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MLB The Detroit Tigers have signed catcher Dillon Dingler. The former Ohio State University star was their second round pick in the recent amateur draft. Three of Detroit’s draftees remain unsigned, including top overall pick Spencer Torkelson. Meanwhile, there’s still no deal for a 2020 baseball season. The owners’ proposal …

Finlandia The Finlandia University baseball team continues to collect players. The most recent addition is Hector Camacho, an outfielder and utility player from Winter Haven, Florida. High School D’Andra Kero and Colton Salani have been named Hancock High School’s Athletes of the Year for the 2019-2020 campaign. Kero was a …

As received from MTU Athletics: The reconstituted Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), which will begin play in the 2021-22 season, has named Don Lucia as Commissioner, the seven member schools announced Wednesday, June 17. One of the most successful coaches in college hockey history, Lucia’s head coaching tenure included stints …

CCHA The first commissioner of the revitalized Central Collegiate Hockey Association will be introduced this afternoon. The league has scheduled a press conference at 2:00. A live YouTube stream of the announcement can be reached here. The initial line-up of the new CCHA will include the seven midwestern schools that …

Finlandia The Finlandia University baseball team has signed another player. Eastyn Culp is a pitcher and infielder from Vancouver, Washington. MLB Prospects for a Major League Baseball season this summer are suddenly in doubt. Just a few days after saying he was “100 percent certain” that baseball would be played, …

MLB The Major League Baseball Players Association says it will not accept the latest offer from team owners to salvage the 2020 season. Owners had proposed a 72-game regular season in which players would receive prorated salaries based on 80 percent of their contract values. Players have been adamant that …

Finlandia The Finlandia University baseball team has added two more players. Skylar Abell is a pitcher from Rock Falls, Illinois. Dominic Duprie is an outfielder from Ecorse, Michigan. MLB The Detroit Tigers continued their focus on hitters as the Major League Baseball amateur draft concluded last night. In the second …

MLB The Detroit Tigers opened the Major League Baseball draft last night by selecting Spencer Torkelson from Arizona State University. Torkelson is considered the most promising power hitter to come out of college in the past few years. The surprise, however, was that Detroit introduced him as a third baseman, …

Finlandia The Finlandia University women’s hockey team has added a new recruit. Aspen Wallin is from Providence, Utah. She was the Art Teece Memorial Award-winner as a senior, as the best women’s hockey player in the state. MTU Michigan Tech’s Student Development Complex will begin to reopen July 13th. The …

Finlandia The Finlandia University baseball team has added another member. Andrew Andrade is a right-handed pitcher from Riverside, California. Despite the state’s allowance of the reopening of gym and training facilities this week, Finlandia University’s Paavo Nurmi Center will remain closed, at least until August. School officials say they’re focusing …