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Click on the blue links for more details. High School The Early Bird track meet scheduled to take place at Lake Linden today has been canceled. MLB The Detroit Tigers had yesterday off, and open an interleague series at Pittsburgh tonight. Jordan Zimmermann will pitch against Chad Kuhl. Pregame coverage …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers lost 8-5 to the Kansas City Royals yesterday. Francisco Liriano tossed five no-hit innings, and entered the sixth with a 2-0 lead. He gave up a lead-off home run, and then left the game with runners on first …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers pounded the Kansas City Royals 12-4 yesterday. Nicholas Castellanos homered and drive in three runs. JaCoby Jones also homered. José Iglesias had three hits and scored twice. Mike Fiers allowed all four KC runs on 10 hits while pitching …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers split their doubleheader with the Kansas City Royals yesterday, winning the day game 3-2 in 10 innings, then dropping the evening contest 3-2. JaCoby Jones was the hero of the opener, slugging his first major league home run …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School Local teams struggled at the Superior Dome track meet yesterday. With nine teams competing, the Hancock boys placed eighth, and the girls fifth. The L’Anse boys finished ninth, and the girls eighth. On the boys side, L’Anse’s Foster Miller won …

From Finlandia University: Finlandia University has named Travis Wiltzius Interim Head Coach of the university’s football program. Wiltzius, an Escanaba native, has been with the team since its first season in 2015. He has served as offensive line coach, recruiting coordinator and in the spring of 2017 added assistant head …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In track, Lake Linden-Hubbell, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City, Chassell, and Baraga are among the teams competing at the Division III Superior Dome meet today. MLB Dixon Machado’s home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Detroit Tigers to …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers broke their five-game losing streak last night with a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. With temperatures in the mid-30s, Francisco Liriano gave up two runs over five innings, and struck out seven. Victor Martinez had three hits, …

Click on the blue links for more details. MTU Michigan Tech is searching for a new head women’s basketball coach. The university announced yesterday that coach Kim Cameron has resigned to pursue a position with an NCAA Division One program. Cameron departs as the most successful coach in Huskies’ women’s …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB Both of the Detroit Tigers’ games against the New York Yankees yesterday were canceled because of bad weather. They’ll be made up in a day-night doubleheader on June 4th. The Tigers have a scheduled day off today, and will open a …