GLADSTONE — The Copper Country Crush 12U softball team closed its 2026 season with a championship, winning the Battle on the Bluff tournament in Gladstone, Michigan, Aug. 7-9. Copper Country went 4-1 over the weekend. After splitting its two pool-play games, the Crush entered bracket play ...
IRVINE, Calif. — Lani Pallister of Australia stunned Katie Ledecky with her first international loss in the 800-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday night. Pallister was under world-record pace for much of the race and touched in 8 minutes, 6.10 seconds to erase ...
DETROIT — Munetaka Murakami hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and the Chicago White Sox rallied for a 7-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Chicago trailed 3-0 and 4-1, but scored twice in the fifth and once in the sixth to tie the game. Tyler ...
STANTON — Garnet Garage's season was on the line. They found themselves down to their last six outs Thursday in their playoff game against Houghton Building Supply/Stanton. Stanton led the best-of-three series 1-0 and had a 1-0 lead in Game Two headed into the sixth inning. However a ...
PITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy loves playing the role of teacher during what he calls "Quarterback School," shorthand for his highly detailed process of teaching young signal callers the finer points of their position. The first-year Pittsburgh Steelers coach's latest pupils are proving to be ...
EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have chosen Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback over J.J. McCarthy, the widely expected conclusion to what coach Kevin O'Connell pledged was a true competition. O'Connell made the announcement before practice on Tuesday afternoon, giving Murray a ...
