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Dream finally break through (AP) — Atlanta general manager Dan Padover built the Dream into a title contender through shrewd trades, a little bit of luck and patience from the team's ownership group. All that has paid off as Atlanta is headed to the WNBA Finals for the first time since ...

Michigan's Whittingham sticks with QB Underwood

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham is sticking with quarterback Bryce Underwood and offensive coordinator Jason Beck. "Jason is calling plays and Bryce is our guy," Whittingham said Monday. The Wolverines (3-2, 0-2 Big) host Penn State (3-3, 0-3) on Saturday in a ...

Goff, Gibbs lead Lions' offensive romp

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Dan Campbell felt his team was teetering on the edge of a lost season after four shaky performances to start the year so the Detroit head coach dialed up the intensity for Week 5, putting in an ultra-aggressive game plan that featured the fearlessness he wanted to ...

Mid Pen boys take conference CC crown, Trojans 2nd

BANAT — It's not very often a runner has an off day and the good fortune of winning a race. Rock Mid Peninsula Ashdyn Gerow, however, overcame breathing issues here Wednesday and captured the Skyline Central Conference boys' cross country title by covering a challenging 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 59.3 seconds on this mostly sunny and windy late afternoon. "Before the start I felt pretty good," he said. "Then, little after the first hill I couldn't breathe. It's a rough day. This was my first time running in cleats and every now and then one would get me in the shins. It's ...

Bears show they need their QB in lopsided loss to Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The good news for the Chicago Bears on a hugely disappointing day is the possibility that quarterback Caleb Williams is getting closer to returning from the hamstring injury that has sidelined him for three games. Chicago coach Ben Johnson said after a 31-7 loss at ...

Turang homers, bullpen delivers as Brewers beat Dodgers 2-1

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brice Turang homered off Tarik Skubal and Milwaukee’s bullpen shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers after Jacob Misiorowski’s taxing outing, sending the Brewers to a 2-1 victory in the NL Championship Series opener on Sunday night. Luis Lara hit a tiebreaking single off ...