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What if the life you want is only 52 days away? Not 52 months. Not 52 years. 52 days. That's how long it took Nehemiah to rebuild walls that sat in ruin for 140 years. Not because he had more resources. Because he stopped normalizing the ruin and started building. In this message, Pastor Eric Thomas delivers one of the most direct, no-excuses sermons of the year. Using the story of Nehemiah, the reality of financial freedom, and raw testimony about structure, systems, and standards, ET breaks down the real reason your life is still broken. It's not because it's too hard to fix. It's because you've normalized it. You didn't ask for the trauma. You didn't choose the betrayal. You didn't knock your own walls down. But 140 years later, you're still standing in the rubble. And God is asking you one question: when are you going to rebuild? Your norm determines your outcomes — not your prayers. You can pray all you want, but if your environment, your habits, and your circle are still operating in 140-year dysfunction, nothing changes. God is calling you out of the 140 and into the 52. Out of survival mode and into builder mode. Out of excuses and into execution. In this message you'll discover: → Why 52 days is not a timeline, it's an identity → The difference between normalizing ruin and normalizing rebuilding → Why your norm determines your outcomes, not your prayers → How to stop fighting the people God sent to help you → The real reason you've been protecting your old normal → Why financial, relational, and spiritual freedom all come down to one word: standards

It's not your fault it broke. But it is your fault if it stays broken. You didn't ask for the trauma. You didn't choose the betrayal. You didn't plan the divorce, the loss, the abuse, the abandonment. You didn't knock your own walls down. But 140 years later, you're still standing in the rubble. And God is asking you one question: when are you going to rebuild? Using the story of Nehemiah, Pastor Eric Thomas exposes the real reason your life is still broken. It's not because it's too hard to fix. It's not because God hasn't shown up. It's because you haven't owned it yet. Nehemiah looked at walls destroyed for 140 years and rebuilt them in 52 days. Not because he had more resources or a bigger team. Because he stopped blaming, stopped avoiding, and started building. In this message you'll discover: → Why power is available but not automatic, and how to activate it in your life → The difference between assessing, praying, and finishing, and why most people never get to the third step → Why 52 days is all it takes when you stop making excuses and start taking ownership → How empty hands don't stay neutral, they either build with you or break what you're building → The real reason people who loved you when you were broken start hating you when you start healing → Why you can't build with 2 hands anymore, you need one for the work and one for the weapon → The electrician story, the credit report testimony, and the Rose Royce revelation that will change how you see God's standard for your life

You don't need another sermon. You don't need another scripture. You don't need another devotional. You already know enough truth to be in heaven right now. The problem isn't knowledge. It's that you're not doing what you already know. And that's why you're stuck. In this message, Pastor Eric Thomas delivers one of the most direct, most convicting words of the year: a message about the real reason your life hasn't changed. It's not more information. It's accountability. And until you stop looking for more truth and start living the truth you already have, nothing will shift. Using the story of Nathan and David, the analogy of the 8-foot rim, and raw testimony about tithing on his business, Pastor ET breaks down the three levels of accountability that will take your life to the next level: Self. Home. Community. In that order. Most people skip self and go straight to trying to fix everyone else. That's why it never works. You can't save a drowning person when you're drowning too. You can't hold someone accountable when you haven't dealt with the plank in your own eye. In this message you'll discover: → Why your next level isn't coming from more truth — it's coming from accountability → The three levels of accountability: Self, Home, Community (and why order matters) → Why most Christians know the Word but aren't doing the Word → How to be your own Joe Jackson and Joe Clark so no one else has to → The difference between butter knife relationships and iron sharpening iron → Why you can't dunk on an 8-foot rim and expect 10-foot results → What it really means to examine yourself and test yourself (2 Corinthians 13:5) → The hospital analogy: why the church isn't full of just sick people → Why God had to tell Pastor ET to tithe on his business, not just his personal income

Your whole family is waiting on you. They just don't know how to ask There's a "no more" sitting in your spirit right now. A line you should've drawn months ago. A truth you've been carrying alone because saying it out loud feels too costly. So you've stayed silent. You've kept the peace. You've prayed about it. You've waited. And nothing has changed. In this message, Eric Thomas breaks down what happens to a home, a marriage, a family — and a calling — when the person who sees the problem won't open their mouth. And what happens the moment they finally do. What you'll walk away with: - Why "I'll just pray about it" can be the most damaging response you give - The difference between keeping the peace and keeping the problem alive - The 8 reasons we stay silent — and the truth that breaks each one - Why temporary discomfort is the price of preventing permanent damage - A direct word for the people who've been punished for telling the truth CHAPTERS ▶ Subscribe for new messages every week: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRzMQFmplNd4-H1X5bj1jA?sub_confirmation=1

You've been asking God for something. Maybe for years. Maybe you gave up asking because nothing changed. But what if the problem isn't that God isn't listening? What if the problem is that your prayers don't have your name on them? In this powerful message, Pastor Eric Thomas breaks down the real reason why so many prayers go unanswered, and it has nothing to do with God's ability or your worthiness. It has everything to do with responsibility. Using the story of Jabez, the electric bill principle, and raw personal testimony, ET reveals the missing ingredient between asking and receiving: you have to be willing to pay for what you pray for. God isn't holding back your blessing because you're not good enough. He's waiting to see if you're willing to be responsible enough. In this message you'll discover: → Why power is available but not automatic, and what activates it → The four things Jabez asked for, and why God granted every single one → Why your prayers don't have your name on them, and what that really means → The electric bill principle: if it's not in your name, you can't call and make changes → How to stop waiting for a reward you're not willing to be responsible for → Why some of the most gifted people never walk in their anointing → The difference between getting paid and being loyal → What it really means that "God so loved the world that He gave" → Why you have to die before you can live in the next level → How being responsible in three areas, yourself, your family, and your community, unlocks everything God has for you

You think you're healing. But you're not. You're rehearsing the pain. You're replaying the memory. You're decorating the prison cell like it's home. In this message, Pastor TJ Tyus delivers one of the most convicting sermons you'll hear this year, a word about the memories that are holding you back from the destiny God already wrote for you. Using the story of Abraham, the power of an egg, and a raw testimony about his daughter Aries, Pastor TJ breaks down why most people never reach what God has for them — not because they're stuck, but because they keep going back. You're not trying to heal. You're trying to hold on. And what you're holding onto is exactly what's keeping you from breaking through. In this message you'll discover: → Why your pain isn't the problem — your rehearsal of it is → The difference between leaving and going (and why most people only do one) → How memories break you from the outside, but destiny breaks you from the inside → Why God speaks to your destiny while you're still speaking to your history → The adoption principle: your past doesn't matter when God says you're His → A simple 3-step strategy to break the memory loop and start walking in purpose → Why some people had to leave your life — not because they're bad, but because you're in a different season

In last week's episode, we dug into the history of euchre and whether the quintessential Michigan game was actually created in the mitten. Turns out, not quite. The trick-taking game came to the Midwest — including Michigan — through farmers who visited New Orleans and Pennsylvania and came in contact with Alsatian immigrants, from a region along the Rhine River where France and Germany meet. The Civil War also helped spread the game across the country. From the 1700s to today, the way we play euchre has evolved in countless ways and we heard from some of you on how you've managed to make the game your own. Today, we’re sharing your euchre stories. GUESTS: Keith Kim, an Ann Arbor resident who in college managed to skip doing the dishes countless of times by winning a few rounds of euchre Eric Farnum from Grand Ledge is one of the masterminds behind what he and his friends liked to call "Bastard Euchre" Want to submit a question to On Hand? Do it here: Online Submission FormCall us: 734-764-7840 Email us: onhand@michiganpublic.org If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work: michiganpublic.org/podfundSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ET was homeless at 16. No bank account. No plan. No way out. So how did he get here? It wasn't hustle. It wasn't talent. It wasn't connections. It was something most people aren't willing to do — and in this message, he breaks down exactly what it cost him, why God required it, and why the same thing is required of you. The formula has been in John 3:16 the whole time. Most people read it for comfort. ET reads it as a blueprint.

There's a moment in the Bible where a group of religious men tried to use Jesus' name as a trick, and the demon looked at them and said, "Jesus I know. Paul I know. But who are YOU?" That's the question this message answers. Not who you say you are. Who you actually ARE, in power. Dr. Eric Thomas, breaks down why so many people have the knowledge of God, the church attendance, the vocabulary, and still keep losing. The problem isn't your faith. It's that you haven't activated what God already gave you. In this message you'll discover: → Why David didn't pray Goliath down — and what he actually did → The difference between a form of godliness and real power → How a single phone call saved $15,000 (and what that has to do with your spiritual authority) → Why "playing small" isn't humility — it's robbing the Kingdom → What it looks like to stop letting people with no authority rule your life The power belongs to you. This message will show you how to pick it back up. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Most people spend their entire life chasing power and never actually get it — because nobody ever showed them what real power looks like. It doesn't look like the loudest person in the room. It doesn't look like the biggest title, the biggest stage, or the most followers. And it definitely doesn't look like domination. In this message, Pastor Eric Thomas breaks down one of the most overlooked moments in scripture, John 13, the foot washing, and reveals that Jesus gave His most powerful lesson not from a pulpit, not in a temple, but at a dinner table. With His enemies sitting right there. The message? There is a POSTURE to power. And until you understand it, you'll keep performing power instead of actually walking in it. ET covers: → Why everything most people were taught about power is backwards → The foot washing — why Jesus did it outside the church and what that means for you → The difference between Meek = Weak, Strong = Pride, and Power Under Purpose → Why real authority shows up in hospital rooms, school districts & neighborhoods, not just pulpits → How Joseph didn't just forgive his brothers — he saw it the way God saw it → Why meekness is not passivity — it's the tool that activates everything → The posture that makes the first last and the last first This message will change how you define power forever. ────────────────────────────────────────────

You have 2 choices this year. And God is waiting to see which one you pick. Pastor Eric Thomas (ET The Hip Hop Preacher) breaks down the only decision that actually matters this year — using the story of Jonah to show why every time you try to handle it in your own strength, your ship starts breaking up. Your relationships. Your finances. Your peace. All of it. But when you operate in divine strength? Alignment. Obedience. Consistency. Long-term fruit. The choice sounds simple. But most of us keep picking the wrong one, and wondering why nothing is working. This sermon will tell you exactly why. And exactly what to do instead.

You've been calling it suffering. You've been calling it surrender. Pastor Eric Thomas says it's neither — and what's actually happening might be the most important thing you hear all year. In Part 3 of the Royal Airlines series, Pastor ET delivers a message that will challenge everything you thought you knew about obedience, people pleasing, and following God's plan. Using the story of King Saul in 1 Samuel 15, he exposes the real reason most Christians stay stuck — not confusion, not weakness, but two competing wills. Yours and God's. If you've ever people-pleased your way out of a blessing, let people's voices drown out God's direction, or found yourself wondering why obedience and people pleasing feel identical — this message is for you. The flight plan is already written. The question is whether you'll follow it. In this message you'll discover: Why "surrender" isn't a real problem — and what the real issue actually is The dangerous difference between people pleasing and true obedience to God How to stop people pleasing when it feels like the right thing to do What King Saul's biggest mistake reveals about our own relationship with God A practical tool to help you know whether you're obeying God or just people pleasing Why people pleasing is actually hurting the people you're trying to help CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Today 00:02:23 There's No Such Thing as Suffering or Surrender 00:05:30 Surrender Only Exists When There's Conflict 00:06:55 You Want to Quit, God Says Stay 00:08:38 You Want Revenge, God Says Forgive 00:10:43 You Want Comfort, God Wants You to Grow 00:12:27 Your Will Versus His Will: The Real Battle 00:15:41 God Doesn't Pay You to Think or Feel 00:16:01 First Samuel 15: When You Were Little in Your Own Sight 00:17:26 The Command: Destroy Everything, No Exceptions 00:21:18 The People Made Me Do It: Saul's Excuse 00:22:25 When God Gives, He Also Gives Instructions 00:24:19 Rebellion Is as the Sin of Witchcraft 00:36:56 You Only Destroyed the Bad Stuff 00:41:49 To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice 00:46:07 False Repentance: Honor Me Before the People 00:49:34 What Surrender Really Looks Like 00:51:43 Five Wills That Fight Against God's Will 00:52:09 Prayer for Men: Use Your Influence for God's Will 00:54:21 Prayer for Women: Support the Will of God 00:56:00 Prayer for Children: Stop Following the Internet 00:58:11 Next Steps: Connect, Give, and Share ✅ Subscribe and turn on notifications — new messages every Saturday:

Are you doing all the right things, working hard, staying committed, putting in the effort, but still not getting the results you know you should have? The problem might not be your effort. It might be your need to be in control. In this message, Pastor Eric Thomas delivers one of the most raw and personal sermons of the Royal Airlines series, a message about what's really standing between you and everything God has for you. The formula is simple: surrender. Not weakness, surrender. Because the same way you board a plane and hand your life to a pilot you've never met, God is asking you to trust Him with everything you've been white-knuckling on your own. Pastor Eric shares the real story behind his books, from selling 5,000 copies while fighting for control, to 300,000 copies the moment he surrendered the process. Then going back to control. Then failing again. The full cycle — nothing held back. In this message you'll discover: Why motion without progress is a sign you're in control — not God The real reason control feels safe — and why it's actually destroying you Why control is a spiritual problem, not just a personality trait How the book story reveals a pattern that shows up in your relationships, finances, and family What it actually looks like to surrender — not as a feeling, but as a decision The formula: unless a grain of wheat falls and dies, it remains alone Chapters: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Today 00:00:40 The Formula: Getting on the Same Page With God 00:04:43 The Plane Illustration: Total Surrender at 35,000 Feet 00:10:09 Motion Without Progress: Why You're Stuck 00:15:22 John 12:24 - Unless a Grain of Wheat Dies 00:16:05 We Don't Want Control Because We're Strong, We Want It Because We're Scared 00:18:11 The Book Story: From 5,000 to 300,000 Copies 00:22:00 Control Is Satanic: The Spirit of Lucifer 00:27:09 The Business Lesson: Letting Dede In 00:38:19 The Cross: Complete Surrender 00:40:35 The Huntsville Story: Obedience Over Feelings 00:44:01 How Do You Feel: I Don't Feel Nothing 00:45:19 Altar Call: Time to Die to Control

Most people don't quit because God told them to move. They quit because something invisible made them uncomfortable. In this message, Pastor TJ Tyus breaks down the one principle that determines whether you drift through life or stay rooted in what actually matters: Priority over Preference = Stability. When preference wins, you drift. When priority wins, you remain. You'll learn: → Why you keep making the right moves for the wrong reasons → How invisible "music" (pressure, comparison, feelings, culture) pulls you out of your assignment → The real reason you can't stay committed — and it's not willpower → How to decide before the pressure shows up → Why staying seated is not passive, it's the most active thing you can do Rosa Parks didn't stay seated because she was tired physically. She said: "I was tired of giving in." This message will challenge you to stop giving in to preference and start living from priority — in your health, your relationships, your faith, and your future. CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Today 00:00:42 The Goat Milk Story: Hearing vs Listening 00:05:20 Everything Happens Twice: Mind Then Reality 00:07:13 Solving for Stability: Priority Over Preference 00:10:02 Musical Chairs: Stop Playing Games With Your Seat 00:14:21 The One Who Stayed: Remaining in Your Seat 00:09:23 Hebrews 2:1 - We Must Pay Careful Attention 00:32:27 Guard Your Mind: Winning Internally First 00:34:29 Decide Before Pressure Arrives: Standards Over Suggestions 00:25:55 Rosa Parks: Tired of Giving In 00:21:49 Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable 00:23:01 The CPAP Mask Lesson: Choosing Life Over Comfort 00:29:02 Breaking Patterns: From Comfort to Identity 00:47:00 Training My Sons: Leading From the Front 00:52:28 My Greatest Achievement: Choosing Priority 00:54:42 Altar Call: Stop Choosing Preference Over Priority

Are you stressed, stuck, or constantly comparing yourself to everyone else? The problem might not be your circumstances — it might be that you're sitting in a seat that was never assigned to you. In this message, Pastor Eric Thomas delivers a word that will shift how you see your life, your purpose, and your next season. Drawing from his own story — homeless at 16, a high school dropout eating from trash cans — Pastor Eric shows what happened when he stopped chasing everyone else's seat and got into his own. Everything changed. God didn't assign your seat by accident. Before you were born, He factored in your gifts, your history, your capacity, and your calling. He said — this seat. This flight. This moment. Your job isn't to find the best seat in the room. It's to get into the one that already has your name on it. In this message you'll discover: Why your struggle may have nothing to do with your effort — and everything to do with your seat How social media comparison is keeping you out of your assignment What it really means that God chose YOU before you ever chose Him Why some seats are seasonal — and how to trust the transfer The leadership principle: every seat has a function, not everyone is called to the mic The formula for your clearance: Calling + Confirmation + Character

