MARQUETTE — One of the top teams in the conference is coming to Vandament Arena on Friday evening to face the Northern Michigan Michigan volleyball team. That’s enough reason for the Wildcats to be on high alert at 6 p.m. when hosting second-place Grand Valley State of the Great Lakes ...
MARQUETTE — If it ain’t broke, Northern Michigan University’s Ella DeBruyn sees no reason to fix it. A week ago, the Wildcats junior was named the Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. So this week, she turned right around ...
I was thinking about Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell’s reasoning for why he took a gamble on 4th-down-and-1 from his own 24-yard line with a little under five minutes left in Sunday’s home game vs. the Green Bay Packers. The score was tied, so failing on the play meant that Green Bay would likely — maybe almost as a guarantee — take the lead on its ensuing possession. Commentators, including even those from The Associated Press that usually don’t express too many opinions on these kinds of subjects, were questioning it. But with a little thought and study, I think it was ...
MARQUETTE — A couple of upsets — one involving Negaunee — have shaken up the final weekly Upper Peninsula high school football polls of the season conducted by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. A 21-20 loss at Iron Mountain last Thursday night knocked the Miners ...
MARQUETTE — Just a few small changes were made by voters in this week’s Upper Peninsula high school volleyball polls as voted on by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. This is the final week of the regular season with MHSAA district tournaments beginning in the state’s four divisions on Monday. For this week, two area teams remain No. 3 in their respective Divisions 1-3 and Division 4 rankings, with another pair also receiving votes as they’re in the “others receiving votes” purgatory. Negaunee (19-13-1) held its spot in the middle of the Divisions 1-3 ...
PHILADELPHIA — Tanner McKee and the Philadelphia Eagles still had a potential victory within their grasp in the fourth quarter when the career backup threw a pass into the outstretched hands of DeMarvion Overshown. The Cowboys linebacker raised the ball in celebration after making the ...
