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DABA bocce teams compete at IM City Park

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson Area Bocce Association action at City Park’s Ray Mariucci Courts includes a logjam atop the two men’s leagues. Standings follow: Monday Mixed: Loonies, 7; Helpless Hopeless, 4; The Eagles, 4. Benders, 2: Tuesday Men’s League: Best Shot Billiards, 10; Four Seasons, 10; Bimbo’s, 9; Grovers, 7; Tern Travel, 7; Woodward, 7; Ball Busters, 6; Covenant Two, 6; Good Samaritans, 5; Covenant One, 4; Bocce Bangers, 2; DC, 1. Thursday Men’s League: Pisoni, 7; Team Cavalieri, 7; Sol Blu, 7; Bergeron Motors, 6; Acuren, 5; Harris State Wide, 5; ...

Last-place Mets fire manager Carlos Mendoza

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NEW YORK (AP) — From the front office to the field, just about everything has gone wrong for the New York Mets over the past year. And on Friday, manager Carlos Mendoza took the fall. Halfway through a wretched season, Mendoza was fired as skipper of the underperforming Mets and was ...

US enters knockout stage at World Cup

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The United States only wanted to get through its final World Cup group stage match Thursday night without an injury or a red card, while Turkey was playing for a face-saving victory to end a dismal tournament. Both teams got what they wanted most out of their meaningless meeting before the Americans head on to the knockout stage — and coach Mauricio Pochettino was annoyed by any suggestion that the Americans' last-gasp, 3-2 defeat said anything negative about the state of his team. Kaan Ayhan scored on the final kick of the match to send Turkey past the ...

KHS boosters to elect officers July 15

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KINGSFORD — Kingsford High School Athletic Booster Club will hold an election meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, in the KHS cafeteria. For more about the boosters, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/1524768677735961/.

Brewers improve to 20 games over .500

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CINCINNATI (AP) — William Contreras and Jake Bauers hit back-to-back homers in the third inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep. Milwaukee improved to a season-high 20 games over .500 at 49-29. The Brewers have won ...

Javoroski takes home bocce tourney crown

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Fifteen competitors participated Saturday in a bocce singles tournament hosted by the Dickinson Area Bocce Association at City Park. Joe Fittante, Dave Mangone, Dave Antonetti, Larry Evanoff, Lucas Cavalieri, Jo Ellison, John Honzik and Jim Javoroski advanced to the ...