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Auto racing Sunday at Norway

Racing is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Sunday as Norway Speedway hosts its Dickinson County Fair Fast Five Championship Night. Sponsored by Island Resort and Casino, the race card includes 4-Cylinder, Super Stock, Late Model and Sportsman divisions, along with the Spectator Eliminator ...

Lions expected to bounce back in NFC North

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions are hoping to win the NFC North for the third time in four years. They have what looks like a favorable schedule and potentially, one of the NFL's top offenses. Detroit is determined to bounce back in coach Dan Campbell's sixth season after falling ...

Guardians beat Tigers with walk-off HR

CLEVELAND (AP) — Brayan Rocchio hit a walk-off homer in the ninth inning after connecting on a tying grand slam in the fourth, rallying the Cleveland Guardians to a 7-6 comeback victory over the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a split doubleheader on Friday. Rocchio became the sixth ...

Rookie kicker looks to buck history

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers rookie kicker Trey Smack's preseason performance indicates he has what it takes to stick around for several years with the team that just drafted him. But the sixth-round pick from Florida must buck history to do it. There's perhaps no other ...

Prep football scores

Thursday, Sept. 3 8-PLAYER Forest Park 41, Munising 14 North Dickinson 58, Superior Central 30 Norway 50, Bessemer 0 Newberry 42, Brimley 12 11-PLAYER Kingsford 34, Houghton 6 Bark River-Harris 54, Gwinn 6 Calumet 27, Westwood 8 L'Anse 36, Manistique 22 Menominee 49, Marquette 19 Hancock 58, West Iron 0

Norway volleyball outlasts Nordics

Norway and North Dickinson battled through five sets before the Knights emerged with a 3-2 road win in varsity girls volleyball Tuesday. "The game was really exciting to watch," said Norway coach Meghan Rossato. "Hats off to North Dickinson for the fight. It was a hot day and the girls were exhausted by the end of five sets." The back-and-forth match had scores of 26-24, 14-25, 25-22, 26-28, 15-11. Norway's Kendall Burklund was a force at the net with 30 kills and Aili Freiberg had 44 assists. "Overall we had good defense and reads with a total of 97 digs — we just had issues ...