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Today in Sports Oct. 9

National Sports October 9, 2026

1928 — Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3 at Sportsman’s Park to become first to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits smashes 3 HRs for Yanks. 1934 — Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals rout Detroit Tigers, 11-0 at Navin Field to clinch 4 games to 3 series victory and 3rd championship. 1943 — Bob Hoernschemeyer throws six touchdown passes, an NCAA record for a freshman, to lead Indiana past Nebraska 54-13. 1965 — The United States wins the Ryder Cup 19½-12½ at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Arnold Palmer ...

Rogers and El-Sayed are set for their first debate in Michigan's Senate race after online sparring

Michigan AP News October 9, 2026

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, competing for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, are set for their first campaign debate Thursday after weeks of sparring both online and in advertisements that are flooding the state in one of the nation's ...

Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space

National News October 9, 2026

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday after hurrying there eight months ago to replace an ailing colleague and his crew. SpaceX brought the U.S., French and Russian flyers back with a splashdown in the Pacific off the coast of Los Angeles. NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France's Sophie Adenot and Russia's Andrey Fedyaev departed the orbiting lab on Wednesday, eager to reunite with their families after a lengthy separation. Their replacements arrived three weeks late because of capsule repairs, ...

IM City Park deer transfer takes another step ahead

Local News October 8, 2026

IRON MOUNTAIN -- The planned transfer of the City Park deer herd to DeYoung Family Zoo in Menominee County is moving forward after completion Monday of a first round of tuberculosis tests. A second set of TB tests will be needed four months from now. If there are no problems, the transfer of ...

Lighting up the stage

Community October 8, 2026

ESCANABA — Players de Noc's current stage production — "Stag Light" by Emily Turner, about a family road trip from Maine to Michigan to scatter ashes from a lighthouse — reaches audiences for the first time this evening. Most plays put on by the local theater group have been ...

Escanaba rallies around the Eskymos for Homecoming

Community October 8, 2026

ESCANABA — The community is coming together Friday, Oct. 9, to celebrate Escanaba High School Homecoming, with downtown businesses and residents encouraged to show their Eskymo pride during the Orange & Black Out. Businesses throughout downtown are encouraged to decorate their windows in ...