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany February 1, 2026 Faith Lutheran, Okemos Micah 6:1-8, Psalm 1, I Corinthians 1:18-31, Matthew 5:1-12   Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done, On Earth as in Heaven…   Our Father in heaven, in each moment, in each day we pray your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven.   Your kingdom come, your will be done…  I been thinking about our sister congregation, Immanuel Lutheran in Grand Ledge.  Their pastor, Chuck Forrester, has been on leave from call for several months because of a serious medical condition.  For the last five months, God provided Pastor Chrisy Bright to serve Immanuel.  Chrisy, a young pastor, most recently served as an assistant to former Bishop Satterlee, and now for at least the next three months is Immanuel's contracted pastor.  In this present moment this morning she is preaching the good news of God's love in Jesus Christ to the people of Immanuel. God provided both work for a gifted pastor now without a letter of call, and pastoral leadership for a congregation whose called pastor's return remains uncertain.  An answer to most powerful of all prayers: Your kingdom come, your will be done…   One year ago today, Pastor Megan was ordained, and the very next day, she served as our pastor.  Surely, in this moment in the story of Faith Lutheran Church, God provided for us a shepherd abounding in compassion and joy in a time in our society when so much is uncertain.    Both Immanuel and Faith have been blessed too with exceptionally wise lay leaders and brilliant musicians, so reassuring during this past tumultuous, fear-filled year in our country when the foundations of our democracy seem very tenuous.  In ways we may not have readily recognized, our praying the Lord's prayer week after week did not go unheard.  In both congregations, in this fragile time for all of us, signs of the kingdom, signs of the reign of our Father and his Son, signs of God's steadfast, faithful, loving presence…  We are so blessed.   [In a Zoom call on Wednesday with three other former bishops, Floyd, Marcus, and Jerry, Floyd proclaimed that, for him. these readings for today from Micah, Psalm 15, I Corinthians, and Matthew were maybe the best ones in all of our three-year cycle of biblical texts.  Surely, they all are very beautiful and challenging and powerful as such a time as this.]   Many of us know by heart, or have at least heard these famous words from the prophet Micah, plain-spoken words we are called to live out until we take our last earthly breath: He [God] has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?     Less familiar, but no less powerful and reassuring are the words of Psalm 15, words for each of us in each moment of each day, for all of us who are daily bathed in God's forgiving love.  Please read them with me in their entirety:  LORD, who may dwell in your tabernacle… [vs.4b:  They are willing to do the right thing, to stand by their oath even to their own hurt.]   And then these opening words from I Corinthians 1:18 revealing the  seemingly contradictory way God has chosen to save us:  The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us [most of whom are probably not all that worldly wise or powerful] to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  How ludicrous to worldly wisdom and worldly power and might to believe that a man accused of treason, who dies on a cross, would thereby takes away the sin of the world.  But it is God's wisdom that Jesus' cruel death would be the very way God would save us from our deep brokenness and alienation from each other and from the One who so loves us, so heals us, so day by day rekindles our faith in and hope and love for our Maker and Redeemer and for our friends and enemies alike.        And then, even more, the beatitudes in Matthew 5 as Jesus sat down and to his disciples long ago and to us this morning began his sermon on the mount.    Hear the beatitudes, these blessings in a translation, a rendering by Steve Garnaas-Holmes, a friend of Pastor Megan's:   Blessed are you who have nothing to offer,         for you are offered everything. Blessed are you who are broken-hearted for the world,         for God weeps with you, and will rejoice with you. Blessed are you who do not seek to dominate,         for love dominates your life. Blessed are you who sacrifice for the sake of justice,         for you will know victory. Blessed are you who are gentle,         for God's gentleness enfolds you. Blessed are you who seek only love,         for God will be everywhere for you. Blessed are you who remain peaceful in conflict,         for so you reveal God. Blessed are you who are treated harshly,         for God treats you to the entire realm of God. Blessed are you who are punished for your compassion,         for this is the way of the cross.  These beatitudes are not commands. They are not orders for how we should live our lives.  Rather they are promises to us when our spirits are weak and pretty much exhausted, when we mourn the injustices and the acts of violence in words and deeds against our brothers and sisters.  The beatitudes are promises that when we hunger for, yearn for, work for respectful, kind, and honest relationships in our own lives and in our communities and in our country, they are promises that already God has begun to fill our hearts with hope.  We see God already exposing the abuses of power and the violation of basic human rights so contrary to the way of our gentle Lord, even now calling tens of thousands of protesters to speak up for those who are treated harshly.    "Your kingdom come, your will be done."  It is already coming, our Father's will already being done.  So, blessed are we, members and friends of Faith, when in each moment and each day, the Holy Spirit moves us to perform simple acts of kindness, simple acts of gentleness, simple acts of mercy.  Blessed are we when that same Holy Spirit enables us to see injustices to the poor and to boldly resist in words and actions those in power who would crush and destroy the lives of those the Bible calls "resident aliens."  And blessed are we if we "take a hit," if we a maligned for the simple acts of compassion we are called to take for the oppressed in our midst, the acts of compassion we take for Jesus who was maligned for all of us, who will always be our Immanuel, God with us, God in the very depths of our hearts…   Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.  Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven…in each of our lives, in each of our hearts, in each of our actions, in each moment of each day.  Amen.                                                                                                                         JDS     *or "kindom," the latter word, recently coined and offered in the Apostles' Creed as an understanding of God's kingdom as a beloved community of siblings, all of us as beloved sisters and brothers with Jesus as our Lord.

Third Sunday after Pentecost June 29, 2025 Faith, Okemos I Kings 19:15-16, 19-21. Psalm 16, Galatians 5:1, 13-25[26], Luke 9:52-62   The apostle Paul wrote, I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.  And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.  Galatians 2:20   …it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me…   [And these words from Paul's letter to the church in Rome: Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?  Therefore, we have been buried with him by baptism into death. So that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life…So you must also consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.  Romans 6:3-4, 11]     As I was preparing this week for a small group study of the life and writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, I thought a lot about his vocation as a pastor in Germany in the 1930's and 40's, about his participation in the escalating resistance to Hitler's Nazi regime.  Dietrich came to believe that Christ truly lived in him and that Christ Jesus living in him did battle with the forces of darkness within his own soul and within the soul of the nation he deeply loved.   My brothers and sisters, I believe that Jesus living in Dietrich also lives in now each of us.  Know that in our restlessness and fear in this troubling time, Jesus is doing battle in and with us against our leanings toward despair and  anxiety and cynicism, against our leanings toward disgust and hatred of other sisters and brothers perhaps in all three branches of our government with whom we may have come to increasingly distrust and despise.    I think of the huge budget reconciliation bill now before Congress, a bill affecting countless of the poorest, the most vulnerable among us, a bill negatively affecting our efforts to conserve and preserve the Earth.  Members of Congress and we whom they represent could easily give way to what St. Paul includes in what he calls “the works of the flesh”:  heightened strife, anger, quarrels, dissensions, and factions.   But if it is really true that “it is no longer [we] who live, but rather Christ Jesus who lives in [us]”, then our hearts, our words, and our behaviors radically change.  Then these beautiful words increasingly become who we are:  people of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.       But let us make no mistake: as long as we live in a fallen world, we remain vulnerable to speaking and acting badly, even in a congregation so full of love as this one we so cherish.  In uncertain, stressful times we could can be nasty or at least indifferent to each other.  We could hurt one another even if unintentionally, whether we are young or old, whether new or long-time members.    That was certainly true in the little church in Galatia.  Harsh, ill-considered, judgmental words and behaviors toward one another threatened to irreparably break the bonds of love and kindness that held them together, wounds that effectively muted their witness to God's mercy and grace.    The little church in Galatia and our congregation in Okemos, Michigan did have this in common:  the same crucified and risen and healing Jesus Christ who lived in the Galatian congregation 2000 years later also lives in us.  They were then and we are now the very presence of Christ!  Individually and collectively, we are called to be the very presence of Jesus in this time and in this community whenever our love for one another and for our neighbors especially in Meridian Township is clearly expressed.   But when these Galatian sisters and brothers sinned against each other, and if and when we sin against one another, this same indwelling God who spoke plainly and firmly in their hearts through this little letter to them from Paul, now speaks words of judgment plainly and firmly in our hearts.  Christ Jesus dwelling in their hearts, this Jesus, through the Holy Spirit who convicted them of their sins, now truly dwelling in our hearts, will convict us of our sins against each other.  But Jesus, the Son of God, gave them, and now will give us both the courage and the humility to repent, to put to death our pride and stubbornness, and to ask for forgiveness from those we have hurt.   It has been and it will be a wonderful thing to be part of a congregation where members can courageously acknowledge to one another their lack of kindness or patience or gentleness or self-control.  It has been and it will be a wonderful thing when we can say to one another, “Please forgive me” and to hear back, “I forgive you.” It is a wonderful thing when we regularly practice confession and forgiveness with one another!  This practice may be the most primary, most powerful, deepest witness we can give to our own families, to our neighbors, to a country, to a world so divided, so full of hate.      Confession and forgiveness “levels the playing field.”  In it no one of us is either higher or lower than any of our siblings.  Before God we are all sinners.  And in Christ Jesus, we are all saints, truly cleansed and forgiven through Jesus' death on the cross for us.  Until we reach our heavenly home heaven, we will always be both sinners who need to repent and saints who have been forgiven.   There is great freedom is this dual reality.  We are set free from having to prove how good we are, how much better or better behaved we are than others, how surely “we are right” and “they are wrong.”   At the same time, we no longer need to wallow in guilt or remorse for how awful we are, for how badly and stubbornly wrong-headedly we've lived.  Christ in our hearts continually sets us free!  Jesus through the Holy Spirit struggles in us and with us and for us to name and dethrone the false gods that deceitfully promise a better, happier, safer life if we only we isolate ourselves, cut ourselves off from people with whom we disagree or whom we regard as beneath us.    I want to witness to our life in following Jesus, who is our Life, who day after day resides in our hearts, a life that keeps getting richer and richer.  I want to share a little of what that was like in my own life this past week.  Just days ago Janet Boyer was on my mind.  I called her and rejoiced with her in her gratitude to God for still having her voice after major thyroid surgery performed dangerously close to her vocal cords.  Then I think the same day, I was asked to see Jane and her daughter and some close friends. Jane, a member of Immanuel, Grand Ledge, was in hospice care, just hours away from her death.  Together we prayed and hugged and commended Jane into God's eternal embrace.  Then I privileged to be with a developmentally disabled young man in jail who as I was leaving promised to pray for me as I for him.  Then on Thursday evening Phylis and I were with a very crowded church in Grand Rapids, blessed by the presence of Nadia Bolz-Weber, a very down-to-earth, unpretentious ELCA pastor, who testified of the unending grace of God even in and from her mother's womb, the grace of God through years of drug addiction, and to this day sharing the beautiful fruits of the Holy Spirit with countless people who were lost… Nadia sensing even in her darkest hours that Jesus was not far from her.  She could echo the words of St. Paul: “It is no longer I who live but it is Christ who lives in me.”  With her we sang many songs that evening, songs including these two verses of Amazing Grace…   I believe that experiences like those given to in these last few days…expressions of love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, kindness, given and received, are meant to be experienced by all of us, all of us in whom Jesus dwells, all of us whom Jesus calls to courageously follow him for the rest of our lives.     Please sing with me “Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song” [ELW 808]   Amen.                                                                                          JDS  

Chris Holman welcomes Bill Hufnagel, President & CEO Dart Bank, Mason, MI. Dart Bank marked a significant milestone on Friday, March 21, tell us about that? Share the story of Rollin C. Dart and his son, Doc Campbell Dart, in 1925? Talk about the growth and your footprint across Michigan at this point? So, I'm hearing trust, innovation, and a deep dedication to the communities, go deeper into those innovations? Michigan Bankers Association was on hand for your celebration, share how they help Dart Bank? Where is Dart Bank headed at 100 years? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/ Since 1925, Dart Bank has been more than just a financial institution to our communities. They've been a trusted life-long financial partner, helping individuals, families, and businesses reach their goals. For the past century, we've built relationships rooted in trust, innovation, and community, evolving and expanding to meet the needs of our customers while staying true to our core values. As we recognize this milestone, we honor the past, embrace the present, and look forward to the next 100 years of serving you. Thank you for being part of our journey! Celebrate With Dart Bank! On April 25, 2025 from 11a.m. – 1p.m. ET, they invite you to celebrate 100 years of Dart Bank at one of these branches: Mason, Holt, and Grand Ledge. Join us as we honor a century of trust, innovation, and community with special festivities at each location: Lunch and light refreshments MSU Bakers cookies Free gifts and prize drawings No purchase necessary to enter or win. Prize drawing will take place on April 25, 2025. Winners will be selected at random and contacted by phone. You do not need to be present to win.

This week, we're chatting with Stefanie Black, the Marketing Coordinator at the Grand Ledge Area District Library.  https://gladl.org/  Providing community support & enrichment through books, movies, music, electronic resources, and more Meanwhile, Stefanie is also a crafty artist creating plush creatures, enamel pins, stickers, and more, with Creepy Kawaii! https://creepykawaii.com/ 

Awardees Laura Chappell & Brittany Chesney join Brenna for the final installment of the 2024 Women of Distinction season of the Girl Scout Advantage Podcast. Laura and Brittany dish on how the two of them met during Girl Scouts as young girls and have used the skills they learned in their troop to become entrepreneurs and business partners. Laura Chappell - Laura was born and raised in Grand Ledge, Michigan. She lives in Grand Ledge with her husband, Eric, rescue dog, Millie, and seven energetic chickens. As a full-time photographer, Laura captures special moments, from graduating seniors to weddings and more. She enjoys camping, hiking, gardening, rock hunting, and collecting vinyl records in her free time. Laura is passionate about supporting local businesses, especially those owned by women. Recently, Laura and, her lifelong friend, and Girl Scout Troopmate, Brittany Chesney, purchased a historic building near their hometown. They plan to combine Laura's wedding photography expertise with Brittany's wedding and event planning experience to create a boutique wedding venue set to open in 2026. Brittany Chesney - Brittany lives in Lansing with her husband, Scott, and their pets: the Great Dane/Saint Bernard mix Rheo and their cat, Lady. Brittany has always had a special place in her heart for community involvement and giving back. In 2019, while serving as the head caregiver of a before/after school program in Grand Ledge, she decided it was time to pursue her dream business, 1945 Event Co. This venture allowed Brittany to follow her passion for planning and design, bringing others' visions to life. From Kindergarten until graduation, Brittany was a Girl Scout, and she believes it helped shape her into the woman and entrepreneur she is today. An avid lover of antiques and the TV show I Love Lucy, Brittany enjoys going on adventures and basking in Michigan's natural beauty. https://www.lobrandsit.com/1945 https://www.1945eventco.com/ https://www.facebook.com/FirstAndMainWeddingAndEventVenue Welcome to the newest season of the Girl Scout Advantage podcast! In this season, in each episode, Brenna will talk with different Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan 2024 Women of Distinction Honorees, and they will share their story, their history with Girl Scouts, and what led them to become nominated by community members and peers based on their professional and community leadership both professionally and in their communities, community service, being a strong role model for girls, and their community visibility.

In this episode I explore early stories from the pioneer days of Grand Ledge, Michigan. For more information on Michael Delaware, visit: https://MichaelDelaware.com For tickets to the Del Shannon Concert, visit: https://events.humanitix.com/delshannonshow --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talesofsouthwestmipast/message

Now and then, we're contacted by a listener who has done some work on his or her own gumption. Seeing as how we came out of nowhere, we like to shed a light on others who come out of nowhere, but do good work. Early in 2023, Ben Cwayna contacted us and we invited him on the show to join LBG Lewis Trott in an Ask A Guide about Perrin's Brigade Ben is proud graduate of Michigan State University where he graduated from both undergrad and laws school, Ben is a practicing attorney and managing partner in a law firm in Grand Ledge, Michigan.  He is the proud father of his son, Grant, and has been an avid Civil War enthusiast for most of his 43 years.  For the past 31 years, he has been an active member of the 12th South Carolina/4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Inc.; a dual impression living history organization and currently serves as its commanding officer.  He has studied the 12th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry in depth since he was twelve years old and has written a regimental history entitled, “The Invincible Twelfth” which will be published by Savas Beatie.  His next work will be focused on writing a command study of AP Hill's Third Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia.  Ben is proud to have ancestors that fought on both sides of the conflict; one in the 111th Ohio and the other in the 7th Tennessee and 54th North Carolina.    Support the Show by:  Becoming a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg    Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6394Y8C2XUH38  Grabbing some merch- https://www.addressinggettysburg.com/shop  Getting a book- https://www.addressinggettysburg.com/books  Joining our book club. Email addressinggettysburgbookclub@gmail.com     Supporting Our Sponsors:  You best be visiting our Studio Sponsor, The Gettysburg Museum of History- www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com  The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides https://gettysburgtourguides.org/albgseminar/  Mike Scott Voice- https://www.mikescottvoice.com  The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides- https://gettysburgtourguides.org/  Seminary Ridge Museum- https://www.seminaryridgemuseum.org/  For the Historian- Mention us for 20% off retail sales (in store) plus free shipping (online)- https://www.forthehistorian.com  The Badgemaker- https://www.civilwarcorpsbadges.com  Civil War Trails- https://www.civilwartrails.com  Bantam Roasters Use "HANCOCK" for 10% off your order https://www.raggededgerc.com/  Buy Billy Webster's Album "Marching Through Georgia - https://billysongs.com   Check out Jonathan Lucci's new novel: https://www.theheavensfalling.com/   Join the NACWM- https://www.nacwm.org/     Music possibly by:  "Garryowen" by Billy Webster  Camp Chase Fifes & Drums and our website is https://www.campchasefifesanddrums.org  California Consolidated Drum Band check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/CCDrumBand Kevin MacLeod www.incompetech.com 

September 29, 2023 ~ Evan Stockton, Play-by-Play for State Champs! Sports Network previews this week's High School Football Game of the Week between Grand Ledge and DeWitt.

