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1+ hour, 17+ min ago (1449+ words) Tristan Comer has his eyes on East Lansing, ready to compete for a job on the Michigan State offensive line. But in his final high school season at Freeland, Comer showed that he can also dominate on defense, earning the MLive Saginaw Defensive Player of the Year honor. "In college, he's going to be on offense, but as far as high school, he might be a more impactful player on defense," Freeland coach Kevin Townsend said. "On offense, usually he's only blocking one person, occupying one player. "But on defense, in most situations, it takes two people to block him." And teams probably could have used more. As a defensive lineman, Comer led the 7-3 Falcons in tackles with 61, including 12 tackles for loss and three sacks. "Usually, if your defensive line is doing its job, the linebackers are able to make…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago (598+ words) Saginaw United boys basketball hosts Detroit Catholic Central Hemlock and Chesaning gave their fans some extra basketball in their boys basketball season opener Tuesday. Chesaning held a 34-17 halftime lead, but Hemlock rallied to tie the game and send it into overtime, outscoring the Indians, 9-0, in overtime to earn a 58-49 win Tuesday. MORE: Saginaw United, Heritage open with wins "At halftime, I told the team that this game is not over, and I think the players believed me," Hemlock coach Matt Bauer said. "We knew there were going to be runs, and we knew we were going to make mistakes. "Handling Chesaning's pressure was an emphasis of practice all week, but it was difficult to simulate in practice and tough for our extremely young team to handle in Game One." Hemlock used a 19-6 edge in the third quarter to trim Chesaning's…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago (353+ words) Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs unveiled their new short, Merry Mischief, addressing one of the team's most talked-about holiday releases. The star tight end appears in the project as a claymation elf, introducing a playful character called Kelce on the Shelfie, for the team's seasonal campaign. Travis Kelce stars in the Kansas City Chiefs' new holiday claymation short Merry Mischief. The team released the video as part of its annual Kingdom Christmas celebration. The video features a claymation version of Kelce, transformed into an elf named "Kelce on the Shelfie." The elf causes hijinks at Arrowhead Stadium while the rest of the team is away for a game. Patrick Mahomes, Trent McDuffie, Chris Jones, George Karlaftis, and Xavier Worthy also appear in claymation form. The story is narrated by Travis Kelce's mother, Donna Kelce. She opens the tale…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago (371+ words) Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs unveiled their new short, Merry Mischief, addressing one of the team's most talked-about holiday releases. The star tight end appears in the project as a claymation elf, introducing a playful character called Kelce on the Shelfie, for the team's seasonal campaign. Travis Kelce stars in the Kansas City Chiefs' new holiday claymation short Merry Mischief. The team released the video as part of its annual Kingdom Christmas celebration. The video features a claymation version of Kelce, transformed into an elf named "Kelce on the Shelfie." The elf causes hijinks at Arrowhead Stadium while the rest of the team is away for a game. Patrick Mahomes, Trent McDuffie, Chris Jones, George Karlaftis, and Xavier Worthy also appear in claymation form. The story is narrated by Travis Kelce's mother, Donna Kelce. She opens the tale…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago (576+ words) CINCINNATI, Ohio " By beating the Ravens on Thanksgiving, the Bengals kept their meager playoff hopes alive with five weeks left in the regular season. However, those odds still remain slim. Heading into Sunday's matchup against Josh Allen and the Bills, the Bengals have just a 7% chance to make the playoffs according to ESPN. The New York Times Playoff Simulator is slightly less kind, giving the Bengals a 6% chance at the postseason. The easiest path for the Bengals to make the playoffs is pretty simplistic: Both ESPN and the New York Times note that Cincinnati's playoff path is basically down to winning the AFC North. Based on the above scenario, the Ravens, Steelers and Bengals would all finish with a 9-8 record. If that happens, the Bengals would win the AFC North because of their division record. The Bengals sit at 3-1 in…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago (910+ words) Every year by late October, most of the NFL's contenders are known. This year, the Patriots were no exception. The Pats soared to a 6-2 start, and earned their contender badge with ensuing wins over the Falcons and Bucs. Back then it was hard to argue with seven straight wins. Now, the Patriots are at 10 in a row, and almost every other contender has stumbled around them. Bad losses are scattered around the league, which has perhaps never been more wide open. The Rams became the latest to fall last weekend, losing as 10-point favorites in Carolina. So where is the Patriots' bad loss? Nowhere to be found. Not yet anyway. Instead of slumping into their bye Monday night, the banged-up Pats put the Giants in a 30-7 headlock at halftime and held tight for an 18-point win. Little about the ending…...

