The Ishpeming Ski Club is proud to present the 132nd Annual Suicide Ski Hill Ski Jumping Tournament. It is set for January 22nd, and tickets are on sale now. You can also make a donation to help run the event. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Community Rowing Club is hosting its annual Iron Oars Regatta at Teal Lake in Negaunee this Sunday. Click the above headline for details, photos.
Trailing by three shots entering Sunday’s Island Resort Championship final round, Ruixin Liu overcame the deficit, high winds and an injury to find her way to the Symetra Tour winner’s circle for the first time. Click the above headline for details.
Ssu-Chia Cheng fired a six-under par 66 Saturday to take the lead heading into the final round of the LPGA Symetra Tour's Island Resort Championship in Harris. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
Esther Lee fired a seven-under 65 to take the lead after the first round of the LPGA Symetra Tour event Friday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. There are 22 people within four shots of the lead heading into Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers baseball team held a special promotion over the weekend in an effort to expand its Upper Peninsula fan base. The team is an affiliate of the Miwaukee Brewers, and celebrated "Yooper Day" as the Peoria Chiefs came to Appleton. Click the above headline for details, photos, and interview with Club President Rob Verjav.
Special Olympics Michigan announced Monday that 36 athletes have been named to Team Michigan for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games being held in Seattle. Escanaba swimmer Danielle Bowen is among the 36 athletes. Click the above headline for details.
Emma Talley finished up her second round on Sunday at the Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass, and then watched the rains fall again. This time, it was too much for the course to take and the third round was called off, and Talley collected the trophy and winner's check. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Symetra Tour.
The Island Resort Championship Symetra Tour ladies golf event was halted by rain on Saturday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Emma Talley shot three under par on nine holes of golf to take the lead at -9. Click the above headline to details, courtesy of Symetra Tour.
Symetra Tour rookie Ruixin Liu fired a career-best round of 7-under par 65 on Friday in the first round of the seventh annual Island Resort Championship. Second-year Symetra player Emma Talley is one stroke back. Click the above headline for details.
You won't need an ORV license or trail permit to go riding this weekend across Michigan. It's the annual Free ORV Weekend. Click the above headline to read more.
The Detroit Red Wings played their final game at Joe Louis Arena Sunday night after nearly four decades in downtown Detroit. We have obtained the hourlong radio special on the history of the arena, produced by WWJ-AM in Detroit. Click the above headline to listen to that program, and see photos taken at an October game.
The 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament wrapped up Sunday with more than 12 hours of continuous action inside the Hermansville Community Center. Click the above headline to see video highlights and photos from some of Sunday's action.
Championship weekend began Friday at the 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament in Hermansville. And Saturday includes games all day. Click the above headline for schedules. Pictured: Class C Champs Norway Gallino Seamless Gutters (Paul Polfus photo).
Three games were played Thursday night at the Gold Medal Basketball Classic in Hermansville, and all three went down to the wire. Click the above headline for scores from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and to see Friday night's schedule.
The 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament continued on Sunday in Hermansville. Click the above headline to see all of the scores and top scorers.
The Hermansville Community Center was full of basketball from morning to night on Saturday as the 79th annual Gold Medal Classic continued with ten contests. Click the above headline to see the results, plus photos and videos from Class C and Class E games.
The Gold Medal Basketball Classic began Friday night at the Hermansville Community Center Gym with four games on the schedule. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see videos and photos from the first night, and see Saturday's schedule.
Mike Ilitch, the longtime owner of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team and the Detroit Tigers baseball team, has died at age 87. Ilitch’s company, Ilitch Holdings Inc., confirmed the passing in a statement Friday evening. Click the above headline to read the statement.
Nicolas Deslauriers and Sam Reinhart scored in the second period to back Robin Lehner's shutout as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 Tuesday night at Marquette's Lakeview Arena. It was the Hockeyville USA game. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to coaches' post-game interviews, and to see photos taken by Justin Poquette.
The Hockeyville USA game between the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes was a spectacle in of itself Tuesday night, bringing national attention to Marquette and the U.P. The game was broadcast live on NBC Sports, as well as on regional radio. Click the above headline to hear interviews with the NBCSN announcers, as well as the broadcasters of the Buffalo Sabres.
The Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes skated at Lakeview Arena in Marquette Tuesday, ahead of tonight's NHL exhibition game. The game will be broadcast live on Magic 97 WGLQ and on 100.3 FM The Point. Click the above headline to see more photos taken by Ryan Beckman.
Excitement is building for the NHL exhibition hockey game, set for next Tuesday between the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes at Marquette's Lakeview Arena. Northern Michigan University is helping with a bunch of weekend events. Click the above headline for details.
The Radio Results Network announced on Tuesday that it has been granted the rights to broadcast the NHL Hockeyville game between the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes from Marquette's Lakeview Arena next week. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba Polecats built a big lead and then held on to beat the Channing Railroaders, 10-6, in a Wishigan League game Wednesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the game. (Pictured: Sean Bissell hit by pitch)
Sherman “Champagne” Santiwiwatthanaphong of Thailand battled a ferocious wind and carded a 3-under, 69, on Sunday, to win the Island Resort Championship by two shots at 6-under, 210. Click the above headline to see details, courtesy of SymetraTour.com.
It was Fan Appreciation Night Saturday at the Upper Peninsula International Raceway in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of reporter Todd Rose.
Madelene Sagstrom hit a 326-yard drive on her final hole for a birdie to close at 1-under, 71 on Saturday at the Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Club. Click the above headline for all of the details, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
The first day of the Marquette Trail Festival is in the books, with the events scheduled to continue on Saturday and Sunday. Click the above headline to see the weekend schedule. Pictured: Keith Dobbratz (383) and Hank Kowalik (380) at the gate.
Peiyun Chien carded a 5-under, 67, to take the outright 18-hole lead on Friday at the Island Resort Championship. She made eight birdies on the day and has a one shot lead over two-time winner Madelene Sagstrom, and Jennifer Brumbaugh. Click the above headline to read the story, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
