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Brewers’ Murphy remains optimistic Yelich will return

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy says it’s inevitable that Christian Yelich will have surgery at some point on his ailing back but remains optimistic the All-Star outfielder can return this season. “Obviously he’s going to need surgery,” Murphy said Friday ...

Brewers hopeful that Williams could return soon

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers closer Devin Williams appears on the verge of making his season debut after missing four months with stress fractures in his back. “We’re hoping for Devin here in the next few days, if things go well,” Brewers president of baseball operations Matt ...

Michigan’s overhauled team looks to repeat title

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Michigan and Washington arrived at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday, it marked the first time they’d been on the same field since January’s national championship game. Much has changed in six months. Their big-name coaches, Jim Harbaugh and Kalen DeBoer, have ...

Eastern phoebes suddenly go missing

Outdoors

This photo was supposed to celebrate a second successful nesting this year by our resident eastern phoebes at Six Mile Lake. I’d watched over the past weeks as beaks began to poke out the sides of the nest their parents have had for years above the light on my mom’s quilting shop. Each ...