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Scherzer leads Jays past Tigers on Wednesday

TORONTO (AP) — Myles Straw had two hits and an RBI, Max Scherzer allowed one run in five innings for his second win in four starts and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tigers 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon, ending Detroit's winning streak at six. The Blue Jays are 45-15 when they score five or ...

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Today High school girls tennis Ishpeming at Iron Mountain, 2 p.m. EDT Menominee at Marquette, 3:30 p.m. Munising at Negaunee, 4 p.m. Westwood at Iron Mountain, 4:30 p.m. EDT High school girls & boys cross country Westwood, Ishpeming, Negaunee at WIN meet, at Negaunee Township Trails, 4 p.m. Baraga at Dollar Bay-Chassell Invitational, at Chassell, 4 p.m. High school volleyball Negaunee at Houghton, 6:45 p.m. Munising at Mid Peninsula, 7 p.m. Newberry at Brimley, 7 p.m. Westwood at West Iron County, 7:30 p.m. EDT Superior Central at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m. ...

Bills’ stadium biggest star with Lions coming to Buffalo

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The new car smell of the Buffalo Bills' Highmark Stadium has already worn off on Josh Allen a little more than a month since the gleaming $2.1 billion facility opened. So excuse the quarterback for being part of a small minority in declining to buy into the heightened ...

Miners, Sentinels play marathon matches

NEGAUNEE — Despite what looks like a lopsided final score, Negaunee’s 8-0 victory over Marquette in a high school girls tennis meet on Monday was quite competitive with four matches going the maximum three sets. In addition, two sets were tied 6-6 and had to go to a tiebreaker to determine their outcome. “We set a goal to improve as a team from the last time we played Marquette and that’s exactly what we did,” Miners head coach Megan Kerkela said in an email detailing the result. “It really shows that the girls are willing to grind out a match for the good of the ...

Big ideas fill my big britches

Lately, I’ve figured out I’m a “big idea” kind of guy. I mean, when I come up with something that might seem kind of pushy but that I really like, someone is always saying, “What’s the big idea?” They also have this really weird stare, like they couldn’t believe that I ...