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Players hesitate more than they loaf

Sports Columns

When the TV figureheads were talking about various teams, I got to thinking about players said to look like they’re loafing or not really caring during games. I find that hard to believe that’s what they’re actually doing. When it comes to that supposed behavior, me thinks, these are ...

Record-breaking recognition

NMU Sports

MARQUETTE — Probably his toughest competition came from the rest of the Northern Michigan University football backfield for conference Offensive Player of the Week. But redshirt freshman running back Noah Dobert did earn the award from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ...

Area football teams left yearning for U.P. ranking

Local Sports

MARQUETTE — Area teams can only hope for some seismic movement the final week of the regular season that will allow them to re-enter the top five in the weekly Upper Peninsula high school football polls conducted by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. This week’s poll ...

Sports Look

Local Sports

Today NMU events Men’s soccer: at Wisconsin-Parksdie, at Kenosha, Wis., 1 p.m. EDT Thursday High school volleyball North Central at Ishpeming, 6 p.m. Houghton at Westwood, 6:30 p.m. Marquette at Kingsford, 6:30 p.m. EDT High school football Iron Mountain at Negaunee, 7 ...