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Prep football adjusts for holiday weekend

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The Labor Day weekend high school football schedule for area teams includes varsity games Thursday and one on Friday. Wisconsin eight-payer action Thursday has Florence traveling to Niagara for a 7 p.m. kickoff and Goodman-Pembine facing Suring at 4 p.m. in Goodman. Michigan eight-player games Thursday include Forest Park hosting Munising and Norway hosting Gogebic. Both games start at 6 p.m. North Dickinson goes to Superior Central with kickoff at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time Thursday in Eben Junction. North Central travels to Ishpeming for a 7 p.m. Eastern time game Thursday. In ...

Bears face huge test defending NFC North title

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The Chicago Bears were one of the best stories in the NFL last season under new coach Ben Johnson, with the development of quarterback Caleb Williams, an impeccable turnover margin, and the team's steely late-game resolve serving as driving forces behind their first division title in seven ...

Brewers even series with Cubs

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CHICAGO (AP) — Christian Yelich capped Milwaukee's four-run sixth inning with a tiebreaking two-run homer, helping the Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on Tuesday night. Milwaukee used a 13-hit attack to restore its eight-game lead in the NL Central over Chicago, bouncing back nicely ...

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LA Angels to be sold ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kroenke Sports and Entertainment says it has reached a deal to purchase the Los Angeles Angels from Arte Moreno. The company led by Stan Kroenke made the surprising announcement Tuesday, saying it expects to close the transaction in early 2027. Kroenke's company owns the NFL's Los Angeles Rams, English soccer club Arsenal, the NBA's Denver Nuggets, the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids. The company has now added the Angels, whose turbulent 23-year tenure under Moreno's ownership will finally come to an ...

Wolverines' Whittingham era begins

Michigan Sports

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Kyle Whittingham turned left out of his office on the second floor of Schembechler Hall and walked down a hallway for his midday workout, following a routine he has stuck with six days a week since July 1, 2008. "Today's a light one," Whittingham said to a ...