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Carney’s Eichhorn graduates to PGA Tour

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The leading 20 players on the Korn Ferry Tour secured their ticket to the big leagues and then had three days to celebrate before it was back to work. The first stop was PGA Tour headquarters — previously known as the "Global Home" until wiser heads realized the building was in Florida and no one actually lived there — for two days of orientation, media training and an agenda that made them feel like college freshmen. Blades Brown wouldn't know about that. He turned pro when he was a junior in high school and now at 19 is the youngest Korn ...

Suds vs. Sun will produce a first-time champion

The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays will play a Suds vs. Sun World Series that will produce a first-time champion and likely baseball's first all-indoor championship. The best-of-seven showdown between low-payroll pennant winners opens Friday night in Milwaukee. It'll be the first ...

‘Timeless Ticket’ promotion hits a World Series snag

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers ran a promotion over a decade ago offering fans a "Timeless Ticket" granting them admission to any game in the future if they paid $1,000. Now that the Brewers are in the World Series for the first time since 1982, fans who took that deal are eager ...

Bullpen ‘brotherhood’ helps Brewers thrive

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Ashby believes the trust among the Milwaukee Brewers relievers enables each of them to take the mound without having too much of a weight on their shoulders. That bullpen has done much of the heavy lifting in getting the Brewers to their first World Series since ...

LadyCats to open tourney season Thursday at home

Florence will enter the WIAA Division 5 volleyball tournament as the top seed in its 11-team region, opening at home Thursday against the winner of tonight's match between No. 8 Goodman-Pembine and No. 9 White Lake. Game time Thursday in Florence is 7 p.m. with a $6 admission for all. The LadyCats finished third in the Northern Lakes Conference behind Three Lakes and Laona-Wabeno, but those teams will compete in WIAA Division 4. Traveling to play bigger schools throughout the regular season, Florence compiled an impressive 33-8 record. On Thursday, the LadyCats swept conference foe ...

Rays beat Guardians 7-3, advance to Series against Brewers

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yandy Díaz’s bat backed up his boast, and the Tampa Bay Rays are headed to the World Series. Díaz and Junior Caminero each hit a two-run homer, Freddy Peralta pitched 5 1/3 gritty innings and the Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American ...