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Stars align for World Cup semifinals

National Sports

ATLANTA (AP) — It's a World Cup semifinal lineup for the ages. Four previous champions and the four top-ranking teams in the world. Five of the six top scorers, one GOAT and one of the bitterest rivalries in soccer. Argentina, Spain, France and England went into the tournament as the ...

Messi and Argentina to face upstart Switzerland

National Sports

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — On one side of the field will be Argentina, the defending World Cup champions, boasting a roster that features the likes of Lautaro Martinez, Julián Alvarez and, of course, Lionel Messi, perhaps the greatest player of his generation. On the other side, ...

IM Juniors advance to state LL tourney

Local Sports

Felch Field will be the site for the Michigan Little League Juniors (ages 13-14) state tournament beginning Friday, with Iron Mountain representing District 10. A win over Gladstone sent Iron Mountain to the state tourney following three days of District 10 action at LiUNA ...

Northwoods notebook: Life cycles through a too-fast summer

Outdoors

It’s already midsummer. One of the few drawbacks of living in the Northwoods is summer seems all too fleeting, the June frenzy of nesting and births quickly passing by July. Yet a few creatures still are looking to create another generation while the time is ripe. Some are on a second ...

Tigers win 6th straight, beating Phillies 10-2

Local Sports

DETROIT (AP) — James Outman hit a two-run triple during a five-run sixth inning and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game, 10-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. All-Star Kevin McGonigle homered for the Tigers, who are 22-12 since June 1 but still six games under ...

Bucks will ‘learn as we go,’ GM Horst says

Local Sports

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst makes one thing perfectly clear about the challenge facing the franchise as it moves forward without Giannis Antetokounmpo. "No one's sitting here today and saying that we're a better team today after trading Giannis," Horst said ...