SAGINAW — The whirlwind of playing six games in six days paid off in full for the Negaunee All-Star Little League baseball team on Wednesday evening. The last of the Upper Peninsula representatives at the LL Major Division state tournament clinched the Michigan championship by defeating ...
ESCANABA — Tonight marks the fourth running of the Allan Yelle Memorial Race, which this year teams up with the EMP sponsored race night. When you think of “old school” racers in the U.P. names like Allan Yelle, Bob Iverson and Art Richer are the names you associate that term with. ...
NORWAY — The 47th-annual Stateline Challenge attracted some of the best late model drivers of Upper Michigan and Wisconsin. The dynamic of the race that started with 18 cars changed dramatically on the opening lap as a crash on the back stretch took out three top competitors, including ...
1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928 — Gene Tunney beats Tom Heeney on a technical knockout in the 11th round at Yankee Stadium to retain the world heavyweight title. 1952 — Bob Mathias wins his second Olympic ...
Highland Golf Course Women’s scores under 50 Denise Porath 45 Anne Madalinski 46 Judy Erickson 46 Sherry Klatt 48 Terrace Bluff Wednesday women’s league under 50 Betty Fleury 44 Carol Prins 44 Caron Salo 45 Rosie Spindler 45 Jill Spencer 46 Sarah Nolde 46 Debbie Peterson ...
1902 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the eighth round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1941 — Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6. 1956 — Swaps sets an American record in a 1 5/8-mile race at Hollywood ...