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From the HERE City State DeskCEDAR PARK, Texas — Fourth-ranked Michigan State heads to Texas this weekend for one of the most talent-heavy college hockey games ever scheduled, taking on No. 8 North Dakota in Saturday night's U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame showcase. Puck drop is set for 7:07 p.m.…
From the HERE City State DeskPISCATAWAY, N.J. — Michigan goes looking for its first Big Ten road victory of the season Saturday when the Wolverines visit Rutgers at SHI Stadium, a building where they have rarely struggled. Kickoff is 12:30 p.m. Eastern, with the game on BTN and streaming on…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia men’s basketball tips off its season Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum against North Carolina Central, the first step in a push for a third NCAA Tournament bid in a row. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Coach Mike White enters…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
From the HERE City National DeskPHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5…
From the HERE City National DeskBOSTON, Mass. — Roughly three of every four retired NFL players who died from 2008 through 2023 had the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a population-wide estimate released Wednesday by a Boston University-led research team. The researchers put the figure at 74.5%. CTE,…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Thousands of Michigan elementary teachers are back in training this school year, learning research-based methods for teaching children to read as the state tries to reverse a decade of sliding literacy scores. The push now has the force of law. Public Act 26, signed by Gov. Gretchen…
Business
NOVI, Mich. — Novi homeowners and renters who get their power from DTE Electric have Oakland County on their side in a state rate case that could raise residential bills an average of 9.7%. The county, which became the first in Michigan to intervene in a utility rate case under…
Public Safety
NOVI, Mich. — A 77-year-old Novi woman who went missing Friday evening has been located unharmed, the Novi Police Department said, ending a search that had drawn neighbors into the effort. Officers said that around 6 p.m. she left the Brookdale Senior Living community at 45182 W. Park Drive. She…
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