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Packers trade Wicks PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have acquired wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks from the Green Bay Packers for two draft picks. Two people with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press about the deal on Friday. They spoke on condition of anonymity ...

Outdoors report: Michigan offers forest road maps

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IRON MOUNTAIN — More than 5,752 miles of state forest roads in the Upper Peninsula are open to ORVs this year, representing about 98% of the total mileage, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. Each year on April 1, following the annual road inventory and review, the DNR ...

Gladstone’s Johnson named UP Miss Basketball

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Gladstone senior Lillie Johnson was named Upper Peninsula Miss Basketball in awards announced by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Johnson, a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay recruit, was also named Division 1-3 Player of the Year. Ishpeming senior Jenessa Eagle, who has ...

Boston’s Sonny Gray silences Brewers

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BOSTON (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings, and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of three walks and two infield hits to score three times in the third inning on Wednesday and beat Milwaukee 5-0 for their first back-to-back wins of the season. Gray (2-0) allowed three hits ...

Tigers’ Meadows hospitalized after outfield collision

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows was sent to a hospital for overnight observation after he collided head-to-head with teammate Riley Greene as they converged for a fly ball on Thursday. Greene made the catch, and Meadows landed on his back in a daze, barely ...

Wisconsin beats North Dakota 2-1 to reach Frozen Four final

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Simon Tassy and Ryan Botterill scored 27 seconds apart in the first period and Wisconsin defeated North Dakota 2-1 on Thursday to put the Badgers in the Frozen Four title game for the first time since 2010. The Badgers (24-12-2), seeded third in their region, will play ...