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Bickerstaff tries again to figure out Magic

DETROIT (AP) — The NBA playoffs become chess matches for coaches. After wins and losses, they work on adjustments during practices to address problems from the previous game and attempt to predict counter moves opponents will make in the next matchup. In the Orlando-Detroit series, ...

Knights, Badgers earn victories

Norway hosted Westwood for a baseball doubleheader Monday and posted a sweep, 2-0 and 7-5. Landon DeBakker pitched three innings to get the win in the opener, allowing just two hits and fanning four. Cameron Varda and Owen Baij finished the five-inning game, giving up no hits and striking ...

KHS splits twin bill with Calumet

KINGSFORD – Two big innings powered Kingsford to a 13-3 five-inning rout over Calumet in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Lodal Park, but the Copper Kings turned the tables in the second game by an identical score in another five-inning contest. “We’re struggling to ...

Rangers nip Badgers softball

Wausaukee scored a run in the top of the first inning and went on to defeat Niagara 1-0 in an M&O Conference softball game Monday at Niagara. "It was a defensive battle," said Niagara coach Emily Payette. "We were putting the bat on the ball and they were making plays." Keaghan ...

Brewers rough up Tigers 12-4

DETROIT (AP) — Brice Turang drove in four runs and David Hamilton had four hits as the Milwaukee Brewers routed the Detroit Tigers 12-4 on Tuesday night. Despite missing their top three hitters, the Brewers put 19 runners on base and scored in double digits for the second time this ...

Northern Stars place 1st at Dells tourney

The Niagara Northern Stars Soccer Club U19 coed team won first place in its U19 Boys Division at the Wisconsin Spring Classic in Wisconsin Dells. Northern Stars went 2-0-1 through the weekend tournament, defeating Sauk Prairie 2-0, tying Middleton United 1-1 and blanking McFarland ...