Investigators in a rural Michigan town, found themselves at the scene of a double homicide involving two of their own. Former police officers Michael and Terri Greene were beloved by the community, and with no known enemies, their murders seemed to confuse everyone. Was it someone they knew or could this have been the work of a complete stranger? Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast Email: CousinsonCrime@gmail.com Theme Music by AleXZavesa ************************************************** OUR MERCH STORE CLOSES AUGUST 30TH! Cousins on Crime is celebrating our one year birthday and we would love for you to continuing to support our show by sporting some C on C gear. Visit https://cousins-on-crime.myspreadshop.com/ to get yours today! Thank you to our sponsor, She's Birdie. To learn more and get your very own Birdie personal safety alarm at https://www.shesbirdie.com/ today! Use code COUSINS15 for 10% off. Sources: https://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/2013/04/man_found_guilty_of_murdering.html https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/03/judge_clears_officials_in_coup.html https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/03/judge_clears_officials_in_coup.html https://www.themorningsun.com/2015/01/30/who-killed-mike-and-kathy-greene/

Bring Joy and Love to the Island Fair. There will be no sad faces. Be a part of history, as this epic fair, run by volunteers only, celebrates 50 fantastic years on the island on July 29, 2023. What better way to make up for the missing Covid year and to enhance this year's celebration than to add 50 new vendors for a total of more than 180 vendors? "They put a little light into this dark time," said event producer Stephene Lapp. Twenty Michigan Authors will be located both on the island and at the ballfield. Don't miss out on this opportunity to get a signed book by a live author. And food trucks are back. Find out more about the island's fascinating history in this action-packed episode with Lapp of Ledge Craft Lane. Sponsored by Doc Chavent and The Lowell Ledger

Second Sunday after Pentecost June 11, 2023 Faith, Okemos Hosea 5:15-6:6, Psalm 50:7-15, Romans 4:13-35. Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Grace to you and peace… It was Friday morning.  Lola lay in her bed at Independence Village in Grand Ledge crying out, “Help me! Help me! Help me!”  Lola, now in her mid-90's, is dying. Author Anne Lamott has written, “Here are the two best prayers I know:  ‘Help me, help me, help me' and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.'” When I read the scriptures to Lola like the 23rd Psalm and Psalm 46 and Matthew 11 in which Jesus says,  “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest…”  she both haltingly and forcefully said them with me, totally by memory.  I don't know that I've ever heard those passages spoken more powerfully. Then seemingly out of the blue she began to speak the words of an old hymn, “I Need Thee Every Hour.” I need Thee every hour Most gracious Lord No tender voice like Thine Can peace afford.     I need Thee, O I need Thee Every hour I need Thee O bless me now, my Savior I come to Thee.   That was the beginning of our little concert together which also included “What A Friend We Have in Jesus.”  In the midst of this, Bruce, one of Lola's children arrived, together with a granddaughter Jennifer, her husband Tom, and their little son.  Amidst abundant tears and hugs, a trio was formed, Jennifer joining Lola and me in “Jesus Loves Me” and “You are My Sunshine.”  Then with hands joined we prayed the Lord's Prayer. Over and over, Lola said, “Thank You.”  She said that to us, but I thought in my heart that in those moments we got to be Jesus for her and with her. I think both Anne Lamott and Lola capture the essence of prayer.  It is “help me” and “thank you.” Five years ago I was with my sister, Jean, when she died.  We were together in the ICU  in Cleveland Clinic much of the last two weeks of her life.  I know we both talked a lot and were silent a lot.  We prayed together.  But in hindsight I wished I'd have thought to sing with her.  Jean had a beautiful voice and was an accomplished pianist and organist. I just didn't think of doing that. Mindful of that regret again, I returned to visit Lola Friday afternoon with an old Service Book and Hymnal.  We sang hymns ‘til I sensed that maybe now this was more for me than for Lola. Amidst a coughing spelling she said “this has been so fun” …and we sang one more hymn.  I asked if she was ready to sleep.  And after quiet prayers for help and words of gratitude, she closed her eyes in sleep. Afterword, I thought about Lola and her family and about the gospel reading for today.   I think Lola's repeated cry for help was also the cry in the hearts of the hated tax collectors who collected money for the Roman Empire and often kept more than was legal for themselves.  I think her cry for help was in the hearts of the morally despicable, the sinners, who together with the tax collectors sat with Jesus and his disciples for dinner at Matthew's home.  Unlike the Pharisees, a spiritually elite group living always on the edge of self-righteousness (They may have often thought and sometimes said “We are the good, law-bidding people”)…Unlike the Pharisees the tax collectors and sinners they knew they were corrupt and immoral.  But as Anne Lamott also writes, with God there are sometimes experience beyond the fervent, anguished need for help and sometimes another experiences beyond our expressions of thanksgiving for the grace Jesus so freely gives.  Anne calls those experiences moments of “wow.”  My “wow” on Friday was when Lola kept amazing me with her vivid memory.  When I told Lola how amazing she was, she quietly responded, “Well, not that good.”  But for me it was a ‘wow.” “Wow” must have been felt in the hearts and minds of those dining with Jesus at Matthew's home…wonderful, liberating feelings and thoughts like “With him we are not despised. We are not being judged.  We are not excluded but fully accepted.  Wow, this is wonderful.  This must be what true love looks like. This is a mercy we never experienced before.”  [I could imagine Matthew now posting on his door in Aramaic the words on the banner we dedicated this morning: All Are Welcome!] Clearly the cry for help was in the heart of the rabbi of a local synagogue who came to Jesus, knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.”   The text continues:  “And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples.” For both the rabbi and Lola, their cries were cries of faith.  As St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Romans, it is the cry of faith, however anguished, this precious gift and promise of God given to people like Abraham who at 100 years of age, as good as dead, believed that God would enable him and Sarah to have a son, that Abraham would truly be “the father of many nations.”  This gift of faith that God could still do this, all the evidence to the contrary, was expressed by Lola when she uttered the words of a hymn she probably learned 80 or more years ago:  “I need thee every hour most gracious Lord.  No tender voice like thine can peace afford.”   This was her faith in the grace and mercy of her Lord. And then there was the longsuffering woman in Matthew's story of Jesus: Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind [Jesus] and touched the fringe of his cloak, for she said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well.”  Jesus turned, and seeing her, he said, “Take heart, daughter, your faith had made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well. Surely her flow of blood made her “unclean” as indicated in the very words of scripture (Leviticus 15:19).  She would have been very much alone, not welcomed, not loved by virtually anyone.  But God loved her and God placed in her desolate heart the faith that by merely touching the fringe of Jesus' cloak, she would be made well.  (Notice her respect for Jesus, touching his cloak, not his skin, lest, according to the law, he be made unclean.)  Her unspoken cry for help, borne of the gift of faith, was met with mercy.  She was made well.  The instantaneous nature of her healing was surely a “wow” moment in her life and perhaps for those who witnessed this power of God's love. This past Wednesday I presided at a graveside service which followed a heart attack and the resulting death of Bryan, a son whose much beloved mother had died just over a week before his own death.  Needless to say, his family and caregivers who supported Bryan in his lifelong journey with cerebral palsy were devastated.  Yet in the scriptures read at this service, we were all reminded of God's promise given to him in Holy Baptism, reminded that God was and would be with him always, that Bryan would suffer always with Jesus, die always with Jesus, and always rise to new life with Jesus.  His sister, Susan, his devoted brother-in-law, John, and Bryan's nephew, Nathan, all spoke eloquently of his compassion, his empathy, his tenderness, his sensitivity as expressions of God's mercy and grace in Bryan's life. John, a jazz musician, asked me if he could play a recording of “Downtown”, one of Bryan's favorite songs, at the conclusion of the service.  As I prepared for the service, I had wondered, in vain, how I might include that song in my sermon, but now I said “yes” to John.  As we listened and then one by one joined in singing “downtown”, I thought in a new way about what heaven would be like with words like “The light's so much brighter there.  You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares…Things will be great when you're downtown.  No finer place for sure Downtown.  Everything's waiting for you downtown, downtown.”  Yes, it was a bit of a stretch, but for us it was a “wow” moment, God lifting our spirits in a day of sadness as together we had shoveled earth over the urn of Bryan's ashes, lifting us through a very secular song, now for us a song portraying a new way of thinking about heaven, about what the “downtown new Jerusalem” will be like for Bryan…and for us. Following the story about a lonely woman, so long ill, now healed, now no longer needing to be alone, we hear these bold and strong but also immensely comforting words; When Jesus came to the leader's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion.  He said, “Go away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.”  And they laughed at him.  But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. Though he was probably wealthy and highly respected, this little girl's father humbled himself before Jesus.  He recognized that he had no power of his own, no amount of money, no noble reputation powerful enough to bring his daughter back to life.  But as with Lola and with Bryan's loved ones, he humbled himself and believed that if Jesus could come, would come, his sorrow would yield to joy. He believed that by Jesus' hand in his daughter's hand, she would live. And Jesus did come and Jesus did take her by the hand and she got up. So for Bryan who sleeps now, so soon also for Lola, what Jesus, the Son of God, has done, living as one of us, suffering and dying and rising for them and for all of us, when we sleep, even in death as earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, when Jesus takes our hand, we will live. One more hymn Lola knew by heart (though not with exactly the version I'm reading now):   Lord, take thou my hand and lead me Unto the end; In life and death I need thee, O blessed Friend; I cannot live without thee For one brief day; Lord, be thou ever near me, And lead the way.   Lord, grant us, like the despised tax collectors and sinners, like the chronically ill woman, like the distraught father whose daughter had died, grant us the faith to receive your steadfast love, your amazing grace, and your boundless mercy for us and for all members of the human family. Amen. JDS

I had the opportunity to visit Independence Village, a senior living facility in Grand Ledge and chat with Executive Director and Administrator, Holly Ridenour. Holly gives an inside look into Independence Village including their many living options, services they offer and amentities as well as valuable advice on making this transition for your loved one. 

On todays episode we have the whole crew. John, Zak, Ty and Zane talk with Corbin Clouse. The Grand Ledge, Michigan native pitched at Davenport University 2014-2016. The LHP was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 2016 MLB draft. He pitched 5 Minor League seasons in the Braves organization before transitioning to his new coaching role at Davenport. Making it all the way up to Triple A. Corbin shared stories of his time at Davenport as a player, what he was doing on the day he was drafted, and his minor league experience. Thank you again to Corbin for taking the time. Follow us on Twitter: @BLDPod Email us: bigleaguedreaming@gmail.com

