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Packers look to 'find a way' on offensive line

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur says he's open to making changes to an offensive line that had no answers for Minnesota's furious pass rush during another fourth-quarter collapse. But he noted the importance of settling on a starting five soon to build cohesiveness. Green Bay's ...

UP football, volleyball polls released

Menominee and Lake Linden-Hubell hold the top spots in the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association football poll. In the volleyball tally, Calumet and Hancock get the top nods. Menominee captured all five first-place votes in the 11-player football poll, followed by Kingsford and Calumet. All three have 3-0 records. Negaunee (2-1) is fourth and Bark River-Harris (3-0) is No. 5. Kingsford will host Negaunee on Friday, while Calumet plays at Menominee. The 8-player poll shows very little separation at the top, with Norway and Pickford narrowly behind Lake ...

LadyCats go 4-2 in NLC tourney

Florence will host Laona-Wabeno tonight, coming off a 2-1 volleyball loss to the Rebels in the recent Northern Lakes Conference tournament. The LadyCats went 4-2 overall in the NLC tourney played Thursday and Saturday, posting wins against Crandon, Elcho, Phelps and Goodman-Pembine, but dropping a 2-0 decision to Three Lakes. “It is great that our conference is highly competitive," said Florence coach Teresa Chrisman. "I really feel that on any given night the three top teams could win. We had the opportunity to be in a three-way tie for first place coming out of Saturday, but ...

Packers turn promising start into maddening finish

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jordan Love was stood up at the line on a fourth-and-1 sneak for the Green Bay Packers, disappearing from view beneath a pile of purple-clad Minnesota Vikings defenders as the fate of a pivotal drive was turned over to the NFL's virtual measurement system. When the ...

NFL offenses open in high gear

Offenses didn't need any time to shake off the rust. They lit up the scoreboard in one of the highest-scoring opening weeks in NFL history. The Bears beat Carolina 59-37, falling three points shy of tying Atlanta's 53-year-old record for the most in Week 1. The game featured 1,030 total ...

Sports briefs

Larson surges to second MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Even as his winless drought stretched on for more than a year and Hendrick Motorsports' Chevrolets lagged behind his competitors' Toyotas, Kyle Larson never lost faith in his abilities or his team. After a timely win in NASCAR's Chase, ...