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Armed with a torpedo bat, Brewers’ Dunn puts down a run-scoring bunt

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brewers third baseman Oliver Dunn made his way to the plate with a torpedo bat in hand with one out in the second inning and teammate Garrett Mitchell on third base after a triple. Dunn’s at-bat during Milwaukee’s game against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday afternoon ...

NFL teams no longer shying away from older prospects in the draft

Bo Nix has already turned 25. Michael Penix Jr. will get there in May. Both quarterbacks were first-round picks last year. They were among 56 players age 24 or older drafted in 2024. That number was up from 54 in 2023, 44 in 2022, 16 in 2021 and 19 in 2020. There have been more older ...

Pelicans tap Dumars to lead basketball operations

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Joe Dumars — a former NBA champion as both a player and an executive with the Detroit Pistons — as their executive vice president of basketball operations. Dumars, 61, takes over for David Griffin, who was fired on Monday after a ...

Flivvers soccer kicks off season with win

KINGSFORD — Sophomore Onika Smeester scored three goals and senior Libby Vross added another to lead the Kingsford Flivvers to a 4-1 victory over Houghton in a girls varsity soccer match Monday at Commemorative Field. Vross got the Flivvers going in the first half with an unassisted goal ...

Jets split pair with Emeralds

STEPHENSON – Seven first inning runs propelled North Central to an 11-2 victory over Manistique in a varsity baseball Tuesday afternoon in the second game of a doubleheader. Brooks Castle hit a sacrifice fly, scoring a run. A bases-loaded walk to Austin Faley brought in another run. Beau ...

Touch them all

Norway junior Kara Stanchina rounds third after smacking a solo home run against Niagara on Monday afternoon at Marion Park in a varsity softball contest. Sophomore Kaylee Baldwin also homered for the Knights, who went on to a 9-5 victory. Norway hosts Gogebic this afternoon. (Terri ...