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Today American Legion baseball Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, 15-Under at Post 44 Reds (doubleheader), 4 p.m. Thursday American Legion baseball Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, 15-Under at Post 44 Reds (doubleheader), noon Negaunee Jr. Diamonds at Escanaba (doubleheader), 5 p.m. Friday American Legion baseball Post 44 Reds at Michigan Veterans Baseball 17-Under state tournament, at Gladstone, time & opponent(s) TBD Legion state tournament play-in: Kingsford at Negaunee Sr. Diamonds (doubleheader), 3 p.m. Saturday American Legion baseball Post 44 Reds at Michigan Veterans ...

A major bracket shake-up: NCAA women's tournament to seed the top 16 by true ranking next year

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Beginning with next year's NCAA women's basketball tournament, the top 16 teams will be placed in the bracket in their true ranking regardless of conference affiliation. In the past, the top four teams in a conference would be placed in different regions to protect them from playing each other until the Final Four. For example, the tournament this past season had four SEC teams in the top eight overall seeds. Texas was third, South Carolina fourth, LSU fifth and Vanderbilt seventh. LSU was dropped down to seventh and Vanderbilt eighth in the bracketing to avoid having them be in the ...

Standouts one and all

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MARQUETTE — Among the NMU Wildcat Awards that were announced in mid-spring, there were a number of “superlative” awards, those for the best athletes, coaches and teams, along with tops among newcomers, and even those breaking through into the elite-performance category. Today’s ...

Packers sign linebacker Isaiah McDuffie to an extension

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers have signed linebacker Isaiah McDuffie to a contract extension. The extension was announced by general manager Brian Gutekunst on Monday. McDuffie, a sixth-year player from Boston College, was a sixth-round pick by the Packers in 2021. He has played in 80 regular-season games, including 38 starts. He had 92 tackles, one sack and one interception while playing in all 17 games, including 12 starts, last season.