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UP baseball all-stars to play in Escanaba

Local Sports

The Cold Weather Baseball Coaches Association will host an Upper Peninsula high school all-star game Sunday in Escanaba. First pitch is at 4 p.m. Eastern time at Al Ness Field. Dickinson County players will include Cameron Varda of Norway suiting up for Team Superior. Team Michigan's roster ...

Kingsford Fastpitch plans softball tournament

Local Sports

Kingsford Fastpitch, a local travel softball program, is gaining momentum by providing athletes throughout the area with opportunities to develop their skills, compete at a high level, and be part of a positive, team-first culture. Built on hard work, player development, and creating a fun ...

Sports briefs

National Sports

Mexico 2, South Africa 0 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez helped Mexico make an exuberant start to the World Cup by scoring a goal each in a 2-0 win over South Africa in the opening match of the tournament. With a capacity crowd of 80,824 watching at the iconic ...

Mexico kicks off a supersized, 48-team tournament

National Sports

After years of preparation, a supersized World Cup has finally arrived. This year's tournament — which is hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico — was expanded to 48 teams that will play in 16 stadiums in a record 104 matches over the 39-day tournament. Mexico gets the World Cup ...

Caleb Williams credits Bears coach Ben Johnson

National Sports

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Being on the cover of "Madden NFL 27" and becoming more of a national celebrity after leading the Chicago Bears to seven comeback wins last season have failed to turn the head of quarterback Caleb Williams. At least that's what Williams believes, and as ...

Suzuki powers Cubs past Rockies

National Sports

DENVER (AP) — Seiya Suzuki hit his third career grand slam, Alex Bregman added a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs snapped a three-game skid with a 9-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. Chicago, which had scored three or fewer runs in seven of its last nine games before ...