NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is working to finalize a two-game series between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at London’s Olympic Stadium on June 29-30 in 2019, the sport’s first regular-season games in Europe. ... Alex Rodriguez thinks the New York Yankees’ ...
GRAND RAPIDS — The tears flowed as expected — that’s what happens when high school seasons and careers end for athletes. But with their runner-up medals around their necks,the Chassell Panthers managed to force a smile as they posed for their portrait photo before receiving the ...
CLARE — Superior Timing of Marquette was presented with a special appreciation award by the Association of Track Officials of Michigan. Superior Timing, owned by Sam Graci Sr. and his son Sam, received the award during ATOM’s recent mid-winter clinic in Clare. “The award is given ...
ScuttleBu(r)t ... May be time to retire the Paul Miller/John Ostermann Most Quotable Coach Award. West Iron County’s Dan Schive turned in another gem after the Wykons bowed to Iron Mountain in the Class C district finals. In saluting his four seniors while talking to Gary and Don on ...
HERMANSVILLE — Crystal Falls McNeil Oilers will be participating in the 80th Gold Medal Classic. Tournament director Raymond Bray said the Oilers will be joined by other longtime entries. “The Stephenson Strollers have entered the Classic for the 80th time,” said Bray. “They will be ...
GRAND RAPIDS — At first, the narrative played out as scripted. Oh, you know the one: a little UP school comes down to the state semifinals and is overwhelmed by a bigger, more athletic parochial school. It didn’t happen to Chassell. The Panthers (26-1) overcame a nine-point halftime ...
MARQUETTE — West Iron County head coach Mike Berutti will lead the Red Team in the UP Football All-Star Game. The game will be played in Marquette at the Superior Dome on Saturday, June 30. Game time is set for 1 p.m. EDT, with doors opening at noon. The schedule, coaches and players ...
ESCANABA — Bay College baseball program has signed its first two players for the inaugural season. Bryce Tharp, a Stephenson native, and Tyler Ziegler from Hortonville, Wis., signed national letters of intent. Tharp, a 2017 Stephenson High School graduate, played high school baseball ...
Three boys from Iron Mountain Youth Wrestling achieved milestones this season. Bradon Farragh, left, posted his 400th win and 300th pin. The Iron Mountain seventh-grader is the son of Scott and Dawn Farragh. Parker Stroud, center, registered his 300th win. The Iron Mountain eighth-grader is the ...
CEDARVILLE, Ohio — Former Florence High School star Kari (Flunker) Hoffman is the 2017-18 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. Hoffman achieved the recognition in voting by the conference coaches. Hoffman, in her second year at Cedarville, guided the ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former president of ESPN said he resigned from the sports network after an extortion plot by someone who sold him cocaine. John Skipper told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Thursday that the drug seller, whom he did not name, tried to extort him in ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor hasn’t looked ahead all season and he’s not about to start doing it now. The 21-year-old rookie scored twice Thursday night to reach 25 goals, and the Winnipeg Jets rebounded from a quick deficit for a 6-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. “Going ...
HERMANSVILLE — The 80th Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament will include junior high boys and girls divisions. Junior high teams are guaranteed two games in the legendary Community Center Gym. The entry fee is $85. “We are celebrating our 80th year of the tournament and the ...
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders are shuffling wide receivers, signing free agent Jordy Nelson and releasing Michael Crabtree. Nelson signed a two-year contract Thursday after the Raiders spent more than a day meeting with the former Green Bay Packers star. Oakland is also cutting ...
EAST LANSING — Behind 19 points and nine assists from sophomore guard Taryn McCutcheon, the Michigan State women's basketball teams defeated Cincinnati 81-75 in the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament on Thursday. Crystal Falls senior Lexi Gussert had two rebounds in ...
MARQUETTE — Iron Mountain used the third quarter to springboard past Calumet to win its first regional championship since 1994. The Mountaineers (23-1) got a couple steals off the press and put together a rally in the opening minutes of the third quarter en route to a 56-44 win. “We ...
MARQUETTE — Iron Mountain hopes to end a 24-year boys basketball regional title drought tonight. The Mountaineers (22-1) and Calumet (18-5) will meet at 6 (Central time) at Marquette High School for the Class C Region 24 championship. Iron Mountain last won a Class C regional title in ...
EAST LANSING — Award-winning Lexi Gussert and Michigan State women’s basketball will continues their season in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Spartans will face Cincinnati on Thursday at the Breslin Center. The winner of the MSU-UC game will take on Wright State or ...
By RON DEUTER For The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Northern Lights YMCA Dickinson Center swimmers Caleb Plumley, Kolbe Raiche, Ellison Powell, Adelaide McRoberts, Finn Conley and Kaley Matuszewski have all qualified for the 2018 Wisconsin/Upper Peninsula State Swim Meet set for this weekend ...
SAULT STE. MARIE - First, it started in the Copper Country. Then, it eventually made its way to the UP's best. Night after night, the Chassell Panthers' perimeter defenders devoured the top guards from around the area as they succumbed to the relentless and suffocating Chassell ...