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DETROIT >> Long after the Detroit Tigers broke the game open, JaCoby Jones made the play of the day.Maybe even the play of the year in the Comerica Park outfield.Jones' twisting, backhanded catch in the sixth inning took a home run away from Adrian Beltre in Detroit's 7-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.

UTICA >> Ethan Wiskur went 3-for-5 and drove in a run, while Jackson Smith finished 3-for-5 to lead the Westside Woolly Mammoths (11-10) past the Eastside Diamond Hoppers (11-11), 5-3, in front of a enthusiastic crowd on Friday night at Jimmy John's Field.Right-handed pitcher Clifton Landess III earned his first professional save, striking out two in the ninth.

SAMARA, Russia >> So often the source of letdowns and embarrassments, England's soccer team is a unifying force among players and the nation.At least in some sections of the country riven by economic, political and social divisions that led to Brexit, reaching the World Cup semifinals is a welcome distraction from the charged atmosphere.

SOCHI, Russia >> Nyet this time.Although Russia made it further at this year's World Cup than most anyone expected, it was Croatia that advanced to the semifinals with a 4-3 shootout victory Saturday following a 2-2 draw.The overachieving hosts, the lowest ranked team in the tournament at No.

LONDON >> Simona Halep was ready for a vacation. It's going to start a week earlier than she wanted after she gave away a big lead, wasted a match point and lost at Wimbledon, joining the procession of top women on the way out.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. >> Harold Varner and Kelly Kraft are looking to add to the crop of first-time winners on the PGA Tour in West Virginia.Varner shot a 4-under 66 Saturday to tie Kraft at the top entering the final round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier.Both are seeking their first tour wins in their 85th starts.

FONTENAY-LE-COMTE, France >> Down in a ditch, Chris Froome had to hoist himself and his bike back up to the road.It was a startling scene when the Team Sky rider tumbled into a grassy field in the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, immediately putting his pursuit of a record-tying fifth title in peril.

ROCHESTER >> Playing professional baseball is a dream a lot of boys have while playing in their backyard with their family and friends. Most studies will tell you that less than one percent of high school athletes make it professionally. Well for John Powledge, a seven-year old boy diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), cleidocranial dysplasia and infantile scoliosis, that dream has come true.

Authorities have tracked down a local man suspected in the shooting death of a Clinton Township man who was gunned down following a late-night Fourth of July celebration earlier this week in Mount Clemens.Perry Bernard Rouse Jr. was taken into custody Saturday by the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Task Force near Chicago, Ill.

The party is over for Andiamo's Italian restaurant in Royal Oak.Andiamo closed after its final serving Friday night, ending a 19-year run as one of the most popular eateries on Main Street in the heart of the city's downtown district.