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Wykons dominate Bessemer for sixth win

IRON RIVER – The West Iron County Wykons embarked on a 30-0 run bridging the first and second quarters and recorded their sixth win of the season Tuesday, a 64-11 rout of Bessemer at Charles Greenlund Gymnasium. “This was a night where all the kids got to score,” WIC coach Eric ...

Nordics return to winning ways; Price leads Forest Park

POWERS – Ty King led three double-digit scorers with 14 points as the North Dickinson Nordics defeated host North Central 53-38 Tuesday to snap their short two-game losing skid. Spencer Kramer finished with 13 points and five rebounds and Trenton Kramer added 10 points for the UPSSA ...

Catcher Gary Sánchez signs with Brewers

Veteran catcher Gary Sánchez has agreed to terms on a $1.75 million, one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn't been announced. The ...

Stolz wins the 1,000 meters gold in an Olympic-record time

MILAN (AP) — Jordan Stolz pictured this moment most of his life, ever since he was 5 years old, learning to skate on a frozen pond in his Wisconsin backyard after falling in love with speedskating during the 2010 Winter Olympics — and hoping to one day step atop the podium himself. So ...

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Thomas, Porter pace Bucks ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Cam Thomas scored 34 points in his second game with Milwaukee, Kevin Porter Jr. added 18 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and the Bucks beat the Orlando Magic 116-108 Wednesday night. Jericho Sims and Ousmane Dieng scored 17 points apiece ...

Gold medalist Baumgartner competes Thursday

Iron River's Nick Baumgartner, gold medalist from the 2022 Olympics, will be back for another run Thursday at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. Baumgartner won the mixed snowboard cross with Lindsey Jacobellis in Beijing, becoming at 40 the oldest-ever Olympic snowboard medalist. He could set ...