ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Curtis Mead hit his first home run of the season and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Wednesay night to avoid a three-game sweep. Ben Rortvedt collected his second RBI of the game with a single and scored on Mead’s two-run drive off Will Vest (1-1) ...
PITTSBURGH — William Contreras had three hits and the Milwaukee Brewers used one big inning to edge the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Wednesday night. The Brewers took advantage of a sloppy second inning by the Pirates to turn an error, two walks and two hit batters and an RBI single by ...
Quarterback discussions always dominate spring football, never more than this year in the Big Ten with transfers coming and going and only a handful of starters returning. Just four of the 14 teams — and two of the four from the Pac-12 that join the conference in August — appear set at ...
HOUGHTON — Coming into last spring, there was a major unknown in the Michigan Tech Huskies passing game for their football team. Then-junior quarterback Alex Fries was a relative unknown outside the Huskies’ locker room, so there were questions about how well the team would perform ...
KINGSFORD — The Calumet Copper Kings softball team scored 15 runs in the opening game of a doubleheader against the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night en route to a win. In the nightcap, they followed that up with 17 runs to earn a sweep, 15-3, 17-7. In the first game, the Copper Kings led ...
NEGAUNEE — Trailing 3-0 heading into the top of the fifth inning in the opener, the Hancock Bulldogs baseball scored twice, but could not find one more run before the final out was made, leading to a 3-2 loss on the road to the Negaunee Miners. In the nightcap, Hancock scored the game’s ...