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Dan Hicks dies at 64 (AP) — Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died. He was 64. Hicks was best known as the lead announcer for golf, as well as swimming and skiing at the Olympics and Notre Dame football. He joined NBC in 1992 following three years at CNN. Hicks died in Connecticut late Wednesday. He died of an acute illness, according to his wife, Hannah Storm. He had been scheduled to call Notre Dame's game Saturday. Pochettino gets an offer (AP) — Mauricio ...

Unanimous: Misiorowski, Schlittler are Cy Young winners

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Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski and the New York Yankees' Cam Schlittler were unanimous Cy Young Award winners Wednesday night after delivering dominant performances in their first full major league seasons. Misiorowski, who reached 105.5 mph with his fastball this summer, won the NL award ...

Forest Park meets Hancock for regional volleyball crown

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Forest Park (37-4-1) will face Hancock (31-2-1) at 6 p.m. Eastern time today in Ishpeming as the Trojans look to advance to the MHSAA Division 4 volleyball state quarterfinals. The Lady Trojans defeated Ewen-Trout Creek in three sets (25-11, 25-23, 25-12) Tuesday night in the Region 25 semifinals to earn a spot in the regional championship. "Although it wasn’t our best performance of the season, we did enough to secure the sweep and advance," said Forest Park coach Bobbie Anderson. "We struggled with our passing throughout the match, making it difficult to get our offense going and ...

Kreider earns GLIAC honor

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HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech sophomore Madelynn Kreider of Kingsford has been named the GLIAC Setter of the Week, the conference announced Monday. Kreider averaged 11.57 assists and 2.71 digs per set in a pair of GLIAC matches last week. She tallied 50 assists and 13 digs against Northern ...

Packers, 6-3, in last place; Panthers, 3-5, in first place

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Back-to-back wins have the Green Bay Packers on a roll with a 6-3 record headed into the second half of the NFL season. The Carolina Panthers have lost three straight and have a 3-5 mark. Yet amazingly, the Packers currently sit in last place in the historically tough NFC North, while the Panthers are in first thanks to another season of mediocrity for the NFC South. All four teams in the North have at least six wins with Chicago on top at 7-2, a half-game ahead of both Detroit and Minnesota at 6-2. This marks the second time in NFL history that every team in a division is ...

Lions and Patriots head to Munich

Michigan Sports

MUNICH (AP) — The Detroit Lions and New England Patriots square off Sunday in Munich for what will be the NFL's sixth regular-season game in Germany. Munich hosted the first one in 2022 and again in 2024. Frankfurt has staged two games — in back-to-back weeks in 2023. Berlin joined the ...