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Kingsford captures district LL crown

A five-run two-out rally in the bottom of the sixth inning earned Kingsford the Michigan District 10 championship in the Majors (ages 10-12) division on Thursday at Marion Park in Norway. Iron Mountain led 9-5 going into the final inning, led by a pair of three-run doubles by Hunter Leonoff. Kingsford plated two runs with two outs in the sixth before a base hit by Luca Cory drove in a pair of runs to tie the game. The winning run was scored on a wild pitch. A win by Iron Mountain would have forced a final championship game today. Iron Mountain had advanced through the loser's ...

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Jaylen Brown set to form All-Star trio in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Reeling from an early exit in the NBA playoffs, Jaylen Brown was still a Boston Celtics star when he dissed Joel Embiid and called him a flopper on a livestream. "Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in (expletive) basketball history," Brown said. ...

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Spain defeats Austria 3-0 INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Mikel Oyarzabal scored two goals and Spain beat Austria 3-0 for its first World Cup victory in a knockout match since winning the title in 2010. Pedro Porro added a goal in the second half for Spain, which put on its most impressive performance of the tournament while dominating possession and demonstrating the offensive creativity across its vaunted lineup. Spain also has yet to allow a goal at this year's World Cup, with Unai Simón keeping his fourth consecutive clean sheet. La Roja will next face the winner of Portugal's ...

Clark voted to start 3rd straight All-Star game

NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark was voted to start her third straight All-Star Game and will be joined by Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston, the WNBA announced Thursday. It's the second time in four years that three players from the same team were chosen to start ...

Red card sidelines US star striker Balogun

The Americans are seeing red over the most controversial and consequential red card so far in the World Cup. While the United States celebrated a 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina, fans and players were angry and frustrated by a second-half red card that sent off star striker Falorin ...