2+ hour, 35+ min ago (172+ words) Utah Tech Trailblazers (5-5) at Santa Clara Broncos (7-1) Santa Clara, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Broncos -19.5; over/under is 145.5 BOTTOM LINE: Utah Tech faces Santa Clara after Ethan Potter scored 26 points in Utah Tech's 77-69 victory against the UC Riverside Highlanders. The Broncos are 5-0 in home games. Santa Clara is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Trailblazers are 1-3 on the road. Utah Tech is 2-5 against opponents with a winning record. Santa Clara scores 80.9 points, 8.4 more per game than the 72.5 Utah Tech allows. Utah Tech averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.4 more made shots on average than the 5.5 per game Santa Clara allows. TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Hammond is shooting 50.5% and averaging 16.6 points for the Broncos. Aleksandar Gavalyugov is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers. Potter is averaging 17.2 points and seven rebounds for the Trailblazers. Chance Trujillo is averaging 12.1 points....

2+ hour, 35+ min ago (186+ words) Richmond Spiders (6-1) at Belmont Bruins (8-0) Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bruins -7.5; over/under is 155.5 BOTTOM LINE: Belmont hosts Richmond aiming to prolong its five-game home winning streak. The Bruins are 4-0 on their home court. Belmont leads the MVC in rebounding, averaging 37.5 boards. Sam Orme leads the Bruins with 6.8 rebounds. The Spiders play their first true road game after going 6-1 with a 1-1 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Richmond has a 0-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer. Belmont scores 87.1 points, 19.4 more per game than the 67.7 Richmond allows. Richmond scores 19.6 more points per game (84.7) than Belmont allows to opponents (65.1). TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Lundblade is scoring 16.6 points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists for the Bruins. Orme is averaging 15.6 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 55.6%. AJ Lopez is scoring 11.0 points per game and averaging 1.9 rebounds for the Spiders....

2+ hour, 53+ min ago (323+ words) Ben Roethlisberger played his entire 18-year career with the Steelers, and the final 15 of those years were for Mike Tomlin. Roethlisberger thinks it might be time for the Steelers and Tomlin to separate. Roethlisberger said on his podcast that he thinks the Steelers might be better off with a new coach and Tomlin might be better off with a new job. Roethlisberger isn't advocating for the Rooney family to fire Tomlin, but is advocating for an honest conversation in which all parties admit things aren't working and that everyone might be better off with a fresh start. "Here's what you don't do: You don't fire a guy like Coach Tomlin," Roethlisberger said. "He's a Hall of Fame head coach, he's respected. What you do is you come to an understanding and agreement, and it's like, "Hey, listen, I think it's…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (689+ words) Published 3:12 am Wednesday, December 3, 2025 TROUP" The Troup Tigers moved to 4-0 on the season with a 63-31 win over the Elkhart Elks on Tuesday. Elkhart fell to 2-4. Braxton Barton led the Tigers with 19 points. Levi Chambers (11) and Carter Graves (10) were also in double figures. Also scoring for Troup were Michael Burns (9), Tre Anderson (6), Elijah Haugeberg (4), Carson McElroy (2) and Logan Chambers (2). Barton and Levi Chambers each had three 3-pointers. Anderson added two treys with one from Graves. Scoring for the Elks were Brink Wallace (9), Callyn Franklin (7), Cole Horton (5), Javon Smith (3), Alex Rodriguez (3), Adyn Luman (2) andDavid French (2). Wallace had two 3-pointers with one from Horton. The Tigers were 2 of 4 from the free throw line and the Elks were 8 of 19. Troup won the JV game 79-14. The Tigers are scheduled to play in the Slocum Tournament. Troup is set to play Latexo at 7:15 p.m. Thursday and Tyler…...