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At the All-Star break last year, Chris Sale looked as if he might pull away in the American League Cy Young race. He already had 178 strikeouts with only 22 walks.By the end of the season, of course, Sale had to settle for second place - and not a particularly close second - after Corey Kluber took the award away with a torrid second half.

LAS VEGAS >> It's a half-hour after their game ended and the night is just beginning for referees Ashley Gilpin, Natalie Sago and SirAllen Conner. They've showered, they've changed clothes, but dinner and the bright lights of Las Vegas will have to wait.A long classroom session is up first.

EAST LANSING, Mich. >> The new athletic director at Michigan State faces issues beyond just trying to win games and compete for championships.That much is obvious, and Bill Beekman acknowledged it."The last several years have been among the darkest in our history," Beekman said. "Among the over 300 survivors who came forward that were subject to Larry Nassar's horrific acts, over 30 were MSU students, and several of those students were student-athletes.

ROCHESTER >> Eastside Diamond Hoppers' Logan Gillaspie has signed a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, announced by Director of Baseball Operations Justin Orenduff. Gillaspie becomes the 22nd player in the United Shore Professional Baseball League to sign with a MLB organization."Logan came into the USPBL as a 21-year-old converted catcher with limited pitching experience," said Orenduff.

UTICA >> Jack Hranec went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs, while Adam Gauthier hit a grand slam to lead the Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers (12-12) over the Eastside Diamond Hoppers (12-13), 11-7, on Sunday at Jimmy John's Field.In the fourth game under the new USPBL 2.5 rule, which states that no new inning will start after 2 hours and 25 minutes, today was the first that did not reach the ninth inning.

WASHINGTON >> David Ortiz can now laugh, sort of, at the shifting culture of baseball. For Mike Trout, Nolan Arenado, Bryce Harper and most every other All-Star hitter, dealing with different defensive alignments is just part of the game.Tune in Tuesday night and there's no telling where fans will see fielders at Nationals Park.

Athletes flooded into New Baltimore Saturday to put their skills to the test in the 2018 Anchor Bay Triathlon.Racers ranging in age from 16 to 67 competed in this year's event, which included a half-mile swim in the waters of Anchor Bay, as well as an 11-mile bike ride and 3-mile run along paths in and around the city's historic downtown.

Chesterfield Township police are seeking information about a pair of men who allegedly stole nearly $700 worth of formula from the Walmart store on Marketplace Boulevard.At 2:30 a.m. April 30, two white males entered the Chesterfield Township Walmart store near Gratiot Avenue and Hall Road and put multiple cans of formula inside of a plastic tote.

Sometimes heroes come in small bodies.A 3-year-old Warren girl credited with saving her mother's life will be honored Tuesday with a mayoral proclamation.Savannah Lavely was able to re-trace her steps home to get help after her mother, Jessa Lavely, collapsed recently.The little girl was walking with her mom and their dog, Juno, at approximately 5 p.

Michigan's two U.S. senators are reacting to Monday's meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting, which took place in Helsinki, Finland, was for many in the U.S. House and Senate an opportunity for Trump to hold Putin accountable for U.S. national intelligence findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.