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The Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced organizers to move the torch-lighting ceremony indoors, from Olympia's ancient stadium and ...

College football Week 14: Spots in conference title games are up for grabs

When it comes to setting conference championship game matchups in the final week of the regular season, we can do it the easy way or we can do it the hard way. The ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and almost certainly the American are the leagues whose champions will get automatic College Football ...

Packers’ dominant defense now faces tougher tests

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Micah Parsons says Green Bay's defense still has room for improvement. Consider that a warning to the Packers' remaining opponents. After holding the Minnesota Vikings to 4 total yards in the second half of a 23-6 victory Sunday, Green Bay's defense is on pace to ...

Lions will try to keep pace in North

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions didn't make up any ground in the NFC North race on Sunday. They were also lucky not to lose any to the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. The Lions needed a 59-yard field goal from Jake Bates and a 69-yard touchdown run from Jahmyr Gibbs to beat the New ...

Kreider among 4 Huskies earning All-GLIAC honors

HOUGHTON — Four Huskies from the Michigan Tech volleyball team were honored when the GLIAC announced its all-conference teams. Freshman setter Madelynn Kreider, sophomore middle blocker Paige Wagner, and junior right side hitter Rachel Zurek were named to the All-GLIAC second team, while ...