NHL – Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet, dies at 84 Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull, who helped the Chicago Black Hawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has died. Hull was 84. The two-time MVP was one of the most prolific scorers in NHL history, leading the league in goals seven times. Nicknamed “The Golden Jet” for his speed and blond hair, he posted 13 consecutive seasons with 30 goals or more from 1959-72. Hull and Stan Mikita powered Chicago to the NHL title in 1961. Hull remains the Blackhawks' career leader with 62 playoff goals. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and his No. 9 sweater was retired by Chicago that same year.  Hull's brother, Dennis, played for Chicago for most of his 14 years in the league, and Bobby's son, Brett, spent 19 years in the NHL. Bobby and Brett each won the Hart Trophy as league MVP, becoming the first father-son duo to accomplish the feat. Bobby won in 1964-65 and 1965-1966, while Brett won in 1990-1991. NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Dallas Mavericks 111, Detroit Pistons 105 Mavs 111, Pistons 105 – Doncic scores 53 in return, Mavericks beat Pistons 111-105 Luka Doncic had 53 points in his return to the lineup and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 10 of his 12 in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Mavericks rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 111-105. Four of Doncic's five career 50-point games have come this season. He scored a career-best 60 against the New York Knicks in a game that went to overtime on Dec. 27. Bojan Bogdanovic had 29 points and Saddiq Bey scored 18 for the Pistons. Tonight Los Angeles Clippers at Chicago Bulls, 8:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Men's College Basketball Tonight Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. Central Michigan at Kent State, 7:00 p.m. Ohio at Eastern Michigan, 7:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Purdue a unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25; Vols up to No. 2 Purdue is this season’s first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP men's college basketball poll. The Boilermakers have won eight straight games since a one-point loss to Rutgers on Jan. 2. They were followed in the AP Top 25 by Tennessee, Houston, Alabama and Arizona in the top five. No. 11 Baylor and No. 17 Providence made the biggest jumps, each climbing six spots. Auburn had the biggest drop, falling 10 spots to No. 25. No. 21 Indiana and No. 22 San Diego State rejoined the poll at the expense of Charleston and New Mexico. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina tops AP Top 25; Ohio State tumbles South Carolina, Stanford and LSU are the top teams in the latest women’s AP Top 25 college basketball rankings. South Carolina is No. 1 for the 32nd consecutive week. Only UConn (51 and 34 weeks) and Louisiana Tech (36) have had longer runs at No. 1. Indiana and UConn round out top five. Ohio State lost all three of its games last week and dropped from No. 2 to No. 10. NCAAFB – Rashada case in Florida highlights issues in NIL, recruiting Using name, image and likeness compensation to recruit college athletes is still very much against NCAA rules. The recent de-commitment from Florida by blue chip quarterback Jaden Rashada shows that NIL is definitely a factor in decisions. Booster-funded collectives are taking on a big role in compensating athletes. Schools can only hope they are acting within the rules and in their best interest. Inserting a third-party in the recruiting process between coaches and recruits has only complicated things. Experts say the collectives should focus on athletes who are already on campus. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Basketball Benton Harbor 71, Battle Creek Central 54 Benton Harbor got a game high 19 points from Grant Gondrezick II, 18 from Brian Gillespie, and 17 points from Antwan Callahan in the Tigers 71-54 win at Battle Creek Central.   Benton Harbor improves to 12-2 on the season and has won 6 straight.   Battle Creek Central falls to 10-5 and has lost two in a row after falling to St. Joe on Thursday. Fennville 52, Michigan Lutheran 44 Fennville edged out Michigan Lutheran 52-44 on Monday Night.  Ben Peterson led the Blackhawks with a game high 25 points and Aden Swingit had 10.  Ty Johsnon scored 12 for Michigan Lutheran while Micah Herbst added 10. Michigan Lutheran falls to 6-5. Eau Claire 84, Galesburg-Augusta 68 River Valley 77, Covert 49 Kalamazoo Central 59, Loy Norrix 58 Sturgis 59, Bronson 34 Battle Creek Pennfield 70, Comstock 24 Girls Basketball Vicksburg 60, Lakeshore 57 Vicksburg remained undefeated at 15-0 on the season with a 60-57 road win at Lakeshore.  Madison Diekman led the Bulldogs with a game high 18 points, Emma Steele had 17, and Kendra Cooley had 15 points.   Lakeshore got 17 points each from Ainsley Ashby and Paige Lies while Megan Wurster scored 11.   The Lancers fall to 10-4 and will host St. Joe on Thursday night. Dowagiac 37, Our Lady of the Lake 27 Alanah Smith scored a game high 16 points for Dowagiac in the Chieftains 37-27 home victory over Our Lady of the Lake.  Freshman Aribel Mills had 11 points to lead the Lakers Buchanan 60, Michigan Lutheran 9 Brandywine 65, Sturgis 32 Kalamazoo Hackett 51, Centreville 36 Parma Western 63, Battle Creek Lakeview 18 Competitive Cheer Cheer by the Pier at St. Joseph Division 2 Mattawan                664.34 St. Joseph                625.50 Lakeshore                624.20 Division 3/4 Buchanan                 673.92 Dowagiac                 660.24 Coloma                    621.22 Three Rivers            596.90 Tonight Boys Basketball Non-Conference Niles at St. Joseph, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Lakeshore, 7:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Our Lady of the Lake, 7:00 p.m. Countryside at River Valley, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman at Buchanan, 7:15 p.m. Cassopolis at Brandywine, 7:00 p.m. Otsego at Gull Lake, 7:00 p.m. Mattawan at GR West Catholic, 7:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Charlotte, 7:00 p.m. GR Ottawa Hills at Plainwell, 7:00 p.m. Marshall at Portage Central, 7:00 p.m. Portage Northern at Three Rivers, 7:00 p.m. Kal. Christian at BC Lakeview, 7:15 p.m. Harper Creek at Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m. Kal. Heritage at Gobles, 7:00 p.m. Quincey at Martin, 7:00 p.m. SAC Kalamazoo Hackett at South Haven, 7:00 p.m. Constantine at Coloma, 7:00 p.m. Parchment at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m. Lawton at Allegan, 7:00 p.m. Southwest 10 Comstock at Bloomingdale, 7:00 p.m. Marcellus at Centreville, 7:30 p.m. Hartford at Decatur, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. White Pigeon at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Non-Conference St. Joseph at Niles, 7:00 p.m. BC Central at Benton Harbor, 6:00 p.m. Eau Claire at Michigan Lutheran, 7:00 p.m. Martin at Berrien Springs, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. Grandville at Mattawan, 7:00 p.m. Portage Central at Marshall, 7:00 p.m. Hudsonville at Paw Paw, 7:00 p.m. Gull Lake at Otsego, 7:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m. Hopkins at Saugatuck, 7:00 p.m. Holland Black River at North Muskegon, 7:00 p.m. SAC Bridgman at Lawton, 6:00 p.m. Watervliet at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Southwest 10 Lawrence at Bangor, 7:30 p.m. Bloomingdale at Comstock, 7:30 p.m. Decatur at Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Centreville at Marcellus, 7:30 p.m. Mendon at White Pigeon, 7:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School AP Rankings Boys Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Cass Tech (5)                           (15-0)   75 2. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice                (13-1)   70 3. Muskegon                                           (12-0)   65 4. Grand Rapids Northview                        (12-1)   57 5. North Farmington                                (10-1)   54 6. Ann Arbor Huron                                 (11-0)   49 7. Detroit U-D Jesuit                               (12-2)   44 7. Grand Blanc                                       (11-2)   44 9. Port Huron Northern                           (12-1)   31 10. Kalamazoo Central                          (10-2)  23 Others receiving votes: Okemos 18, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 11, Warren De La Salle 10, Lansing Waverly 8, Grand Ledge 8, Grand Haven 7, Rockford 6, Troy 5, Saline 4, Mattawan 4, Grosse Pointe South 2, Oak Park 2, Hamtramck 1, Midland Dow 1, Battle Creek Lakeview 1. Division 2 1. Romulus Summit Academy (4)                  (13-1)   74 2. Warren Michigan Collegiate (1)              (12-1)   66 3. Ludington                                          (13-0)   62 4. Olivet                                                 (13-0)   50 (tie) Benton Harbor                              (11-2)  50 6. Chelsea                                              (12-1)   45 7. Grand Rapids Catholic Central               (9-4)     44 8. Warren Lincoln                                   (10-3)   35 9. Saginaw                                             (13-3)   33 10. Grand Rapids Christian                       (8-3)     30 Others receiving votes: Onsted 29, Big Rapids 15, Ferndale 13, Cadillac 13, Kingsford 11, Ada Forest Hills Eastern 9, Hart 8, Boyne City 7, Richmond 7, Standish Sterling Central 5, Goodrich 1, Ionia 1, Grand Rapids South Christian 1. Division 3 1. Detroit Loyola (4)                               (12-1)   88 2. Laingsburg                                         (12-0)   81 3. Flint Beecher (2)                                 (11-2)   70 4. Brandywine                                      (11-1)  52 5. Napoleon                                            (12-0)   51 6. Watervliet                                        (10-1)  46 7. Grandville Calvin Christian                   (12-1)   44 8. Iron Mountain                                     (10-1)   42 9. Maple City Glen Lake                             (10-1)   41 10. New Haven                                        (12-2)   38 Others receiving votes: Saginaw Nouvel 30, Cass City 24, Blanchard Montabella 20, Bad Axe 17, St. Ignace 16, Traverse City St. Francis 13, Ovid-Elsie 13, Michigan Center 7, Jonesville 6, Brown City 6, Galesburg-Augusta 5, Beal City 4, Ecorse 4, Cassopolis 2. Division 4 1. Genesee Christian (1)                           (11-2)   67 2. Taylor Trillium Academy (2)                   (11-0)   62 3. Painesdale Jeffers (2)                           (13-0)   59 4. Powers North Central                          (9-1)     58 5. Hillman                                              (10-1)   45 6. Mio Au Sable                                       (10-0)   44 7. Wyoming Tri-unity Christian                  (9-3)     42 8. Lake Leelanau St Mary                           (11-1)   39 9. Baldwin                                             (11-1)   38 10. Munising                                           (13-1)   32 Others receiving votes: Gaylord St. Mary 24, Bellevue 23, Rudyard 14, Ironwood 8, Pittsford 8, Kingston 6, Ewen-Trout Creek 6, Watersmeet 6, Detroit University Prep Art & Design 4, Hillsdale Academy 2, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, McBain Northern Michigan Christian 1, Detroit Douglass 1. Girls Basketball Division 1 1. West Bloomfield (3)                             (13-2)   71 2. Detroit Renaissance (2)                        (14-0)   70 3. Rockford                                            (13-1)   64 4. Flint Carman Ainsworth                        (12-0)   60 5. Farmington Hills Mercy                         (13-1)   58 6. Grosse Pointe North                            (12-2)   41 7. Wayne Memorial                                   (9-3)     39 8. DeWitt                                              (12-1)   38 9. Jackson Northwest                              (13-1)   31 10. Byron Center                                     (12-3)   23 Others receiving votes: Saline 20, Holt 14, Temperance Bedford 14, East Grand Rapids 13, North Farmington 9, Lowell 7, Utica Ford 6, Kalamazoo Central 6, Lake Orion 5, Belleville 4, Coldwater 3, Grand Blanc 3, Holland West Ottawa 1. Division 2 1. Grand Rapids West Catholic (5)              (14-0)   75 2. Detroit Edison                                    (10-2)   70 3. Chelsea                                              (14-1)   63 4. Haslett                                              (15-0)   61 5. Lake Fenton                                        (15-0)   56 6. Frankenmuth                                       (12-1)   45 7. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard                    (12-3)   38 8. Vicksburg                                         (14-0)  37 9. Goodrich                                            (12-1)   34 10. Dearborn Divine Child                         (12-3)   29 Others receiving votes: Escanaba 20, Standish-Sterling 18, Grand Rapids Christian 14, Lansing Catholic 12, Tecumseh 7, Redford Westfield Prep 7, Warren Fitzgerald 4, Wixom St. Catherine of Siena Academy 4, Marysville 2, Olivet 1, Romulus 1, Ludington 1, Detroit Country Day 1. Division 3 1. Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory (2)              (7-4)     69 2. Dansville (2)                                       (13-1)   66 3. Blissfield                                           (14-1)   56 4. Buchanan                                          (12-1)  55 5. Lake City (1)                                        (14-1)   52 6. Hancock                                             (11-1)   49 7. Traverse City St. Francis                       (11-1)   38 8. Evart                                                 (13-2)   33 9. Kent City                                            (12-3)   30 10. Harbor Springs                                  (12-2)   25 Others receiving votes: Hemlock 24, Sanford-Meridian 21, Calumet 15, Brandywine 13, Detroit Osborn 12, Bronson 8, Ovid-Elsie 8, Elk Rapids 5, 19, Bridgman 4, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 4, McBain 4, Hart 3, Watervliet 3, Plymouth Christian Academy 2, Ithaca 1. Division 4 1. Maple City Glen Lake (3)                        (11-2)   73 2. Kingston (2)                                       (13-0)   68 3. Baraga                                               (12-2)   62 4. Mackinaw City                                     (13-0)   56 5. Gaylord St. Mary                                 (10-2)   54 6. Morenci                                              (14-1)   50 7. St. Charles                                         (12-2)   46 8. Norway                                              (14-1)   35 9. Petersburg Summerfield                        (14-2)   29 10. Cedarville                                        (11-2)   23 (tie) Brethren                                        (14-1)   23 Others receiving votes: Fowler 13, Portland St. Patrick 12, Pittsford 10, Colon 9, Mendon 8, Burton Genesee Christian 7, St. Ignace LaSalle 6, Carney-Nadeau 5, Johannesburg-Lewiston 3, Ontonagon 3, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, Martin 2, Indian River-Inland Lakes 1.FILE – Bobby Hull, 18-year-old player on the Chicago Blackhawks, is photographed in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 24, 1957. Hull, a Hall of Fame forward who helped the Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has died. He was 84. The Blackhawks and the NHL Alumni Association announced the death of the two-time NHL MVP on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. 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NHL – Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet, dies at 84 Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull, who helped the Chicago Black Hawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has died. Hull was 84. The two-time MVP was one of the most prolific scorers in NHL history, leading the league in goals seven times. Nicknamed “The Golden Jet” for his speed and blond hair, he posted 13 consecutive seasons with 30 goals or more from 1959-72. Hull and Stan Mikita powered Chicago to the NHL title in 1961. Hull remains the Blackhawks' career leader with 62 playoff goals. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and his No. 9 sweater was retired by Chicago that same year.  Hull's brother, Dennis, played for Chicago for most of his 14 years in the league, and Bobby's son, Brett, spent 19 years in the NHL. Bobby and Brett each won the Hart Trophy as league MVP, becoming the first father-son duo to accomplish the feat. Bobby won in 1964-65 and 1965-1966, while Brett won in 1990-1991. NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Dallas Mavericks 111, Detroit Pistons 105 Mavs 111, Pistons 105 – Doncic scores 53 in return, Mavericks beat Pistons 111-105 Luka Doncic had 53 points in his return to the lineup and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 10 of his 12 in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Mavericks rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 111-105. Four of Doncic's five career 50-point games have come this season. He scored a career-best 60 against the New York Knicks in a game that went to overtime on Dec. 27. Bojan Bogdanovic had 29 points and Saddiq Bey scored 18 for the Pistons. Tonight Los Angeles Clippers at Chicago Bulls, 8:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Men's College Basketball Tonight Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. Central Michigan at Kent State, 7:00 p.m. Ohio at Eastern Michigan, 7:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Purdue a unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25; Vols up to No. 2 Purdue is this season’s first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP men's college basketball poll. The Boilermakers have won eight straight games since a one-point loss to Rutgers on Jan. 2. They were followed in the AP Top 25 by Tennessee, Houston, Alabama and Arizona in the top five. No. 11 Baylor and No. 17 Providence made the biggest jumps, each climbing six spots. Auburn had the biggest drop, falling 10 spots to No. 25. No. 21 Indiana and No. 22 San Diego State rejoined the poll at the expense of Charleston and New Mexico. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina tops AP Top 25; Ohio State tumbles South Carolina, Stanford and LSU are the top teams in the latest women’s AP Top 25 college basketball rankings. South Carolina is No. 1 for the 32nd consecutive week. Only UConn (51 and 34 weeks) and Louisiana Tech (36) have had longer runs at No. 1. Indiana and UConn round out top five. Ohio State lost all three of its games last week and dropped from No. 2 to No. 10. NCAAFB – Rashada case in Florida highlights issues in NIL, recruiting Using name, image and likeness compensation to recruit college athletes is still very much against NCAA rules. The recent de-commitment from Florida by blue chip quarterback Jaden Rashada shows that NIL is definitely a factor in decisions. Booster-funded collectives are taking on a big role in compensating athletes. Schools can only hope they are acting within the rules and in their best interest. Inserting a third-party in the recruiting process between coaches and recruits has only complicated things. Experts say the collectives should focus on athletes who are already on campus. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Basketball Benton Harbor 71, Battle Creek Central 54 Benton Harbor got a game high 19 points from Grant Gondrezick II, 18 from Brian Gillespie, and 17 points from Antwan Callahan in the Tigers 71-54 win at Battle Creek Central.   Benton Harbor improves to 12-2 on the season and has won 6 straight.   Battle Creek Central falls to 10-5 and has lost two in a row after falling to St. Joe on Thursday. Fennville 52, Michigan Lutheran 44 Fennville edged out Michigan Lutheran 52-44 on Monday Night.  Ben Peterson led the Blackhawks with a game high 25 points and Aden Swingit had 10.  Ty Johsnon scored 12 for Michigan Lutheran while Micah Herbst added 10. Michigan Lutheran falls to 6-5. Eau Claire 84, Galesburg-Augusta 68 River Valley 77, Covert 49 Kalamazoo Central 59, Loy Norrix 58 Sturgis 59, Bronson 34 Battle Creek Pennfield 70, Comstock 24 Girls Basketball Vicksburg 60, Lakeshore 57 Vicksburg remained undefeated at 15-0 on the season with a 60-57 road win at Lakeshore.  Madison Diekman led the Bulldogs with a game high 18 points, Emma Steele had 17, and Kendra Cooley had 15 points.   Lakeshore got 17 points each from Ainsley Ashby and Paige Lies while Megan Wurster scored 11.   The Lancers fall to 10-4 and will host St. Joe on Thursday night. Dowagiac 37, Our Lady of the Lake 27 Alanah Smith scored a game high 16 points for Dowagiac in the Chieftains 37-27 home victory over Our Lady of the Lake.  