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NBA playoffs: Trailing by 20, no worries

New York down by 20 on Monday. Indiana down by 20 on Tuesday. New York down by 20 again Wednesday. No problem. For the first time since play-by-play began being digitally tracked across the NBA about 30 years ago, there have been three consecutive days where the winning team in a playoff ...

Flivvers take control in GNC

KINGSFORD — With a big doubleheader sweep over Gladstone Tuesday at Gary Spigarelli Field, the Kingsford varsity baseball team is in the driver’s seat for league title. The Flivvers topped the Braves 8-3 and 10-4, improving to 8-5 overall and 6-0 in Great Northern Conference play. With ...

Johnson sweeps hurdles at Stephenson

Florence senior Kamdan Johnson captured both the 100 and 300 hurdle races to lead local athletes at the co-ed Stephenson Lions Club Invitational on Tuesday. Johnson, the two-time WIAA Division 3 100-meter hurdles champion, took that race in 16.26 seconds and the 300 hurdles in a time of 48.54 ...

Bobcats pounce on Elcho

The Florence Bobcats exploded for 11 runs over the fourth and fifth innings and went on to bury the Elcho Hornets 17-2 in 5 1/2-innings in a Northern Lakes Conference tussle Tuesday in Elcho. Florence recorded a single tally in the top of the first only to see Elcho score two in the bottom of ...

UM recruit LaMarche helps Esky check Flivvers

Escanaba senior standout Grayson LaMarche struck out 13 Kingsford hitters in a 10-0 five-inning victory in the first game of the Eskymos’ doubleheader sweep of the host Flivvers on Tuesday. The University of Michigan recruit dominated in the circle as she often does, surrendering just one ...

Kingsford soccer shuts down IM

IRON MOUNTAIN — Onika Smeester scored a pair of goals to lead the Kingsford Flivvers to a 5-0 victory over Iron Mountain on Tuesday at Mountaineer Stadium. Aubrie Moore added a goal and an assist, while Sophia Tappy and Kelsey Haelterman chipped in with a goal each. The Flivvers scored ...