweet moment at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Sure, one of his 23XI Racing drivers, Corey Heim, reached victory lane at a crown jewel race. Again. But for Hamlin, it also was a brutal reminder about how frustrating the Brickyard 400 ...
NEW YORK — Ann Meyers Drysdale felt nostalgic spending the day with so many other Honda Cup award winners, including fellow UCLA Bruins great Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The award, given annually to the top female college athlete, was celebrating its 50th annivesary Monday. The best player in ...
MILAN — Roberto Mancini has once again been tasked with revitalizing an Italy team in crisis, almost exactly three years after he bolted on the national team. Italian soccer federation president Giovanni Malagò announced Mancini as the new Italy coach on Tuesday, adding that Claudio Ranieri will become the new technical director after Paolo Maldini stepped down the previous day — just 16 days after being appointed. "Time was running out … I believed the person who should become the new coach of Italy is Roberto Mancini, for a whole list of reasons," Malagò said. "There will ...
DETROIT — Jackson Holliday had four hits and the Baltimore Orioles hit three home runs in an 8-5 win against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The Orioles had gone nine straight games without a multi-homer game. But, against the Tigers, Baltimore went deep twice in the fifth and once in the sixth and scored in five of the first six innings. Detroit lost its third straight game, falling to 50-57 and facing tough decisions heading into the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Grant Wolfram (3-2) picked up the win in relief and Rico Garcia pitched the ninth for his fifth save. Baltimore took ...
