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Twins finish 4-game sweep of Tigers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brooks Lee hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning for the Minnesota Twins in a 3-1 victory to complete a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Mick Abel pitched six scoreless innings and Josh Bell went 3 for 4 with a home run for the Twins, ...

Packers to host childhood safety event

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers and the Center for Childhood Safety are teaming up for the first-ever Packers Safety Playbook event on Saturday, May 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lambeau Field Atrium. The event will offer a variety of interactive safety stations so kids and ...

Thunder wrap up top seed; Pistons’ Cunningham returns

Home-court advantage mattered big-time to Oklahoma City last season, when the Thunder won a Game 7 at home to secure the NBA title. And every Game 1 the Thunder play this season — along with every Game 7, if necessary — will be on their home floor once again. The defending NBA champion ...

Gladstone’s Johnson named UP Miss Basketball

Gladstone senior Lillie Johnson was named Upper Peninsula Miss Basketball in awards announced by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Johnson, a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay recruit, was also named Division 1-3 Player of the Year. Ishpeming senior Jenessa Eagle, who has ...

Boston’s Sonny Gray silences Brewers

BOSTON (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings, and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of three walks and two infield hits to score three times in the third inning on Wednesday and beat Milwaukee 5-0 for their first back-to-back wins of the season. Gray (2-0) allowed three hits ...

Wisconsin beats North Dakota 2-1 to reach Frozen Four final

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Simon Tassy and Ryan Botterill scored 27 seconds apart in the first period and Wisconsin defeated North Dakota 2-1 on Thursday to put the Badgers in the Frozen Four title game for the first time since 2010. The Badgers (24-12-2), seeded third in their region, will play ...