ESCANABA — The Skyline Central Conference released its All-Conference teams and awards for the 2026 softball season. Norway sophomore Kendall Burklund was named Player of the Year and Kaet Erickson, a senior from Bark River-Harris, was Offensive Player of the Year. Khole Roberts, a ...
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Christian Pulisic is the most accomplished and most famous player on his national team at the exact time when his nation is hosting a World Cup. Only a handful of prominent players in the past few decades have faced this confluence of talent and timing. They ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Lukas Van Ness acknowledges his career hasn't gone the way he expected when the Green Bay Packers selected him with the 13th overall pick in the 2023 draft. Van Ness wants to change that trajectory. He certainly has the opportunity. The Packers need someone to ...
DENVER (AP) — Seiya Suzuki hit his third career grand slam, Alex Bregman added a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs snapped a three-game skid with a 9-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. Chicago, which had scored three or fewer runs in seven of its last nine games before Thursday, had its highest run total since beating Pittsburgh 10-4 on May 27. Cubs manager Craig Counsell was ejected in the top of the sixth by home plate umpire Louis Krupa after arguing Moises Ballesteros' double-play grounder appeared to hit off his shin guard and should have been ruled a foul ...
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Being on the cover of "Madden NFL 27" and becoming more of a national celebrity after leading the Chicago Bears to seven comeback wins last season have failed to turn the head of quarterback Caleb Williams. At least that's what Williams believes, and as ...
Mexico 2, South Africa 0 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez helped Mexico make an exuberant start to the World Cup by scoring a goal each in a 2-0 win over South Africa in the opening match of the tournament. With a capacity crowd of 80,824 watching at the iconic Azteca Stadium, co-host Mexico started the largest World Cup tournament in history by getting goals in each half while three red cards were shown — two for South Africa and one for Mexico. Quiñones gave Mexico the lead in the ninth minute. Jiménez added the second goal on a header in 66th. Ruggs ...
