LANSING — The Iron Mountain boys basketball team will play for the MHSAA Division 3 state championship today, facing highly regarded Flint Beecher. The game tips off at 2 p.m. Central time at the Breslin Center and will be televised on Bally Sports Detroit (formally Fox Sports Detroit) ...

EAST LANSING — Iron Mountain finished as runner-up in the MHSAA Division 3 boys basketball tournament, falling to Flint Beecher 75-47 in the state championship game today at the Breslin Center. Keyon Menifield Jr. scored 37 points to lead the Bucs, who won their sixth state title under ...

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche reacquired Patrik Nemeth, trading a fourth-round pick to the Detroit Red Wings for the veteran defenseman. The teams announced the deal Friday night. Detroit received Colorado’s fourth-rounder in 2022. Nemeth spent two seasons in Colorado from 2017-19. ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Miles Bridges scored 26 points to lead the Charlotte Hornets to a 127-119 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, who were playing Friday night without all five of their usual starters. The Hornets (27-24) are three games above .500 for the first time since January 2017. ...

NIAGARA, Wis. — The regular season of the Wednesday night Doug Maes Bowling League at Scott’s Uptown Lanes in Niagara has been completed, with Munsons and Scott’s Uptown Lanes to compete Wednesday for the championship. Two semifinal roll-offs were held to determine finalists for the ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Franmil Reyes homered twice and Zach Plesac pitched seven dominant innings after getting an early lead to give the Cleveland Indians a 4-1 win Friday night over the Detroit Tigers, who scratched starter Julio Teheran just before the first pitch. Reyes hit a two-run homer in ...

EAST LANSING — Iron Mountain is headed to the MHSAA Division 3 boys basketball state championship game Saturday after defeating Schoolcraft 54-50 in overtime Thursday at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center on the Michigan State University campus. The Mountaineers (19-0) will face Flint ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Craig Kimbrel’s two-year journey through the wilderness appears to be over. The seven-time All-Star stuff is back. And the Chicago Cubs closer used every bit of it while finishing off the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates in a 4-2 win on Thursday to become the 12th pitcher in ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Cory Joseph had a season-high 24 points and seven assists in his first game against his former team, Jhalil Okafor made a timely return after missing nearly two months following knee surgery, and the short-handed Detroit Pistons beat the Sacramento Kings 113-101 on ...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed safety Dean Marlowe, hoping he can help a defense that was one of the worst in NFL history last season. Marlowe played in 15 games last year in his third season with the Buffalo Bills. He had a career-high two interceptions along with 16 ...

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 27 points, Kristaps Porzingis had 26 points and 17 rebounds playing on consecutive days for the first time in two months and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-101 on Thursday night. Porzingis scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, including ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Lorenzo Cain hit his second homer of the game, a three-run shot in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Wednesday. Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff had a no-hit bid going until Ian Happ led off the seventh with a clean single. It was scoreless ...

EAST LANSING — Iron Mountain will play Saturday for the MHSAA Division 3 boys basketball championship after defeating Schoolcraft 54-50 in overtime Thursday at the Breslin Center. Foster Wonders led the Mountaineers with 34 points. A free throw by Ricky Brown gave Iron Mountain a four-point ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State has added high-scoring guard Tyson Walker, a transfer from Northeastern. Spartans coach Tom Izzo made the announcement Wednesday, a little more than a week after sophomore guard Rocket Watts entered the transfer portal to leave the program. Walker ...

EAST LANSING — Despite a game-high 22 points from senior guard Eli Djerf, Calumet fell to Kent City 59-53 in an MHSAA Division 3 state semifinal girls basketball game Wednesday. “ I think in some ways, the girls made some mistakes today that we weren’t accustomed to them doing, and I ...

ESCANABA — So close and yet so far. The Bay College men were within a heartbeat of the Region 13 basketball title but were unable to convert on their final possession in a 66-65 loss to Rochester (Minn.) Community & Technical College in the championship game. Rochester (12-5) will ...

LAKE CITY — Iron Mountain’s boys basketball team — back in the MHSAA Division 3 quarterfinals for the second time in three years — got 38 points from senior Foster Wonders to eke past McBain 53-50 Tuesday night at Lake City High School. As the game got started, McBain came out like ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Three Iron Mountain wrestlers earned medals at the MHSAA Division 4 state wrestling finals, including sophomore Shawn McGuire, who placed third at 119 pounds. The others were junior Parker Stroud, fifth place at 145, and sophomore Evan Haferkorn, sixth at 140. “After the ...

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers got quite the surprise in his first episode as a guest host of “Jeopardy!” Contestant Scott Shewfelt was stumped on the final question of the episode that aired Monday. He decided to reply by referencing a controversial Packers strategic ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As he announced his retirement, longtime Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez summed up his career by referencing the advice he often gives students. “Find something that you love to do, do it well enough that someone will pay you to do it, and you’ll never ...