NIAGARA, Wis. — Looking to pick up a Marinette & Oconto Conference win, the Niagara varsity softball team welcomed Crivitz to town on Thursday. Despite putting up a valiant fight, the Badgers couldn’t keep pace with the Wolverines and lost 4-1. “It was a close game all night ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Damian Lillard practiced fully but Giannis Antetokounmpo remained out of live drills Friday as the Milwaukee Bucks continued getting ready for Sunday’s playoff opener against the Indiana Pacers. Lillard is dealing with a sore adductor that limited him the last weekend of ...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State is breaking in a new football coach and quarterback this year. The Spartans may benefit from how familiar the pivotal people in the program are with each other because they both were at Oregon State last season. Jonathan Smith, who led the Beavers ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Sherrone Moore will have a lot of big decisions to make in his first season as Michigan's coach, leading the defending national champions after Jim Harbaugh bolted to coach the Los Angeles Chargers. Who he chooses to start at quarterback will be a closely watched ...
There’s a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league’s best record. The defending champions in Denver, a group that won 57 games. A fearless young bunch in Oklahoma City, whose No. 1 seed was no fluke. A trio of Villanova alums in New York, who turned the Knicks into a real ...
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox acquired right-handed pitcher Vladimir Gutierrez from the Milwaukee Brewers for cash and optioned him to their Triple-A Worcester affiliate on Thursday. Milwaukee had designated Gutierrez for assignment Wednesday. The Red Sox made room for Gutierrez on their ...