Freshman Aribel Mills had 11 points to lead the Lakers Buchanan 60, Michigan Lutheran 9 Brandywine 65, Sturgis 32 Kalamazoo Hackett 51, Centreville 36 Parma Western 63, Battle Creek Lakeview 18 Competitive Cheer Cheer by the Pier at St. Joseph Division 2 Mattawan                664.34 St. Joseph                625.50 Lakeshore                624.20 Division 3/4 Buchanan                 673.92 Dowagiac                 660.24 Coloma                    621.22 Three Rivers            596.90 Tonight Boys Basketball Non-Conference Niles at St. Joseph, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Lakeshore, 7:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Our Lady of the Lake, 7:00 p.m. Countryside at River Valley, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman at Buchanan, 7:15 p.m. Cassopolis at Brandywine, 7:00 p.m. Otsego at Gull Lake, 7:00 p.m. Mattawan at GR West Catholic, 7:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Charlotte, 7:00 p.m. GR Ottawa Hills at Plainwell, 7:00 p.m. Marshall at Portage Central, 7:00 p.m. Portage Northern at Three Rivers, 7:00 p.m. Kal. Christian at BC Lakeview, 7:15 p.m. Harper Creek at Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m. Kal. Heritage at Gobles, 7:00 p.m. Quincey at Martin, 7:00 p.m. SAC Kalamazoo Hackett at South Haven, 7:00 p.m. Constantine at Coloma, 7:00 p.m. Parchment at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m. Lawton at Allegan, 7:00 p.m. Southwest 10 Comstock at Bloomingdale, 7:00 p.m. Marcellus at Centreville, 7:30 p.m. Hartford at Decatur, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. White Pigeon at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Non-Conference St. Joseph at Niles, 7:00 p.m. BC Central at Benton Harbor, 6:00 p.m. Eau Claire at Michigan Lutheran, 7:00 p.m. Martin at Berrien Springs, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. Grandville at Mattawan, 7:00 p.m. Portage Central at Marshall, 7:00 p.m. Hudsonville at Paw Paw, 7:00 p.m. Gull Lake at Otsego, 7:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m. Hopkins at Saugatuck, 7:00 p.m. Holland Black River at North Muskegon, 7:00 p.m. SAC Bridgman at Lawton, 6:00 p.m. Watervliet at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Southwest 10 Lawrence at Bangor, 7:30 p.m. Bloomingdale at Comstock, 7:30 p.m. Decatur at Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Centreville at Marcellus, 7:30 p.m. Mendon at White Pigeon, 7:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School AP Rankings Boys Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Cass Tech (5)                           (15-0)   75 2. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice                (13-1)   70 3. Muskegon                                           (12-0)   65 4. Grand Rapids Northview                        (12-1)   57 5. North Farmington                                (10-1)   54 6. Ann Arbor Huron                                 (11-0)   49 7. Detroit U-D Jesuit                               (12-2)   44 7. Grand Blanc                                       (11-2)   44 9. Port Huron Northern                           (12-1)   31 10. Kalamazoo Central                          (10-2)  23 Others receiving votes: Okemos 18, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 11, Warren De La Salle 10, Lansing Waverly 8, Grand Ledge 8, Grand Haven 7, Rockford 6, Troy 5, Saline 4, Mattawan 4, Grosse Pointe South 2, Oak Park 2, Hamtramck 1, Midland Dow 1, Battle Creek Lakeview 1. Division 2 1. Romulus Summit Academy (4)                  (13-1)   74 2. Warren Michigan Collegiate (1)              (12-1)   66 3. Ludington                                          (13-0)   62 4. Olivet                                                 (13-0)   50 (tie) Benton Harbor                              (11-2)  50 6. Chelsea                                              (12-1)   45 7. Grand Rapids Catholic Central               (9-4)     44 8. Warren Lincoln                                   (10-3)   35 9. Saginaw                                             (13-3)   33 10. Grand Rapids Christian                       (8-3)     30 Others receiving votes: Onsted 29, Big Rapids 15, Ferndale 13, Cadillac 13, Kingsford 11, Ada Forest Hills Eastern 9, Hart 8, Boyne City 7, Richmond 7, Standish Sterling Central 5, Goodrich 1, Ionia 1, Grand Rapids South Christian 1. Division 3 1. Detroit Loyola (4)                               (12-1)   88 2. Laingsburg                                         (12-0)   81 3. Flint Beecher (2)                                 (11-2)   70 4. Brandywine                                      (11-1)  52 5. Napoleon                                            (12-0)   51 6. Watervliet                                        (10-1)  46 7. Grandville Calvin Christian                   (12-1)   44 8. Iron Mountain                                     (10-1)   42 9. Maple City Glen Lake                             (10-1)   41 10. New Haven                                        (12-2)   38 Others receiving votes: Saginaw Nouvel 30, Cass City 24, Blanchard Montabella 20, Bad Axe 17, St. Ignace 16, Traverse City St. Francis 13, Ovid-Elsie 13, Michigan Center 7, Jonesville 6, Brown City 6, Galesburg-Augusta 5, Beal City 4, Ecorse 4, Cassopolis 2. Division 4 1. Genesee Christian (1)                           (11-2)   67 2. Taylor Trillium Academy (2)                   (11-0)   62 3. Painesdale Jeffers (2)                           (13-0)   59 4. Powers North Central                          (9-1)     58 5. Hillman                                              (10-1)   45 6. Mio Au Sable                                       (10-0)   44 7. Wyoming Tri-unity Christian                  (9-3)     42 8. Lake Leelanau St Mary                           (11-1)   39 9. Baldwin                                             (11-1)   38 10. Munising                                           (13-1)   32 Others receiving votes: Gaylord St. Mary 24, Bellevue 23, Rudyard 14, Ironwood 8, Pittsford 8, Kingston 6, Ewen-Trout Creek 6, Watersmeet 6, Detroit University Prep Art & Design 4, Hillsdale Academy 2, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, McBain Northern Michigan Christian 1, Detroit Douglass 1. Girls Basketball Division 1 1. West Bloomfield (3)                             (13-2)   71 2. Detroit Renaissance (2)                        (14-0)   70 3. Rockford                                            (13-1)   64 4. Flint Carman Ainsworth                        (12-0)   60 5. Farmington Hills Mercy                         (13-1)   58 6. Grosse Pointe North                            (12-2)   41 7. Wayne Memorial                                   (9-3)     39 8. DeWitt                                              (12-1)   38 9. Jackson Northwest                              (13-1)   31 10. Byron Center                                     (12-3)   23 Others receiving votes: Saline 20, Holt 14, Temperance Bedford 14, East Grand Rapids 13, North Farmington 9, Lowell 7, Utica Ford 6, Kalamazoo Central 6, Lake Orion 5, Belleville 4, Coldwater 3, Grand Blanc 3, Holland West Ottawa 1. Division 2 1. Grand Rapids West Catholic (5)              (14-0)   75 2. Detroit Edison                                    (10-2)   70 3. Chelsea                                              (14-1)   63 4. Haslett                                              (15-0)   61 5. Lake Fenton                                        (15-0)   56 6. Frankenmuth                                       (12-1)   45 7. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard                    (12-3)   38 8. Vicksburg                                         (14-0)  37 9. Goodrich                                            (12-1)   34 10. Dearborn Divine Child                         (12-3)   29 Others receiving votes: Escanaba 20, Standish-Sterling 18, Grand Rapids Christian 14, Lansing Catholic 12, Tecumseh 7, Redford Westfield Prep 7, Warren Fitzgerald 4, Wixom St. Catherine of Siena Academy 4, Marysville 2, Olivet 1, Romulus 1, Ludington 1, Detroit Country Day 1. Division 3 1. Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory (2)              (7-4)     69 2. Dansville (2)                                       (13-1)   66 3. Blissfield                                           (14-1)   56 4. Buchanan                                          (12-1)  55 5. Lake City (1)                                        (14-1)   52 6. Hancock                                             (11-1)   49 7. Traverse City St. Francis                       (11-1)   38 8. Evart                                                 (13-2)   33 9. Kent City                                            (12-3)   30 10. Harbor Springs                                  (12-2)   25 Others receiving votes: Hemlock 24, Sanford-Meridian 21, Calumet 15, Brandywine 13, Detroit Osborn 12, Bronson 8, Ovid-Elsie 8, Elk Rapids 5, 19, Bridgman 4, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 4, McBain 4, Hart 3, Watervliet 3, Plymouth Christian Academy 2, Ithaca 1. Division 4 1. Maple City Glen Lake (3)                        (11-2)   73 2. Kingston (2)                                       (13-0)   68 3. Baraga                                               (12-2)   62 4. Mackinaw City                                     (13-0)   56 5. Gaylord St. Mary                                 (10-2)   54 6. Morenci                                              (14-1)   50 7. St. Charles                                         (12-2)   46 8. Norway                                              (14-1)   35 9. Petersburg Summerfield                        (14-2)   29 10. Cedarville                                        (11-2)   23 (tie) Brethren                                        (14-1)   23 Others receiving votes: Fowler 13, Portland St. Patrick 12, Pittsford 10, Colon 9, Mendon 8, Burton Genesee Christian 7, St. Ignace LaSalle 6, Carney-Nadeau 5, Johannesburg-Lewiston 3, Ontonagon 3, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, Martin 2, Indian River-Inland Lakes 1.FILE – Bobby Hull, 18-year-old player on the Chicago Blackhawks, is photographed in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 24, 1957. Hull, a Hall of Fame forward who helped the Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has died. He was 84. The Blackhawks and the NHL Alumni Association announced the death of the two-time NHL MVP on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch, file)Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) is guarded by Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren, top, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)AP MEN'S TOP 251Purdue (62)21-12Tennessee18-33Houston20-24Alabama18-35Arizona19-36Virginia16-37Kansas State18-38Kansas17-49UCLA17-410Texas17-411Baylor16-512Gonzaga18-413Iowa State15-514Marquette17-515TCU16-516Xavier17-517Providence17-518Saint Mary’s19-419Florida Atlantic21-120Clemson18-421Indiana15-622San Diego State17-423Miami16-524UConn16-625Auburn16-5AP WOMEN'S TOP 251South Carolina (28)21-02Stanford21-23LSU20-04Indiana20-15UConn20-26Iowa17-47Utah18-28Maryland17-49Notre Dame17-310Ohio State19-311North Carolina16-512Iowa State15-413Virginia Tech17-414UCLA17-515NC State16-516Duke18-317Gonzaga21-218Michigan17-519Villanova18-420Oklahoma16-421Middle Tennessee18-222Arizona16-523Florida State19-524Texas16-625South Florida20-4See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NHL – Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet, dies at 84 Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull, who helped the Chicago Black Hawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has died. Hull was 84. The two-time MVP was one of the most prolific scorers in NHL history, leading the league in goals seven times. Nicknamed “The Golden Jet” for his speed and blond hair, he posted 13 consecutive seasons with 30 goals or more from 1959-72. Hull and Stan Mikita powered Chicago to the NHL title in 1961. Hull remains the Blackhawks’ career leader with 62 playoff goals. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and his No. 9 sweater was retired by Chicago that same year.  Hull’s brother, Dennis, played for Chicago for most of his 14 years in the league, and Bobby’s son, Brett, spent 19 years in the NHL. Bobby and Brett each won the Hart Trophy as league MVP, becoming the first father-son duo to accomplish the feat. Bobby won in 1964-65 and 1965-1966, while Brett won in 1990-1991. NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Dallas Mavericks 111, Detroit Pistons 105 Mavs 111, Pistons 105 – Doncic scores 53 in return, Mavericks beat Pistons 111-105 Luka Doncic had 53 points in his return to the lineup and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 10 of his 12 in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Mavericks rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 111-105. Four of Doncic’s five career 50-point games have come this season. He scored a career-best 60 against the New York Knicks in a game that went to overtime on Dec. 27. Bojan Bogdanovic had 29 points and Saddiq Bey scored 18 for the Pistons. Tonight Los Angeles Clippers at Chicago Bulls, 8:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Men’s College Basketball Tonight Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. Central Michigan at Kent State, 7:00 p.m. Ohio at Eastern Michigan, 7:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Purdue a unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25; Vols up to No. 2 Purdue is this season’s first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP men’s college basketball poll. The Boilermakers have won eight straight games since a one-point loss to Rutgers on Jan. 2. They were followed in the AP Top 25 by Tennessee, Houston, Alabama and Arizona in the top five. No. 11 Baylor and No. 17 Providence made the biggest jumps, each climbing six spots. Auburn had the biggest drop, falling 10 spots to No. 25. No. 21 Indiana and No. 22 San Diego State rejoined the poll at the expense of Charleston and New Mexico. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina tops AP Top 25; Ohio State tumbles South Carolina, Stanford and LSU are the top teams in the latest women’s AP Top 25 college basketball rankings. South Carolina is No. 1 for the 32nd consecutive week. Only UConn (51 and 34 weeks) and Louisiana Tech (36) have had longer runs at No. 1. Indiana and UConn round out top five. Ohio State lost all three of its games last week and dropped from No. 2 to No. 10. NCAAFB – Rashada case in Florida highlights issues in NIL, recruiting Using name, image and likeness compensation to recruit college athletes is still very much against NCAA rules. The recent de-commitment from Florida by blue chip quarterback Jaden Rashada shows that NIL is definitely a factor in decisions. Booster-funded collectives are taking on a big role in compensating athletes. Schools can only hope they are acting within the rules and in their best interest. Inserting a third-party in the recruiting process between coaches and recruits has only complicated things. Experts say the collectives should focus on athletes who are already on campus. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Basketball Benton Harbor 71, Battle Creek Central 54 Benton Harbor got a game high 19 points from Grant Gondrezick II, 18 from Brian Gillespie, and 17 points from Antwan Callahan in the Tigers 71-54 win at Battle Creek Central.   Benton Harbor improves to 12-2 on the season and has won 6 straight.   Battle Creek Central falls to 10-5 and has lost two in a row after falling to St. Joe on Thursday.  Fennville 52, Michigan Lutheran 44 Fennville edged out Michigan Lutheran 52-44 on Monday Night.  Ben Peterson led the Blackhawks with a game high 25 points and Aden Swingit had 10.  Ty Johsnon scored 12 for Michigan Lutheran while Micah Herbst added 10. Michigan Lutheran falls to 6-5. Eau Claire 84, Galesburg-Augusta 68 River Valley 77, Covert 49 Kalamazoo Central 59, Loy Norrix 58 Sturgis 59, Bronson 34 Battle Creek Pennfield 70, Comstock 24 Girls Basketball Vicksburg 60, Lakeshore 57 Vicksburg remained undefeated at 15-0 on the season with a 60-57 road win at Lakeshore.  Madison Diekman led the Bulldogs with a game high 18 points, Emma Steele had 17, and Kendra Cooley had 15 points.   Lakeshore got 17 points each from Ainsley Ashby and Paige Lies while Megan Wurster scored 11.   The Lancers fall to 10-4 and will host St. Joe on Thursday night. Dowagiac 37, Our Lady of the Lake 27 Alanah Smith scored a game high 16 points for Dowagiac in the Chieftains 37-27 home victory over Our Lady of the Lake.  Freshman Aribel Mills had 11 points to lead the Lakers Buchanan 60, Michigan Lutheran 9 Brandywine 65, Sturgis 32 Kalamazoo Hackett 51, Centreville 36 Parma Western 63, Battle Creek Lakeview 18 Competitive Cheer Cheer by the Pier at St. Joseph Division 2 Mattawan                664.34 St. Joseph                625.50 Lakeshore                624.20 Division 3/4 Buchanan                 673.92 Dowagiac                 660.24 Coloma                    621.22 Three Rivers            596.90 Tonight Boys Basketball Non-Conference Niles at St. Joseph, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Lakeshore, 7:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Our Lady of the Lake, 7:00 p.m. Countryside at River Valley, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman at Buchanan, 7:15 p.m. Cassopolis at Brandywine, 7:00 p.m. Otsego at Gull Lake, 7:00 p.m. Mattawan at GR West Catholic, 7:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Charlotte, 7:00 p.m. GR Ottawa Hills at Plainwell, 7:00 p.m. Marshall at Portage Central, 7:00 p.m. Portage Northern at Three Rivers, 7:00 p.m. Kal. Christian at BC Lakeview, 7:15 p.m. Harper Creek at Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m. Kal. Heritage at Gobles, 7:00 p.m. Quincey at Martin, 7:00 p.m. SAC Kalamazoo Hackett at South Haven, 7:00 p.m. Constantine at Coloma, 7:00 p.m. Parchment at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m. Lawton at Allegan, 7:00 p.m. Southwest 10 Comstock at Bloomingdale, 7:00 p.m. Marcellus at Centreville, 7:30 p.m. Hartford at Decatur, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. White Pigeon at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Non-Conference St. Joseph at Niles, 7:00 p.m. BC Central at Benton Harbor, 6:00 p.m. Eau Claire at Michigan Lutheran, 7:00 p.m. Martin at Berrien Springs, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. Grandville at Mattawan, 7:00 p.m. Portage Central at Marshall, 7:00 p.m. Hudsonville at Paw Paw, 7:00 p.m. Gull Lake at Otsego, 7:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m. Hopkins at Saugatuck, 7:00 p.m. Holland Black River at North Muskegon, 7:00 p.m. SAC Bridgman at Lawton, 6:00 p.m. Watervliet at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Southwest 10 Lawrence at Bangor, 7:30 p.m. Bloomingdale at Comstock, 7:30 p.m. Decatur at Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Centreville at Marcellus, 7:30 p.m. Mendon at White Pigeon, 7:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School AP Rankings Boys Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Cass Tech (5)                           (15-0)   75 2. