NEW YORK (AP) — As the WNBA heads into its final week before the FIBA World Cup break, the postseason picture is becoming clearer. Seven teams have already clinched spots in the playoffs with Minnesota, Golden State and Las Vegas leading the way. Atlanta, Indiana, New York and Washington ...
DETROIT (AP) — Jonathan Aranda homered and Drew Rasmussen gave up three hits in six strong innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Monday night. Tampa Bay had lost seven of its last 10, but never trailed against the Tigers, who have lost six straight and ...
Heading into the NASCAR Chase, Denny Hamlin is feeling good about his "bad" days. By his high standards for the No. 11 Toyota, middling performances might be enough for the Joe Gibbs Racing star to capture his first Cup Series championship. With a seventh place Sunday at New Hampshire ...
Watson named Browns starter BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson has won the competition to be the Cleveland Browns starting quarterback for the Sept. 13 opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Coach Todd Monken made the announcement after informing Watson and Shedeur Sanders. Watson, a ...
MARQUETTE — A freshman from Negaunee prevented Marquette from pulling off a clean sweep of the individual and team titles at the Wildcat Open high school cross country meet hosted by Northern Michigan University near the Superior Dome and Lake Superior on Friday. The Miners' Julia Plaxco won by just over two seconds, clocking 20 minutes, 52.6 seconds to edge out Kingsford junior Maria Murvich in 20:54.9 for the girls individual championship. But the Sentinels still had plenty of quality depth to pull out a fairly decisive team victory, scoring 31 points to 43 for the runner-up ...
Michigan's high school football season gets underway Thursday and Friday with all games locally kicking off at 6 p.m. Central time. Both Iron Mountain and Kingsford are at home for 11-player games Thursday. The Mountaineers take on Hancock while the Flivvers will face Escanaba. West Iron travels to L'Anse for an 11-player matchup, also on Thursday. Norway opens its eight-player season on the road Thursday at Munising. In eight-player action Friday, North Dickinson travels to Pickford, Forest Park heads to Ontonagon and North Central plays Gogebic at Wakefield. In a Wisconsin ...
