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Gibbs takes on heavy workload for Lions

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions know they are asking a lot of star running back Jahmyr Gibbs. His next major test will come Thursday against the Buffalo Bills. For the first three years of his career, Gibbs was paired with David Montgomery in Detroit's "Sonic and Knuckles" ...

West Iron tennis tops Ironwood

West Iron County girls tennis hosted Ironwood and swept the doubles matches Tuesday for a 7-1 victory. Singles: No. 1 - Grace Smith , WIC, def. Maddy Kane, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 - Haleigh LaMay , WIC, def. Breanna Freeman, 6-1, 6-2 No. 3 - Ashlynn Nichols, WIC, def. Chloe Meyer, 7-5, 6-1 No. 4 - Otylia Golebiowski, Ironwood, def. Anastasiia Dudiak 6-2, 6-0 Doubles: No. 1 - Rochelle Bea-Marlee Benson, WIC, def. Lily Magdziak-Lucy Stehlik, 2-0, 2-0. No. 2 - Gabrielle Porier -Jenna Sunn, WIC, def. Evairah Niemi-Faith Little, 6-1, 6-0 No. 3 - Vivian Holm-Reese Ahola, WIC, ...

Packers look to ‘find a way’ on offensive line

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur says he's open to making changes to an offensive line that had no answers for Minnesota's furious pass rush during another fourth-quarter collapse. But he noted the importance of settling on a starting five soon to build cohesiveness. Green Bay's ...

LadyCats go 4-2 in NLC tourney

Florence will host Laona-Wabeno tonight, coming off a 2-1 volleyball loss to the Rebels in the recent Northern Lakes Conference tournament. The LadyCats went 4-2 overall in the NLC tourney played Thursday and Saturday, posting wins against Crandon, Elcho, Phelps and Goodman-Pembine, but dropping a 2-0 decision to Three Lakes. “It is great that our conference is highly competitive," said Florence coach Teresa Chrisman. "I really feel that on any given night the three top teams could win. We had the opportunity to be in a three-way tie for first place coming out of Saturday, but ...

Victim in Jacobs’ case wants to seal evidence

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Lawyers representing the victim in the battery case involving Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs have filed a motion to seal evidence. "The motion is consistent with our client's desire to protect her privacy, particularly in light of Mr. Jacobs taking responsibility for his actions in the criminal proceeding," Ramses Jalalpour and Amir Tahmassebi said Tuesday in a statement. ESPN first reported the filing of the motion. Jacobs pleaded no contest on Thursday to misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property stemming from a May ...

Packers turn promising start into maddening finish

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jordan Love was stood up at the line on a fourth-and-1 sneak for the Green Bay Packers, disappearing from view beneath a pile of purple-clad Minnesota Vikings defenders as the fate of a pivotal drive was turned over to the NFL's virtual measurement system. When the ...