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice                (13-1)   70 3. Muskegon                                           (12-0)   65 4. Grand Rapids Northview                        (12-1)   57 5. North Farmington                                (10-1)   54 6. Ann Arbor Huron                                 (11-0)   49 7. Detroit U-D Jesuit                               (12-2)   44 7. Grand Blanc                                       (11-2)   44 9. Port Huron Northern                           (12-1)   31 10. Kalamazoo Central                          (10-2)  23 Others receiving votes: Okemos 18, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 11, Warren De La Salle 10, Lansing Waverly 8, Grand Ledge 8, Grand Haven 7, Rockford 6, Troy 5, Saline 4, Mattawan 4, Grosse Pointe South 2, Oak Park 2, Hamtramck 1, Midland Dow 1, Battle Creek Lakeview 1. Division 2 1. Romulus Summit Academy (4)                  (13-1)   74 2. Warren Michigan Collegiate (1)              (12-1)   66 3. Ludington                                          (13-0)   62 4. Olivet                                                 (13-0)   50 (tie) Benton Harbor                              (11-2)  50 6. Chelsea                                              (12-1)   45 7. Grand Rapids Catholic Central               (9-4)     44 8. Warren Lincoln                                   (10-3)   35 9. Saginaw                                             (13-3)   33 10. Grand Rapids Christian                       (8-3)     30 Others receiving votes: Onsted 29, Big Rapids 15, Ferndale 13, Cadillac 13, Kingsford 11, Ada Forest Hills Eastern 9, Hart 8, Boyne City 7, Richmond 7, Standish Sterling Central 5, Goodrich 1, Ionia 1, Grand Rapids South Christian 1. Division 3 1. Detroit Loyola (4)                               (12-1)   88 2. Laingsburg                                         (12-0)   81 3. Flint Beecher (2)                                 (11-2)   70 4. Brandywine                                      (11-1)  52 5. Napoleon                                            (12-0)   51 6. Watervliet                                        (10-1)  46 7. Grandville Calvin Christian                   (12-1)   44 8. Iron Mountain                                     (10-1)   42 9. Maple City Glen Lake                             (10-1)   41 10. New Haven                                        (12-2)   38 Others receiving votes: Saginaw Nouvel 30, Cass City 24, Blanchard Montabella 20, Bad Axe 17, St. Ignace 16, Traverse City St. Francis 13, Ovid-Elsie 13, Michigan Center 7, Jonesville 6, Brown City 6, Galesburg-Augusta 5, Beal City 4, Ecorse 4, Cassopolis 2. Division 4 1. Genesee Christian (1)                           (11-2)   67 2. Taylor Trillium Academy (2)                   (11-0)   62 3. Painesdale Jeffers (2)                           (13-0)   59 4. Powers North Central                          (9-1)     58 5. Hillman                                              (10-1)   45 6. Mio Au Sable                                       (10-0)   44 7. Wyoming Tri-unity Christian                  (9-3)     42 8. Lake Leelanau St Mary                           (11-1)   39 9. Baldwin                                             (11-1)   38 10. Munising                                           (13-1)   32 Others receiving votes: Gaylord St. Mary 24, Bellevue 23, Rudyard 14, Ironwood 8, Pittsford 8, Kingston 6, Ewen-Trout Creek 6, Watersmeet 6, Detroit University Prep Art & Design 4, Hillsdale Academy 2, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, McBain Northern Michigan Christian 1, Detroit Douglass 1. Girls Basketball Division 1 1. West Bloomfield (3)                             (13-2)   71 2. Detroit Renaissance (2)                        (14-0)   70 3. Rockford                                            (13-1)   64 4. Flint Carman Ainsworth                        (12-0)   60 5. Farmington Hills Mercy                         (13-1)   58 6. Grosse Pointe North                            (12-2)   41 7. Wayne Memorial                                   (9-3)     39 8. DeWitt                                              (12-1)   38 9. Jackson Northwest                              (13-1)   31 10. Byron Center                                     (12-3)   23 Others receiving votes: Saline 20, Holt 14, Temperance Bedford 14, East Grand Rapids 13, North Farmington 9, Lowell 7, Utica Ford 6, Kalamazoo Central 6, Lake Orion 5, Belleville 4, Coldwater 3, Grand Blanc 3, Holland West Ottawa 1. Division 2 1. Grand Rapids West Catholic (5)              (14-0)   75 2. Detroit Edison                                    (10-2)   70 3. Chelsea                                              (14-1)   63 4. Haslett                                              (15-0)   61 5. Lake Fenton                                        (15-0)   56 6. Frankenmuth                                       (12-1)   45 7. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard                    (12-3)   38 8. Vicksburg                                         (14-0)  37 9. Goodrich                                            (12-1)   34 10. Dearborn Divine Child                         (12-3)   29 Others receiving votes: Escanaba 20, Standish-Sterling 18, Grand Rapids Christian 14, Lansing Catholic 12, Tecumseh 7, Redford Westfield Prep 7, Warren Fitzgerald 4, Wixom St. Catherine of Siena Academy 4, Marysville 2, Olivet 1, Romulus 1, Ludington 1, Detroit Country Day 1. Division 3 1. Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory (2)              (7-4)     69 2. Dansville (2)                                       (13-1)   66 3. Blissfield                                           (14-1)   56 4. Buchanan                                          (12-1)  55 5. Lake City (1)                                        (14-1)   52 6. Hancock                                             (11-1)   49 7. Traverse City St. Francis                       (11-1)   38 8. Evart                                                 (13-2)   33 9. Kent City                                            (12-3)   30 10. Harbor Springs                                  (12-2)   25 Others receiving votes: Hemlock 24, Sanford-Meridian 21, Calumet 15, Brandywine 13, Detroit Osborn 12, Bronson 8, Ovid-Elsie 8, Elk Rapids 5, 19, Bridgman 4, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 4, McBain 4, Hart 3, Watervliet 3, Plymouth Christian Academy 2, Ithaca 1. Division 4 1. Maple City Glen Lake (3)                        (11-2)   73 2. Kingston (2)                                       (13-0)   68 3. Baraga                                               (12-2)   62 4. Mackinaw City                                     (13-0)   56 5. Gaylord St. Mary                                 (10-2)   54 6. Morenci                                              (14-1)   50 7. St. Charles                                         (12-2)   46 8. Norway                                              (14-1)   35 9. Petersburg Summerfield                        (14-2)   29 10. Cedarville                                        (11-2)   23 (tie) Brethren                                        (14-1)   23 Others receiving votes: Fowler 13, Portland St. Patrick 12, Pittsford 10, Colon 9, Mendon 8, Burton Genesee Christian 7, St. Ignace LaSalle 6, Carney-Nadeau 5, Johannesburg-Lewiston 3, Ontonagon 3, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, Martin 2, Indian River-Inland Lakes 1.AP MEN’S TOP 251Purdue (62)21-12Tennessee18-33Houston20-24Alabama18-35Arizona19-36Virginia16-37Kansas State18-38Kansas17-49UCLA17-410Texas17-411Baylor16-512Gonzaga18-413Iowa State15-514Marquette17-515TCU16-516Xavier17-517Providence17-518Saint Mary’s19-419Florida Atlantic21-120Clemson18-421Indiana15-622San Diego State17-423Miami16-524UConn16-625Auburn16-5AP WOMEN’S TOP 251South Carolina (28)21-02Stanford21-23LSU20-04Indiana20-15UConn20-26Iowa17-47Utah18-28Maryland17-49Notre Dame17-310Ohio State19-311North Carolina16-512Iowa State15-413Virginia Tech17-414UCLA17-515NC State16-516Duke18-317Gonzaga21-218Michigan17-519Villanova18-420Oklahoma16-421Middle Tennessee18-222Arizona16-523Florida State19-524Texas16-625South Florida20-4See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Milwaukee Bucks 150, Detroit Pistons 130 Chicago Bulls 111, Atlanta Hawks 100 Bucks 150, Pistons 130 – Antetokounmpo scores 29 in return, Bucks top Pistons 150-130 Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 of his 29 points in the first quarter, returning to the lineup after a five-game absence to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 150-130 win over the Detroit Pistons. The two-time MVP was joined by three-time All-Star Khris Middleton, putting the Bucks’ prolific duo in the same lineup for the first time in more than a month. Antetokounmpo had been out with a sore left knee. Middleton hadn’t played since Dec. 15 due to a sore right knee. He had eight points and four assists. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 33 points for the Pistons. Bulls 111, Hawks 100 – DeRozan scores 26 in 1,000th game, Bulls beat Hawks 111-100 DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points in his 1,000th career game, Nikola Vucevic added 14 points and 17 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-100. The Bulls returned to Chicago after 126-108 win over the Pistons in Paris on Thursday. Trae Young had 21 points and 13 assists, while Dejounte Murray added 20 points for the Hawks, who have lost two straight after winning five in a row. Zach LaVine finished with 20 points. In the previous two meetings in Atlanta, both games ended with a buzzer-beater. Tonight Chicago Bulls at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Men’s College Basketball Tonight Notre Dame at NC State, 7:00 p.m. Western Michigan at Ohio, 7:00 p.m. Bowling Green at Central Michigan, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Toledo, 7:00 p.m. NCAAWBKB – Women’s College Basketball Last Night (6) Indiana 92, (14) Michigan 83 (6) Indiana 92, (14) Michigan 83 – Holmes leads No. 6 Indiana women past No. 13 Michigan, 92-83 Mackenzie Holmes had 25 points and 10 rebounds as No. 6 Indiana beat No. 13 Michigan 92-83. Sara Scalia added 19 points, Chloe Moore-McNeil and Sydney Parrish each scored 12, and Yarden Garzon and Grace Berger each had 10 points for the Hoosiers, who won their sixth straight. Leigha Brown scored 31 points to lead Michigan. Leigha Brown scored 31 points to lead Michigan (16-4, 6-3). Laila Phelia added 21 points and Emily Kiser had 11 for the Wolverines, whose three-game winning streak ended.  Indiana led by 17 points early in the second half. Michigan got within 77-71 in the fourth quarter before the Hoosiers pulled away.. NCAAWBKB – Notre Dame’s Dara Mabrey out for season with torn ACL Notre Dame guard Dara Mabrey announced on social media that she tore her ACL, ending her college career with the seventh-ranked Irish. Mabrey hurt her right knee nearly 2 minutes into the game when she stole a ball and was racing down the court. She was fouled and went to the floor and immediately grabbed her knee. Mabrey has played 135 games in her career which started at Virginia Tech for the first two seasons before she came to Notre Dame where her two older sisters starred. She started 18 games this season and 125 in her career. She’s averaged 10.9 points and 2.4 assists over the years. NCAAFB – Michigan Stadium tunnel will widen without portable seating Michigan Stadium’s tunnel will be a little wider next season. The school confirmed Monday that it will remove a portable section of seats from the front of the tunnel to give players, coaches and staff members more room to enter and exit the football field. A total of 45 portable seats will be lost and enough standing-room only tickets are expected to be added in the stadium to keep its capacity at 107,601. Previously, fans were close enough to touch coaches and players as one did last season with Michigan State’s Mel Tucker. That was well before the postgame altercation between Spartans and Wolverines players that led to suspensions and criminal charges. NCAABKB – Boilers back on top of Men’s poll; Texas teams shut out in women’s rankings Purdue is back at No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Alabama is right behind the Boilermakers. Purdue returned to the top spot in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, moving up two spots after Houston’s loss to Temple. The Boilermakers received 39 first-place votes after a volatile week where just two teams kept the same spot from a week ago. Alabama climbed two spots to No. 2, its highest ranking since reaching No. 1 in 2002-03. Houston, Tennessee and Kansas State round out the top five.  For the first time in the 47-year history of The Associated Press women’s basketball poll no team from Texas is in the Top 25. That ends a 835-week run dating to the first poll in 1976. South Carolina remained a unanimous No. 1. The Gamecocks were followed by Ohio State, Stanford, LSU and UConn to round out the top five. Middle Tennessee entered the poll for the first time since 2014, coming in at No. 23. Florida State also entered at No. 24. Oregon and Texas fell out of the rankings. NHL – NHL – National Hockey League Tonight San Jose Sharks at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks, 10:00 p.m. Tennis – Korda stops; Khachanov into 1st Australian Open semifinal Karen Khachanov moved into his first Australian Open semifinal when Sebastian Korda stopped playing in the third set because of an injured right wrist. Khachanov will face either No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or unseeded Jiri Lehecka for a berth in the final at Melbourne Park. Khachanov was leading 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-0 when Korda retired from the match Tuesday. The 22-year-old American had received treatment on his wrist from a trainer during the second set. Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina reached the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. Rybakina will face Jessica Pegula or Victoria Azarenka next. MLB – Eloy Jiménez preparing to play outfield with White Sox It looks as if Chicago White Sox slugger Eloy Jiménez could spend a lot of time at designated hitter this year. Jiménez himself has other plans. The 26-year-old Jiménez says he is preparing to play more games in the outfield, especially in right after Chicago signed Andrew Benintendi to a $75 million, five-year contract. The White Sox also have Luis Robert in center, to go along with Gavin Sheets and prized prospect Oscar Colás in the mix in right. Jiménez says he wants to play in the outfield. MLB – Trey Mancini planning to move around with Chicago Cubs Trey Mancini is planning to move around with the Chicago Cubs. He could see time at designated hitter, first base and the corner outfield spots after finalizing a two-year contract that could be worth up to $21 million. Mancini was in the mix for Team Italy for the World Baseball Classic, but he says he has decided to stay in Cubs camp so he can spend time with his new teammates. First baseman Eric Hosmer finalized his deal with Chicago on Jan. 13. Hosmer bats from the left side and Mancini is a right-handed hitter, so the starter might depend on the pitching matchup, and there also is the DH role. Or Mancini could spell Ian Happ or Seiya Suzuki in the outfield. NBAGL – NBA “G”-League Last Night Motor City Cruise 134, Wisconsin Herd 130 – OT Today Grand Rapids Gold at Oklahoma City Blue, 12:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Basketball Michigan Lutheran 57, Andrews Academy 56 Micah Herbst’s buzzer beater gave Michigan Lutheran a 57-56 win over Andrews Academy.  Herbst finished with a game high 17 points for the Titans.  Ty Johnson added 14 points in the win.  Joshua Laesner had 16 points for Andrews and Zack Schnepp had 15.  Michigan Lutheran outscored Andrews 21-6 in the final quarter for the win. Bridgman 58, Our Lady of the Lake 31 Brandywine 65, River Valley 47 Galesburg-Augusta 54, Decatur 42 Nick Mann had a game high 23 points in Galesburg-Augusta’s 54-42 win over Decatur, Jesse Baushke had 16 to lead Decatur while Landon Fisher had 12. Watervliet 57, Hartford 19 Marcellus 62, Delton-Kellogg 49 Comstock 61, Lawrence 43 Tim Coombs had 12 in the loss for Lawrence Centreville 92, Athens 41 Battle Creek Central 55, Harper Creek 43 Loy Norrix 55, Potterville 47   at Little Caesars Arena Girls Basketball Edwardsburg 42, St. Joseph 33 Averie Markel had a game high 19 points as Edwardsburg beat a shorthanded St. Joe team 42-33.  Eleah Hedstrom and Ellie Fischer each had 9 points to lead St. Joe. Buchanan 42, Bronson 29 Watervliet 52, Hartford 29 Allegan 42, Parchment 24 White Pigeon 49, Howardsville Christian 27 Lawrence 65, Comstock 15 Mendon 46, Calhoun Christian 14 Loy Norrix 34, Potterville 31   at Little Caesars Arena Tonight Boys Basketball SMAC Gull Lake at Lakeshore, 7:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Mattawan, 7:00 p.m. Portage Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Benton Harbor at Niles, 7:15 p.m. Countryside at Wyoming Lee, 6:30 p.m. South Haven at Three Rivers, 7:00 p.m. Coloma at Berrien Springs, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman at New Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Phoenix at Eau Claire, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Paw Paw, 7:00 p.m. Sturgis at Parchment, 7:00 p.m. Plainwell at Battle Creek Pennfield, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Vicksburg, 7:15 p.m. Howardsville Christian at Burr Oak, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Delton-Kellogg, 7:30 p.m. Bloomingdale at Gobles, 7:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Hartford, 7:00 p.m. White Pigeon at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Lawrence at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Martin at Zion Christian, 7:00 p.m. Galesburg-Augusta at Constantine, 7:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at Fennville, 7:00 p.m. Wyoming Tri-Unity at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. SAC Holland Black River at Lawton, 7:00 p.m. Girls Basketball SMAC Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 7:00 p.m. Mattawan at Kalamazoo Central, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Portage Central, 7:00 p.m. Portage Northern at Battle Creek Central, 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Niles at Benton Harbor, 6:30 p.m. Lawton at Michigan Lutheran, 7:30 p.m. Berrien Springs at Coloma, 7:00 p.m. River Valley at Bridgman, 7:00 p.m. New Buffalo at Decatur, 7:30 p.m. Brandywine at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Allegan, 7:00 p.m. Vicksburg at Dowagiac, 6:30 p.m. Coldwater at Three Rivers, 5:45 p.m. Howardsville Christian at Burr Oak, 6:00 p.m. Delton-Kellogg at Bangor, 7:30 p.m. Gobles at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Mendon at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Hackett at Marcellus, 7:00 p.m. Fruitport Calvary Christian at Saugatuck, 7:00 p.m. SAC Kalamazoo Christian at Galesburg-Augusta, 7:00 p.m. Constantine at Holland Black River, 7:00 p.m. MHSAA – Michigan High School Basketball AP Rankings’ Boys Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Cass Tech (5)               (11-0)   75 2. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice    (11-1)   70 3. Muskegon                               (10-0)   63 4. Grand Rapids Northview            (10-1)   56 5. North Farmington                    (8-1)     53 6. Detroit U-D Jesuit                   (10-1)   49 7. Ann Arbor Huron                     (9-0)     44 8. Grand Blanc                           (8-2)     43 9. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s             (6-3)     27 10. Kalamazoo Central              (9-1)    22 Others receiving votes: Grand Haven 21, Lansing Waverly 20, Port Huron Northern 12, Rockford 10, East Kentwood 8, Hamtramck 6, Detroit Renaissance 6, River Rouge 6, Warren De La Salle 3, Grand Ledge 3, Okemos 2, Battle Creek Central 1. Division 2 1. Romulus Summit Academy (4)      (12-1)   74 2. Warren Michigan Collegiate (1)  (10-1)   71 3. Ludington                              (12-0)   62 4. Olivet                                     (11-0)   47 5. Saginaw                                 (12-2)   44 6. Chelsea                                  (10-1)   42 (tie) G.R. Catholic Central           (7-3)     42 8. Benton Harbor                      (9-2)    30 (tie) Warren Lincoln                    (9-3)     30 10. Onsted                                 (9-2)     28 Others receiving votes: Richmond 26, Grand Rapids Christian 23, Cadillac 20, Big Rapids 15, Goodrich 14, Hart 11, Bridgeport 8, Boyne City 6, Ionia 5, Grand Rapids South Christian 2. Division 3 1. Detroit Loyola (6)                   (10-0)   90 2. Laingsburg                             (11-0)   80 3. Flint Beecher                          (9-2)     73 4. Iron Mountain                         (9-0)     68 5. Brandywine                          (8-1)    48 6. Traverse City St. Francis           (8-1)     43 7. Napoleon                                (11-0)   36 (tie) Bad Axe                               (9-1)     36 9. Grandville Calvin Christian       (10-1)   34 10. Maple City Glen Lake               (8-1)     33 Others receiving votes: New Haven 32, Watervliet 29, Ovid-Elsie 25, Beal City 25, Brown City 15, Cass City 13, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 10, Ecorse 6, Blanchard Montabella 6, Ottawa Lake Whiteford 4, Reading 3, Michigan Center 3, Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Saginaw Nouvel 2, Riverview Gabriel Richard 1, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 1, Clinton 1. Division 4 1. Lake Leelanau St Mary (4)          (9-0)     72 2. Wyoming Tri-unity Christian (1) (8-2)     63 3. Powers North Central              (8-0)     61 4. Genesee Christian                    (9-1)     60 5. Taylor Trillium Academy             (10-0)   50 6. Painesdale Jeffers                    (10-0)   49 7. Mio Au Sable                           (8-0)     42 8. Hillman                                  (7-1)     37 9. Munising                                (11-1)   33 10. Baldwin                                (9-1)     31 Others receiving votes: Gaylord St. Mary 25, Bellevue 17, Rudyard 12, Pittsford 9, Detroit University Prep Art & Design 7, Watersmeet 6, Kingston 6, Ironwood 6, Lake Linden-Hubbell 5, Brimley 3, Fowler 3, Kalamazoo Phoenix 2, Hillsdale Academy 1. Girls Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Renaissance (3)             (12-0)   72 2. West Bloomfield (2)                 (11-2)   67 3. Farmington Hills Mercy             (12-0)   66 4. Rockford                                (11-1)   60 5. Flint Carman Ainsworth             (10-0)   57 6. East Grand Rapids                    (10-2)   47 7. Temperance Bedford                 (12-0)   41 8. Grosse Pointe North                (11-2)   36 9. Wayne Memorial                       (9-3)     35 10. DeWitt                                 (10-1)   30 Others receiving votes: Lowell 26, Jackson Northwest 16, North Farmington 9, Holland West Ottawa 7, Saline 6, Utica Ford 4, Bay City Western 4, Brighton 3, Coldwater 3, Grand Blanc 3, Byron Center 3, Kalamazoo Central 2, Lake Orion 2, Holt 1. Division 2 1. Grand Rapids West Catholic (5)  (12-0)   75 2. Detroit Edison                        (9-2)     69 3. Chelsea                                  (12-1)   64 4. Haslett                                  (12-0)   62 5. Lake Fenton                            (14-0)   55 6. Frankenmuth                           (10-1)   48 7. Vicksburg                             (12-0)  37 (tie) Goodrich                            (11-1)   37 9. Tecumseh                                (11-2)   31 10. Dearborn Divine Child             (11-2)   27 Others receiving votes: Escanaba 22, Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 22, Grand Rapids Christian 10, Lansing Catholic 10, Redford Westfield Prep 10, Ludington 6, Detroit Country Day 6, Wixom St. Catherine of Siena Academy 3, Ada Forest Hills Eastern 2, Macomb Lutheran North 2, Olivet 1, Standish-Sterling 1. Division 3 1. Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory (2)  (6-4)     69 2. Dansville (1)                           (11-1)   67 3. Blissfield                               (12-1)   55 4. Evart (1)                                (12-1)   52 5. Hancock                                 (11-1)   50 5. Harbor Springs (1)                   (11-1)   50 7. Buchanan                              (9-1)    41 8. Lake City                                (12-1)   36 9. Kent City                                (11-2)   35 10. Bronson                             (11-0)  31 Others receiving votes: Sanford-Meridian 24, Calumet 20, Traverse City St. Francis 19, Niles Brandywine 16, Ithaca 12, Hemlock 11, Elk Rapids 9, McBain 2, Brooklyn Columbia Central 1. Division 4 1. Maple City Glen Lake (3)             (9-2)     72 2. Baraga (1)                              (10-2)   64 (tie) Kingston (1)                        (11-0)   64 4. Morenci                                  (12-0)   62 5. Gaylord St. Mary                     (9-2)     51 6. Mackinaw City                         (11-0)   47 7. St. Charles                             (10-2)   45 8. Norway                                  (12-0)   39 9. Petersburg Summerfield             (12-2)   27 10. Mendon                               (10-1)  25 Others receiving votes: Brethren 21, Cedarville 18, Burton Genesee Christian 14, Martin 10, Pittsford 10, Fowler 7, Carney-Nadeau 5, St. Ignace LaSalle 5, Portland St. Patrick 4, Ontonagon 3, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 3, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, Clarkston Everest Catholic 2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Milwaukee Bucks 150, Detroit Pistons 130 Chicago Bulls 111, Atlanta Hawks 100 Bucks 150, Pistons 130 – Antetokounmpo scores 29 in return, Bucks top Pistons 150-130 Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 of his 29 points in the first quarter, returning to the lineup after a five-game absence to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 150-130 win over the Detroit Pistons. The two-time MVP was joined by three-time All-Star Khris Middleton, putting the Bucks’ prolific duo in the same lineup for the first time in more than a month. Antetokounmpo had been out with a sore left knee. Middleton hadn't played since Dec. 15 due to a sore right knee. He had eight points and four assists. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 33 points for the Pistons. Bulls 111, Hawks 100 – DeRozan scores 26 in 1,000th game, Bulls beat Hawks 111-100 DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points in his 1,000th career game, Nikola Vucevic added 14 points and 17 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-100. The Bulls returned to Chicago after 126-108 win over the Pistons in Paris on Thursday. Trae Young had 21 points and 13 assists, while Dejounte Murray added 20 points for the Hawks, who have lost two straight after winning five in a row. Zach LaVine finished with 20 points. In the previous two meetings in Atlanta, both games ended with a buzzer-beater. Tonight Chicago Bulls at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Men's College Basketball Tonight Notre Dame at NC State, 7:00 p.m. Western Michigan at Ohio, 7:00 p.m. Bowling Green at Central Michigan, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Toledo, 7:00 p.m. NCAAWBKB – Women's College Basketball Last Night (6) Indiana 92, (14) Michigan 83 (6) Indiana 92, (14) Michigan 83 – Holmes leads No. 6 Indiana women past No. 13 Michigan, 92-83 Mackenzie Holmes had 25 points and 10 rebounds as No. 6 Indiana beat No. 13 Michigan 92-83. Sara Scalia added 19 points, Chloe Moore-McNeil and Sydney Parrish each scored 12, and Yarden Garzon and Grace Berger each had 10 points for the Hoosiers, who won their sixth straight. Leigha Brown scored 31 points to lead Michigan. Leigha Brown scored 31 points to lead Michigan (16-4, 6-3). Laila Phelia added 21 points and Emily Kiser had 11 for the Wolverines, whose three-game winning streak ended.  Indiana led by 17 points early in the second half. Michigan got within 77-71 in the fourth quarter before the Hoosiers pulled away.. NCAAWBKB – Notre Dame’s Dara Mabrey out for season with torn ACL Notre Dame guard Dara Mabrey announced on social media that she tore her ACL, ending her college career with the seventh-ranked Irish. Mabrey hurt her right knee nearly 2 minutes into the game when she stole a ball and was racing down the court. She was fouled and went to the floor and immediately grabbed her knee. Mabrey has played 135 games in her career which started at Virginia Tech for the first two seasons before she came to Notre Dame where her two older sisters starred. She started 18 games this season and 125 in her career. She's averaged 10.9 points and 2.4 assists over the years. NCAAFB – Michigan Stadium tunnel will widen without portable seating Michigan Stadium’s tunnel will be a little wider next season. The school confirmed Monday that it will remove a portable section of seats from the front of the tunnel to give players, coaches and staff members more room to enter and exit the football field. A total of 45 portable seats will be lost and enough standing-room only tickets are expected to be added in the stadium to keep its capacity at 107,601. Previously, fans were close enough to touch coaches and players as one did last season with Michigan State’s Mel Tucker. That was well before the postgame altercation between Spartans and Wolverines players that led to suspensions and criminal charges. NCAABKB – Boilers back on top of Men's poll; Texas teams shut out in women's rankings Purdue is back at No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Alabama is right behind the Boilermakers. Purdue returned to the top spot in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll, moving up two spots after Houston's loss to Temple. The Boilermakers received 39 first-place votes after a volatile week where just two teams kept the same spot from a week ago. Alabama climbed two spots to No. 2, its highest ranking since reaching No. 1 in 2002-03. Houston, Tennessee and Kansas State round out the top five.  For the first time in the 47-year history of The Associated Press women's basketball poll no team from Texas is in the Top 25. That ends a 835-week run dating to the first poll in 1976. South Carolina remained a unanimous No. 1. The Gamecocks were followed by Ohio State, Stanford, LSU and UConn to round out the top five. Middle Tennessee entered the poll for the first time since 2014, coming in at No. 23. Florida State also entered at No. 24. Oregon and Texas fell out of the rankings. NHL – NHL – National Hockey League Tonight San Jose Sharks at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks, 10:00 p.m. Tennis – Korda stops; Khachanov into 1st Australian Open semifinal Karen Khachanov moved into his first Australian Open semifinal when Sebastian Korda stopped playing in the third set because of an injured right wrist. Khachanov will face either No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or unseeded Jiri Lehecka for a berth in the final at Melbourne Park. Khachanov was leading 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-0 when Korda retired from the match Tuesday. The 22-year-old American had received treatment on his wrist from a trainer during the second set. Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina reached the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. Rybakina will face Jessica Pegula or Victoria Azarenka next. MLB – Eloy Jiménez preparing to play outfield with White Sox It looks as if Chicago White Sox slugger Eloy Jiménez could spend a lot of time at designated hitter this year. Jiménez himself has other plans. The 26-year-old Jiménez says he is preparing to play more games in the outfield, especially in right after Chicago signed Andrew Benintendi to a $75 million, five-year contract. The White Sox also have Luis Robert in center, to go along with Gavin Sheets and prized prospect Oscar Colás in the mix in right. Jiménez says he wants to play in the outfield. MLB – Trey Mancini planning to move around with Chicago Cubs Trey Mancini is planning to move around with the Chicago Cubs. He could see time at designated hitter, first base and the corner outfield spots after finalizing a two-year contract that could be worth up to $21 million. Mancini was in the mix for Team Italy for the World Baseball Classic, but he says he has decided to stay in Cubs camp so he can spend time with his new teammates. First baseman Eric Hosmer finalized his deal with Chicago on Jan. 13. Hosmer bats from the left side and Mancini is a right-handed hitter, so the starter might depend on the pitching matchup, and there also is the DH role. Or Mancini could spell Ian Happ or Seiya Suzuki in the outfield. NBAGL – NBA “G”-League Last Night Motor City Cruise 134, Wisconsin Herd 130 – OT Today Grand Rapids Gold at Oklahoma City Blue, 12:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Basketball Michigan Lutheran 57, Andrews Academy 56 Micah Herbst's buzzer beater gave Michigan Lutheran a 57-56 win over Andrews Academy.  Herbst finished with a game high 17 points for the Titans.  Ty Johnson added 14 points in the win.  Joshua Laesner had 16 points for Andrews and Zack Schnepp had 15.  Michigan Lutheran outscored Andrews 21-6 in the final quarter for the win. Bridgman 58, Our Lady of the Lake 31 Brandywine 65, River Valley 47 Galesburg-Augusta 54, Decatur 42 Nick Mann had a game high 23 points in Galesburg-Augusta's 54-42 win over Decatur, Jesse Baushke had 16 to lead Decatur while Landon Fisher had 12. Watervliet 57, Hartford 19 Marcellus 62, Delton-Kellogg 49 Comstock 61, Lawrence 43 Tim Coombs had 12 in the loss for Lawrence Centreville 92, Athens 41 Battle Creek Central 55, Harper Creek 43 Loy Norrix 55, Potterville 47   at Little Caesars Arena Girls Basketball Edwardsburg 42, St. Joseph 33 Averie Markel had a game high 19 points as Edwardsburg beat a shorthanded St. Joe team 42-33.  Eleah Hedstrom and Ellie Fischer each had 9 points to lead St. Joe. Buchanan 42, Bronson 29 Watervliet 52, Hartford 29 Allegan 42, Parchment 24 White Pigeon 49, Howardsville Christian 27 Lawrence 65, Comstock 15 Mendon 46, Calhoun Christian 14 Loy Norrix 34, Potterville 31   at Little Caesars Arena Tonight Boys Basketball SMAC Gull Lake at Lakeshore, 7:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Mattawan, 7:00 p.m. Portage Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Benton Harbor at Niles, 7:15 p.m. Countryside at Wyoming Lee, 6:30 p.m. South Haven at Three Rivers, 7:00 p.m. Coloma at Berrien Springs, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman at New Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Phoenix at Eau Claire, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Paw Paw, 7:00 p.m. Sturgis at Parchment, 7:00 p.m. Plainwell at Battle Creek Pennfield, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Vicksburg, 7:15 p.m. Howardsville Christian at Burr Oak, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Delton-Kellogg, 7:30 p.m. Bloomingdale at Gobles, 7:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Hartford, 7:00 p.m. White Pigeon at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Lawrence at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Martin at Zion Christian, 7:00 p.m. Galesburg-Augusta at Constantine, 7:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at Fennville, 7:00 p.m. Wyoming Tri-Unity at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. SAC Holland Black River at Lawton, 7:00 p.m. Girls Basketball SMAC Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 7:00 p.m. Mattawan at Kalamazoo Central, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Portage Central, 7:00 p.m. Portage Northern at Battle Creek Central, 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Niles at Benton Harbor, 6:30 p.m. Lawton at Michigan Lutheran, 7:30 p.m. Berrien Springs at Coloma, 7:00 p.m. River Valley at Bridgman, 7:00 p.m. New Buffalo at Decatur, 7:30 p.m. Brandywine at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Allegan, 7:00 p.m. Vicksburg at Dowagiac, 6:30 p.m. Coldwater at Three Rivers, 5:45 p.m. Howardsville Christian at Burr Oak, 6:00 p.m. Delton-Kellogg at Bangor, 7:30 p.m. Gobles at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Mendon at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Hackett at Marcellus, 7:00 p.m. Fruitport Calvary Christian at Saugatuck, 7:00 p.m. SAC Kalamazoo Christian at Galesburg-Augusta, 7:00 p.m. Constantine at Holland Black River, 7:00 p.m. MHSAA – Michigan High School Basketball AP Rankings’ Boys Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Cass Tech (5)               (11-0)   75 2. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice    (11-1)   70 3. Muskegon                               (10-0)   63 4. Grand Rapids Northview            (10-1)   56 5. North Farmington                    (8-1)     53 6. Detroit U-D Jesuit                   (10-1)   49 7. Ann Arbor Huron                     (9-0)     44 8. Grand Blanc                           (8-2)     43 9. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s             (6-3)     27 10. Kalamazoo Central              (9-1)    22 Others receiving votes: Grand Haven 21, Lansing Waverly 20, Port Huron Northern 12, Rockford 10, East Kentwood 8, Hamtramck 6, Detroit Renaissance 6, River Rouge 6, Warren De La Salle 3, Grand Ledge 3, Okemos 2, Battle Creek Central 1. Division 2 1. Romulus Summit Academy (4)      (12-1)   74 2. Warren Michigan Collegiate (1)  (10-1)   71 3. Ludington                              (12-0)   62 4. Olivet                                     (11-0)   47 5. Saginaw                                 (12-2)   44 6. Chelsea                                  (10-1)   42 (tie) G.R. Catholic Central           (7-3)     42 8. Benton Harbor                      (9-2)    30 (tie) Warren Lincoln                    (9-3)     30 10. Onsted                                 (9-2)     28 Others receiving votes: Richmond 26, Grand Rapids Christian 23, Cadillac 20, Big Rapids 15, Goodrich 14, Hart 11, Bridgeport 8, Boyne City 6, Ionia 5, Grand Rapids South Christian 2. Division 3 1. Detroit Loyola (6)                   (10-0)   90 2. Laingsburg                             (11-0)   80 3. Flint Beecher                          (9-2)     73 4. Iron Mountain                         (9-0)     68 5. Brandywine                          (8-1)    48 6. Traverse City St. Francis           (8-1)     43 7. Napoleon                                (11-0)   36 (tie) Bad Axe                               (9-1)     36 9. Grandville Calvin Christian       (10-1)   34 10. Maple City Glen Lake               (8-1)     33 Others receiving votes: New Haven 32, Watervliet 29, Ovid-Elsie 25, Beal City 25, Brown City 15, Cass City 13, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 10, Ecorse 6, Blanchard Montabella 6, Ottawa Lake Whiteford 4, Reading 3, Michigan Center 3, Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Saginaw Nouvel 2, Riverview Gabriel Richard 1, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 1, Clinton 1. Division 4 1. Lake Leelanau St Mary (4)          (9-0)     72 2. Wyoming Tri-unity Christian (1) (8-2)     63 3. Powers North Central              (8-0)     61 4. Genesee Christian                    (9-1)     60 5. Taylor Trillium Academy             (10-0)   50 6. Painesdale Jeffers                    (10-0)   49 7. Mio Au Sable                           (8-0)     42 8. Hillman                                  (7-1)     37 9. Munising                                (11-1)   33 10. Baldwin                                (9-1)     31 Others receiving votes: Gaylord St. Mary 25, Bellevue 17, Rudyard 12, Pittsford 9, Detroit University Prep Art & Design 7, Watersmeet 6, Kingston 6, Ironwood 6, Lake Linden-Hubbell 5, Brimley 3, Fowler 3, Kalamazoo Phoenix 2, Hillsdale Academy 1. Girls Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Renaissance (3)             (12-0)   72 2. West Bloomfield (2)                 (11-2)   67 3. Farmington Hills Mercy             (12-0)   66 4. Rockford                                (11-1)   60 5. Flint Carman Ainsworth             (10-0)   57 6. East Grand Rapids                    (10-2)   47 7. Temperance Bedford                 (12-0)   41 8. Grosse Pointe North                (11-2)   36 9. Wayne Memorial                       (9-3)     35 10. DeWitt                                 (10-1)   30 Others receiving votes: Lowell 26, Jackson Northwest 16, North Farmington 9, Holland West Ottawa 7, Saline 6, Utica Ford 4, Bay City Western 4, Brighton 3, Coldwater 3, Grand Blanc 3, Byron Center 3, Kalamazoo Central 2, Lake Orion 2, Holt 1. Division 2 1. Grand Rapids West Catholic (5)  (12-0)   75 2. Detroit Edison                        (9-2)     69 3. Chelsea                                  (12-1)   64 4. Haslett                                  (12-0)   62 5. Lake Fenton                            (14-0)   55 6. Frankenmuth                           (10-1)   48 7. Vicksburg                             (12-0)  37 (tie) Goodrich                            (11-1)   37 9. Tecumseh                                (11-2)   31 10. Dearborn Divine Child             (11-2)   27 Others receiving votes: Escanaba 22, Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 22, Grand Rapids Christian 10, Lansing Catholic 10, Redford Westfield Prep 10, Ludington 6, Detroit Country Day 6, Wixom St. Catherine of Siena Academy 3, Ada Forest Hills Eastern 2, Macomb Lutheran North 2, Olivet 1, Standish-Sterling 1. Division 3 1. Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory (2)  (6-4)     69 2. Dansville (1)                           (11-1)   67 3. Blissfield                               (12-1)   55 4. Evart (1)                                (12-1)   52 5. Hancock                                 (11-1)   50 5. Harbor Springs (1)                   (11-1)   50 7. Buchanan                              (9-1)    41 8. Lake City                                (12-1)   36 9. Kent City                                (11-2)   35 10. Bronson                             (11-0)  31 Others receiving votes: Sanford-Meridian 24, Calumet 20, Traverse City St. Francis 19, Niles Brandywine 16, Ithaca 12, Hemlock 11, Elk Rapids 9, McBain 2, Brooklyn Columbia Central 1. Division 4 1. Maple City Glen Lake (3)             (9-2)     72 2. Baraga (1)                              (10-2)   64 (tie) Kingston (1)                        (11-0)   64 4. Morenci                                  (12-0)   62 5. Gaylord St. Mary                     (9-2)     51 6. Mackinaw City                         (11-0)   47 7. St. Charles                             (10-2)   45 8. Norway                                  (12-0)   39 9. Petersburg Summerfield             (12-2)   27 10. Mendon                               (10-1)  25 Others receiving votes: Brethren 21, Cedarville 18, Burton Genesee Christian 14, Martin 10, Pittsford 10, Fowler 7, Carney-Nadeau 5, St. Ignace LaSalle 5, Portland St. Patrick 4, Ontonagon 3, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 3, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, Clarkston Everest Catholic 2.Detroit Pistons forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) drives on Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez (11) in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Detroit, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Atlanta Hawks’ AJ Griffin, right, blocks Chicago Bulls’ DeMar DeRozan’s during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)Indiana forward Mackenzie Holmes (54) is defended by Michigan forward Emily Kiser (33) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Milwaukee Bucks 150, Detroit Pistons 130 Chicago Bulls 111, Atlanta Hawks 100 Bucks 150, Pistons 130 – Antetokounmpo scores 29 in return, Bucks top Pistons 150-130 Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 of his 29 points in the first quarter, returning to the lineup after a five-game absence to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 150-130 win over the Detroit Pistons. The two-time MVP was joined by three-time All-Star Khris Middleton, putting the Bucks’ prolific duo in the same lineup for the first time in more than a month. Antetokounmpo had been out with a sore left knee. Middleton hadn't played since Dec. 15 due to a sore right knee. He had eight points and four assists. