RALEIGH, N.C. — Less than 12 hours after his team blew a two-goal lead and lost in overtime, coach John Tortorella has no issues with where his Vegas Golden Knights stand in the Stanley Cup Final against Carolina that is now all tied up at 1-1. In true "Torts" fashion, he is not explaining ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay's Tyrod Taylor has been a reserve quarterback long enough to know the importance of building a relationship with the guy he's backing up. That's why the 16th-year pro has been getting more familiar with Jordan Love since signing with the Packers last ...
NEGAUNEE — Hailey Hytinen cranked three home runs while going 4 for 5 to lead Paradise Bar to a 21-13 victory over Dee’s Nuts in a Class B game in the Iron Range Women’s Softball League on Wednesday. Teammate Erin Swenor went 5 for 5, each of her hits a double, while the winners’ Katie Mitchell was 4 for 5 with a pair of doubles and Kylie Tobias hit a homer and triple. Dee’s Stacy Sibley went 4 for 4 and Deanna Mingay and Caylie Kangas each 3 for 3, Mingay collecting that rarest of birds, a bunt triple. Also in Class B, Olivia Negilski went 4 for 5 while hitting a homer ...
MARQUETTE — Three players from the Marquette Senior High School varsity baseball team earned All-District recognition after MHSAA Division 1 district tournaments were held last week. The recognition was made for players from a pair of companion districts, ones hosted by Traverse City West ...
The NCAA is on the cusp of extending Division I athlete eligibility from four years of competition to five and essentially setting an age limit, just the latest development on a topic that has been a point of contention in college athletics for decades. None other than Walter Camp, the "Father of American Football," was three games into his seventh season — yes, seventh — when his playing career at Yale ended because of injury in 1882. Another football luminary, Amos Alonzo Stagg, was 27 when he wrapped up his fifth season at Yale in 1889. Multisport great Jim Thorpe played ...
PARIS — Sipping tea every night is working wonders for Maja Chwalinska. The Polish player became just the second qualifier to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the Open Era when she beat Diana Shnaider of Russia 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 on Thursday. The 24-year-old Chwalinska can match Emma ...
