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Lions rookie WR Law out for season

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions rookie wide receiver Kendrick Law is out for the season with a torn knee ligament. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Thursday before an offseason workout that Law was injured earlier in the week. Detroit drafted Law in the fifth round out of Kentucky, hoping he would add depth on special teams and at receiver behind Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams and Isaac TeSlaa. Law, who returned kickoffs and punts in college, had 53 catches for 540 yards with three touchdowns for the Wildcats last year. He played sparingly the previous three seasons at ...

Knights, Wykons tie for 4th at UP finals

KINGSFORD — The Pickford boys continued their winning ways here Saturday, taking home an Upper Peninsula Track & Field Finals championship trophy for the fifth straight year. Their current streak started in 2022 when they were still competing in Division 3. Since moving up to D-2, the ...

Tigers complete a sweep of the Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Troy Melton allowed only two runs over a career-long eight innings, Dillon Dingler drove in four runs and the Detroit Tigers finished off a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a 7-2 victory on Wednesday. Detroit scored 25 runs on 19 extra base hits in ...

Shamion, Adams claim UP track titles

KINGSFORD — Jimmy Carter was president the last time a Rudyard girls track and field team was crowned Upper Peninsula Finals champion. The year was 1977 when the Bulldogs were competing in Class C, and gasoline was selling for less than one dollar a gallon. But there were signs Rudyard’s ...

Surging Brewers top slumping Giants 8-3

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Harrison matched his season high with 12 strikeouts, Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Francisco Giants 8-3 on Tuesday night. Harrison (7-1) allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings, improving to 6-0 in his last seven starts. He ...

LL-H boys seize Division 3 boys track crown

KINGSFORD — They say there’s a first time for everything. The Lake Linden-Hubbell boys proved that beyond any shadow of a doubt here Saturday, earning their first Upper Peninsula Division 3 track and field championship with 64 points. Rapid River was runner-up with 55 and St. Ignace placed third at 46. “We’ve been waiting for this for four months,” LL-H coach Brett Gervais said. “Back in March we started asking a lot of the boys. I couldn’t be happier for the kids." The Lakes won just two individual events, but had enough depth to carry them through. Junior Lukas ...