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Escanaba captures Little League softball title

Local Sports

Escanaba will represent District 10 in the Michigan Little League Majors (ages 10-12) state softball tournament, following a 15-5 win over Gladstone on Tuesday at Escanaba's Lemerand Park. Gladstone advanced from the loser's bracket and forced a winner-take-all championship game Tuesday ...

Clark voted to start 3rd straight All-Star game

National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark was voted to start her third straight All-Star Game and will be joined by Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston, the WNBA announced Thursday. It's the second time in four years that three players from the same team were chosen to start ...

Jaylen Brown set to form All-Star trio in Philadelphia

National Sports

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Reeling from an early exit in the NBA playoffs, Jaylen Brown was still a Boston Celtics star when he dissed Joel Embiid and called him a flopper on a livestream. "Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in (expletive) basketball history," Brown said. ...

Sports briefs

National Sports

Spain defeats Austria 3-0 INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Mikel Oyarzabal scored two goals and Spain beat Austria 3-0 for its first World Cup victory in a knockout match since winning the title in 2010. Pedro Porro added a goal in the second half for Spain, which put on its most impressive ...

IM, Kingsford put up strong efforts in LL district softball

Local Sports

ESCANABA — Iron Mountain managed a third-place finish in the Michigan District 10 Little League softball tournament hosted by Escanaba, falling to Gladstone 12-7 in a loser's bracket elimination game Monday. Escanaba, which prevailed through the winner's bracket by defeating Iron ...

U.S. beats Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to round of 16

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Folarin Balogun scored his third goal of the World Cup before being sent off with a red card in the second half, and Malik Tillman converted on a free kick to give the 10-man United States squad a 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday night to advance to ...