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All-UP baseball teams selected

Norway’s Owen Baij and Cameron Varda and Kingsford’s Jack Kriegl earned spots on the Upper Peninsula baseball Dream Team announced by the Cold Weather Baseball Coaches Alliance. In addition to landing on the Dream Team, Baij was named Player of the Year in Division 4. Escanaba’s ...

Escanaba captures Little League softball title

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 ...

Mitchell's triple lifts Brewers to 4-2 win over the Reds

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Garrett Mitchell tripled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to cap a four-hit night to help the NL Central Division-leading Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Wednesday night. The Brewers (53-31) moved a season-high 22 games over .500 with their ...

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

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 ...

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Harry Kane scores twice ATLANTA (AP) — Harry Kane scored two second-half goals to help England rally for a 2-1 victory over Congo and a spot in the round of 16 at the World Cup. England's all-time leading scorer evened the contest with a header after Brian Cipenga had given Congo a ...

Tigers pin another loss on Yankees

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees' losing streak stretched to seven, their longest in three years, as Camilo Doval forced in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk to Spencer Torkelson in a four-run 11th inning that gave the Detroit Tigers a 6-2 victory Wednesday. New York rallied ...