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Today in Sports (File as Today in Sports Aug. 15)

1948 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title over Betty Hicks. 1950 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Freddie Beshore in the 14th round to retain his world heavyweight title. 1965 — Dave Marr edges Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper to take the PGA Championship. 1966 ...

Meet the Racer: Collin Paitl

BARK RIVER — This past weekend Bark River International Raceway hosted their annual race. Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got a chance to sit down and talk to a couple drivers for this week's meet the racer. Today we chronicle 14-year old Collin Paitl who races in the mod kart ...

Mikey D’s advances to championship game

ESCANABA — Mikey D’s advanced to the championship game in the superior land baseball league with a 2-1 win over Marquette here Monday. Mikey D’s got on the board first in the bottom of the sixth inning on a suicide squeeze by Ben Snyder, scoring Cam Kelly. The Mavericks bounced back in ...

Major college golf is coming

HARRIS — The Epson Tour’s ladies professional golf stop at the Island Resort & Casino has been so successful, the resort then ventured into college golf. And that’s working out pretty well, too. The Island Resort Championship has been held for 14 years at the ...

Meet the Racer: Camden Paitl

BARK RIVER — This weekend Bark River International Raceway hosted their annual race. Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got a chance to sit down and talk to a couple drivers for this week's meet the racer. Today we chronicle 12-year old Camden Paitl who races in the mod kart class. Adam ...

Off-Road races invade Bark River International Raceway

BARK RIVER — It was a soggy opening day, but Sunday was a beautiful day at the Bark River International Raceway as the Island Resort and Casino presented the Off-Road Rumble in U.P. this weekend. Only eight of the 19 scheduled races were run on Saturday before mother nature won the battle. ...