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MLB The Detroit Tigers lost to the Cleveland Indians 10-5 last night. Starter Ivan Nova gave up two runs in the second inning, then left as Cleveland scored six times in the fourth. Niko Goodrum and Cameron Maybin homered for Detroit. Maybin’s homer came in his first game back from …

There will be no high school football this fall in Michigan. The Michigan High School Athletic Association today announced plans to move football to spring, in hopes the COVID-19 pandemic will be under control enough by then to allow it. “At the end of the day, we did everything we …

MLB The Milwaukee Brewers fell behind early, and lost 4-2 to the Chicago Cubs last night. Chicago starter Yu Darvish carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning. Justin Smoak broke it up with a solo home run. The Brewers face the Cubs in Chicago again tonight. Brandon Woodruff will start …

MLB Matthew Boyd struggled again, as the Detroit Tigers lost to the Chicago White Sox 7-5 yesterday afternoon. Boyd gave up two runs in the first inning, and another in the third. After a solo Jonathan Schoop home run in the first, Detroit surged ahead with four runs in the …

MLB The Detroit Tigers’ four-game winning streak ended with an 8-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox last evening. The Sox took control early, scoring four runs off Tyler Alexander in the first inning. Austin Romine homered for Detroit. The Tigers wrap up that series this afternoon in Detroit. Matthew …

High School Could a merger be in the works between the Hancock and Jeffers hockey programs? The possibility arose at last night’s Hancock Board of Education meeting. The programs have combined before to field a junior varsity team. High School principal and Athletic Director Chris Salani proposed continuing that arrangement …

MLB Spencer Turnbull threw seven strong innings yesterday, as the Detroit Tigers shaded the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1. Turnbull gave up a run on five hits. He left with the game tied, but got the win when Miguel Cabrera singled home Jonathan Schoop on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the …

MLB The Detroit Tigers’ bats kept booming yesterday, as they pounded out 16 hits on the way to an 11-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Detroit slugged out five runs in the first inning, powered by homers from Niko Goodrum, Miguel Cabrera, C.J. Cron and Jeimer Candelario. All came before …

MLB The Detroit Tigers scored four runs in the top of the 11th inning, and outslugged the Pittsburgh Pirates 17-13 last night. It was a seesaw battle. Detroit fell behind early, as Pittsburgh scored seven times off Matthew Boyd over the first five innings. The Tigers responded with seven runs …

MLB The Milwaukee Brewers’ bats woke up last night, as they routed the Chicago White Sox 8-3. The highlight of the 13-hit attack was a freak inside-the-park home run by Christian Yelich. It started with a lazy fly ball to the left field corner. Eloy Jiménez met it just inside …