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 33 points for the Pistons. Bulls 111, Hawks 100 – DeRozan scores 26 in 1,000th game, Bulls beat Hawks 111-100 DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points in his 1,000th career game, Nikola Vucevic added 14 points and 17 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-100. The Bulls returned to Chicago after 126-108 win over the Pistons in Paris on Thursday. Trae Young had 21 points and 13 assists, while Dejounte Murray added 20 points for the Hawks, who have lost two straight after winning five in a row. Zach LaVine finished with 20 points. In the previous two meetings in Atlanta, both games ended with a buzzer-beater. Tonight Chicago Bulls at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. NCAAMBKB – Men's College Basketball Tonight Notre Dame at NC State, 7:00 p.m. Western Michigan at Ohio, 7:00 p.m. Bowling Green at Central Michigan, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Toledo, 7:00 p.m. NCAAWBKB – Women's College Basketball Last Night (6) Indiana 92, (14) Michigan 83 (6) Indiana 92, (14) Michigan 83 – Holmes leads No. 6 Indiana women past No. 13 Michigan, 92-83 Mackenzie Holmes had 25 points and 10 rebounds as No. 6 Indiana beat No. 13 Michigan 92-83. Sara Scalia added 19 points, Chloe Moore-McNeil and Sydney Parrish each scored 12, and Yarden Garzon and Grace Berger each had 10 points for the Hoosiers, who won their sixth straight. Leigha Brown scored 31 points to lead Michigan. Leigha Brown scored 31 points to lead Michigan (16-4, 6-3). Laila Phelia added 21 points and Emily Kiser had 11 for the Wolverines, whose three-game winning streak ended.  Indiana led by 17 points early in the second half. Michigan got within 77-71 in the fourth quarter before the Hoosiers pulled away.. NCAAWBKB – Notre Dame’s Dara Mabrey out for season with torn ACL Notre Dame guard Dara Mabrey announced on social media that she tore her ACL, ending her college career with the seventh-ranked Irish. Mabrey hurt her right knee nearly 2 minutes into the game when she stole a ball and was racing down the court. She was fouled and went to the floor and immediately grabbed her knee. Mabrey has played 135 games in her career which started at Virginia Tech for the first two seasons before she came to Notre Dame where her two older sisters starred. She started 18 games this season and 125 in her career. She's averaged 10.9 points and 2.4 assists over the years. NCAAFB – Michigan Stadium tunnel will widen without portable seating Michigan Stadium’s tunnel will be a little wider next season. The school confirmed Monday that it will remove a portable section of seats from the front of the tunnel to give players, coaches and staff members more room to enter and exit the football field. A total of 45 portable seats will be lost and enough standing-room only tickets are expected to be added in the stadium to keep its capacity at 107,601. Previously, fans were close enough to touch coaches and players as one did last season with Michigan State’s Mel Tucker. That was well before the postgame altercation between Spartans and Wolverines players that led to suspensions and criminal charges. NCAABKB – Boilers back on top of Men's poll; Texas teams shut out in women's rankings Purdue is back at No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Alabama is right behind the Boilermakers. Purdue returned to the top spot in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll, moving up two spots after Houston's loss to Temple. The Boilermakers received 39 first-place votes after a volatile week where just two teams kept the same spot from a week ago. Alabama climbed two spots to No. 2, its highest ranking since reaching No. 1 in 2002-03. Houston, Tennessee and Kansas State round out the top five.  For the first time in the 47-year history of The Associated Press women's basketball poll no team from Texas is in the Top 25. That ends a 835-week run dating to the first poll in 1976. South Carolina remained a unanimous No. 1. The Gamecocks were followed by Ohio State, Stanford, LSU and UConn to round out the top five. Middle Tennessee entered the poll for the first time since 2014, coming in at No. 23. Florida State also entered at No. 24. Oregon and Texas fell out of the rankings. NHL – NHL – National Hockey League Tonight San Jose Sharks at Detroit Red Wings, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks, 10:00 p.m. Tennis – Korda stops; Khachanov into 1st Australian Open semifinal Karen Khachanov moved into his first Australian Open semifinal when Sebastian Korda stopped playing in the third set because of an injured right wrist. Khachanov will face either No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or unseeded Jiri Lehecka for a berth in the final at Melbourne Park. Khachanov was leading 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-0 when Korda retired from the match Tuesday. The 22-year-old American had received treatment on his wrist from a trainer during the second set. Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina reached the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. Rybakina will face Jessica Pegula or Victoria Azarenka next. MLB – Eloy Jiménez preparing to play outfield with White Sox It looks as if Chicago White Sox slugger Eloy Jiménez could spend a lot of time at designated hitter this year. Jiménez himself has other plans. The 26-year-old Jiménez says he is preparing to play more games in the outfield, especially in right after Chicago signed Andrew Benintendi to a $75 million, five-year contract. The White Sox also have Luis Robert in center, to go along with Gavin Sheets and prized prospect Oscar Colás in the mix in right. Jiménez says he wants to play in the outfield. MLB – Trey Mancini planning to move around with Chicago Cubs Trey Mancini is planning to move around with the Chicago Cubs. He could see time at designated hitter, first base and the corner outfield spots after finalizing a two-year contract that could be worth up to $21 million. Mancini was in the mix for Team Italy for the World Baseball Classic, but he says he has decided to stay in Cubs camp so he can spend time with his new teammates. First baseman Eric Hosmer finalized his deal with Chicago on Jan. 13. Hosmer bats from the left side and Mancini is a right-handed hitter, so the starter might depend on the pitching matchup, and there also is the DH role. Or Mancini could spell Ian Happ or Seiya Suzuki in the outfield. NBAGL – NBA “G”-League Last Night Motor City Cruise 134, Wisconsin Herd 130 – OT Today Grand Rapids Gold at Oklahoma City Blue, 12:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Basketball Michigan Lutheran 57, Andrews Academy 56 Micah Herbst's buzzer beater gave Michigan Lutheran a 57-56 win over Andrews Academy.  Herbst finished with a game high 17 points for the Titans.  Ty Johnson added 14 points in the win.  Joshua Laesner had 16 points for Andrews and Zack Schnepp had 15.  Michigan Lutheran outscored Andrews 21-6 in the final quarter for the win. Bridgman 58, Our Lady of the Lake 31 Brandywine 65, River Valley 47 Galesburg-Augusta 54, Decatur 42 Nick Mann had a game high 23 points in Galesburg-Augusta's 54-42 win over Decatur, Jesse Baushke had 16 to lead Decatur while Landon Fisher had 12. Watervliet 57, Hartford 19 Marcellus 62, Delton-Kellogg 49 Comstock 61, Lawrence 43 Tim Coombs had 12 in the loss for Lawrence Centreville 92, Athens 41 Battle Creek Central 55, Harper Creek 43 Loy Norrix 55, Potterville 47   at Little Caesars Arena Girls Basketball Edwardsburg 42, St. Joseph 33 Averie Markel had a game high 19 points as Edwardsburg beat a shorthanded St. Joe team 42-33.  Eleah Hedstrom and Ellie Fischer each had 9 points to lead St. Joe. Buchanan 42, Bronson 29 Watervliet 52, Hartford 29 Allegan 42, Parchment 24 White Pigeon 49, Howardsville Christian 27 Lawrence 65, Comstock 15 Mendon 46, Calhoun Christian 14 Loy Norrix 34, Potterville 31   at Little Caesars Arena Tonight Boys Basketball SMAC Gull Lake at Lakeshore, 7:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Mattawan, 7:00 p.m. Portage Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Benton Harbor at Niles, 7:15 p.m. Countryside at Wyoming Lee, 6:30 p.m. South Haven at Three Rivers, 7:00 p.m. Coloma at Berrien Springs, 7:00 p.m. Bridgman at New Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Phoenix at Eau Claire, 7:30 p.m. Allegan at Paw Paw, 7:00 p.m. Sturgis at Parchment, 7:00 p.m. Plainwell at Battle Creek Pennfield, 7:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Vicksburg, 7:15 p.m. Howardsville Christian at Burr Oak, 7:30 p.m. Bangor at Delton-Kellogg, 7:30 p.m. Bloomingdale at Gobles, 7:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Hartford, 7:00 p.m. White Pigeon at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:00 p.m. Lawrence at Mendon, 7:30 p.m. Martin at Zion Christian, 7:00 p.m. Galesburg-Augusta at Constantine, 7:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at Fennville, 7:00 p.m. Wyoming Tri-Unity at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. SAC Holland Black River at Lawton, 7:00 p.m. Girls Basketball SMAC Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 7:00 p.m. Mattawan at Kalamazoo Central, 7:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Portage Central, 7:00 p.m. Portage Northern at Battle Creek Central, 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Niles at Benton Harbor, 6:30 p.m. Lawton at Michigan Lutheran, 7:30 p.m. Berrien Springs at Coloma, 7:00 p.m. River Valley at Bridgman, 7:00 p.m. New Buffalo at Decatur, 7:30 p.m. Brandywine at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Allegan, 7:00 p.m. Vicksburg at Dowagiac, 6:30 p.m. Coldwater at Three Rivers, 5:45 p.m. Howardsville Christian at Burr Oak, 6:00 p.m. Delton-Kellogg at Bangor, 7:30 p.m. Gobles at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Mendon at Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Hackett at Marcellus, 7:00 p.m. Fruitport Calvary Christian at Saugatuck, 7:00 p.m. SAC Kalamazoo Christian at Galesburg-Augusta, 7:00 p.m. Constantine at Holland Black River, 7:00 p.m. MHSAA – Michigan High School Basketball AP Rankings’ Boys Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Cass Tech (5)               (11-0)   75 2. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice    (11-1)   70 3. Muskegon                               (10-0)   63 4. Grand Rapids Northview            (10-1)   56 5. North Farmington                    (8-1)     53 6. Detroit U-D Jesuit                   (10-1)   49 7. Ann Arbor Huron                     (9-0)     44 8. Grand Blanc                           (8-2)     43 9. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s             (6-3)     27 10. Kalamazoo Central              (9-1)    22 Others receiving votes: Grand Haven 21, Lansing Waverly 20, Port Huron Northern 12, Rockford 10, East Kentwood 8, Hamtramck 6, Detroit Renaissance 6, River Rouge 6, Warren De La Salle 3, Grand Ledge 3, Okemos 2, Battle Creek Central 1. Division 2 1. Romulus Summit Academy (4)      (12-1)   74 2. Warren Michigan Collegiate (1)  (10-1)   71 3. Ludington                              (12-0)   62 4. Olivet                                     (11-0)   47 5. Saginaw                                 (12-2)   44 6. Chelsea                                  (10-1)   42 (tie) G.R. Catholic Central           (7-3)     42 8. Benton Harbor                      (9-2)    30 (tie) Warren Lincoln                    (9-3)     30 10. Onsted                                 (9-2)     28 Others receiving votes: Richmond 26, Grand Rapids Christian 23, Cadillac 20, Big Rapids 15, Goodrich 14, Hart 11, Bridgeport 8, Boyne City 6, Ionia 5, Grand Rapids South Christian 2. Division 3 1. Detroit Loyola (6)                   (10-0)   90 2. Laingsburg                             (11-0)   80 3. Flint Beecher                          (9-2)     73 4. Iron Mountain                         (9-0)     68 5. Brandywine                          (8-1)    48 6. Traverse City St. Francis           (8-1)     43 7. Napoleon                                (11-0)   36 (tie) Bad Axe                               (9-1)     36 9. Grandville Calvin Christian       (10-1)   34 10. Maple City Glen Lake               (8-1)     33 Others receiving votes: New Haven 32, Watervliet 29, Ovid-Elsie 25, Beal City 25, Brown City 15, Cass City 13, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 10, Ecorse 6, Blanchard Montabella 6, Ottawa Lake Whiteford 4, Reading 3, Michigan Center 3, Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Saginaw Nouvel 2, Riverview Gabriel Richard 1, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 1, Clinton 1. Division 4 1. Lake Leelanau St Mary (4)          (9-0)     72 2. Wyoming Tri-unity Christian (1) (8-2)     63 3. Powers North Central              (8-0)     61 4. Genesee Christian                    (9-1)     60 5. Taylor Trillium Academy             (10-0)   50 6. Painesdale Jeffers                    (10-0)   49 7. Mio Au Sable                           (8-0)     42 8. Hillman                                  (7-1)     37 9. Munising                                (11-1)   33 10. Baldwin                                (9-1)     31 Others receiving votes: Gaylord St. Mary 25, Bellevue 17, Rudyard 12, Pittsford 9, Detroit University Prep Art & Design 7, Watersmeet 6, Kingston 6, Ironwood 6, Lake Linden-Hubbell 5, Brimley 3, Fowler 3, Kalamazoo Phoenix 2, Hillsdale Academy 1. Girls Basketball Division 1 1. Detroit Renaissance (3)             (12-0)   72 2. West Bloomfield (2)                 (11-2)   67 3. Farmington Hills Mercy             (12-0)   66 4. Rockford                                (11-1)   60 5. Flint Carman Ainsworth             (10-0)   57 6. East Grand Rapids                    (10-2)   47 7. Temperance Bedford                 (12-0)   41 8. Grosse Pointe North                (11-2)   36 9. Wayne Memorial                       (9-3)     35 10. DeWitt                                 (10-1)   30 Others receiving votes: Lowell 26, Jackson Northwest 16, North Farmington 9, Holland West Ottawa 7, Saline 6, Utica Ford 4, Bay City Western 4, Brighton 3, Coldwater 3, Grand Blanc 3, Byron Center 3, Kalamazoo Central 2, Lake Orion 2, Holt 1. Division 2 1. Grand Rapids West Catholic (5)  (12-0)   75 2. Detroit Edison                        (9-2)     69 3. Chelsea                                  (12-1)   64 4. Haslett                                  (12-0)   62 5. Lake Fenton                            (14-0)   55 6. Frankenmuth                           (10-1)   48 7. Vicksburg                             (12-0)  37 (tie) Goodrich                            (11-1)   37 9. Tecumseh                                (11-2)   31 10. Dearborn Divine Child             (11-2)   27 Others receiving votes: Escanaba 22, Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 22, Grand Rapids Christian 10, Lansing Catholic 10, Redford Westfield Prep 10, Ludington 6, Detroit Country Day 6, Wixom St. Catherine of Siena Academy 3, Ada Forest Hills Eastern 2, Macomb Lutheran North 2, Olivet 1, Standish-Sterling 1. Division 3 1. Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory (2)  (6-4)     69 2. Dansville (1)                           (11-1)   67 3. Blissfield                               (12-1)   55 4. Evart (1)                                (12-1)   52 5. Hancock                                 (11-1)   50 5. Harbor Springs (1)                   (11-1)   50 7. Buchanan                              (9-1)    41 8. Lake City                                (12-1)   36 9. Kent City                                (11-2)   35 10. Bronson                             (11-0)  31 Others receiving votes: Sanford-Meridian 24, Calumet 20, Traverse City St. Francis 19, Niles Brandywine 16, Ithaca 12, Hemlock 11, Elk Rapids 9, McBain 2, Brooklyn Columbia Central 1. Division 4 1. Maple City Glen Lake (3)             (9-2)     72 2. Baraga (1)                              (10-2)   64 (tie) Kingston (1)                        (11-0)   64 4. Morenci                                  (12-0)   62 5. Gaylord St. Mary                     (9-2)     51 6. Mackinaw City                         (11-0)   47 7. St. Charles                             (10-2)   45 8. Norway                                  (12-0)   39 9. Petersburg Summerfield             (12-2)   27 10. Mendon                               (10-1)  25 Others receiving votes: Brethren 21, Cedarville 18, Burton Genesee Christian 14, Martin 10, Pittsford 10, Fowler 7, Carney-Nadeau 5, St. Ignace LaSalle 5, Portland St. Patrick 4, Ontonagon 3, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 3, Lake Linden-Hubbell 2, Clarkston Everest Catholic 2.Detroit Pistons forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) drives on Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez (11) in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Detroit, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Atlanta Hawks’ AJ Griffin, right, blocks Chicago Bulls’ DeMar DeRozan’s during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)Indiana forward Mackenzie Holmes (54) is defended by Michigan forward Emily Kiser (33) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am sure some of you remember former United States Senator John Ashcroft, who also served as Attorney General during the George W. Bush Administration.  A story has been told about his father, J. Robert Ashcroft.  I don't know if this tale is true, however, it provides a great illustration. According to the story, in January of 1995, J. Robert Ashcroft had fewer than forty-eight hours to live and he was holding on to life, hoping to see his son, John, sworn in as a US Senator the following day.  As his family and friends gathered around, J. Robert Ashcroft asked his son to play the piano while everyone sang, “We Are Standing On Holy Ground.”  After the song, the frail old man spoke some powerful words, saying, “John, I want you to know that even Washington can be holy ground.  Wherever you hear the voice of God, that ground is sanctified.  It's a place where God can call you to serve him.  Wherever we are in our vocation…..that place is a holy place of service for God.” Called!  It is one of the great biblical themes. God calls!   And all who follow Jesus are called.  Wherever we are in our vocation, whatever we are doing with our lives, God calls us.  Even in a place like Washington, DC.  Even in places like Okemos, Haslett, Williamston, East Lansing, Perry, Mason, Holt, Laingsburg, Owosso, Dansville, DeWitt, Grand Ledge, Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, St. Johns, and Lansing, MI. Even in the most unlikely of places and situations, God calls us, and that place is a holy place of service for God. It is holy ground. In today's gospel reading, we hear the call stories of Simon, Andrew, James, and John.  All these men were fishermen.  Now, at that point in time, fishing was not a relaxing, easy job.  It was hard, difficult, dirty work.  There was nothing easy about it.  Anyway, as we meet up with Jesus in today's reading, we find him walking beside the lake one afternoon and he sees these four fishermen busily working. Two are trying to catch fish and two are mending their nets.  As he walks by, Jesus disrupts what they are doing and says to each of them, “Follow me.”  Truthfully, the response of the four men makes me wonder.  Their response is rather hard to believe, because Jesus essentially offers them a job with no pay when he says, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.”  Jesus does not say, “Come, follow me, and make more money than you could ever make fishing.”  I could understand a response to that summons.  But no.  Jesus' call and the response of the four really seems implausible.  And yet, the gospel reading today says they immediately dropped their nets, they immediately dropped what they were doing to head off to God-knows-where, to lives that were uncertain and a life they could not begin to imagine!  The disciples' immediate acceptance of Jesus' unusual invitation is a dramatic, life changing encounter.  Jesus comes along, disrupts their lives, and summons them from the fabric of family relationships.  He summons them from the midst of the workaday world.  And he calls them into a new set of relationships and a new vocation.  I must say, this is one big, heavy duty fish story!! Many of us, throughout life, face big decisions about family, about jobs, about faith.  There are times in our lives when we stand at a fork in the road and must make decisions.  Sometimes, there are experiences in our lives when we need to take risks.  And there are even times in our lives when we must sacrifice something to follow Jesus.  But chances are that for most of us, the situation will never be as dramatic as it was for these four disciples.  It is not very often that we drop everything to start a new life.  And yet, the call is the same for each one of us.  Jesus comes along, disrupts our lives, and summons us from the fabric of family relationships.  He summons us from the midst of the workaday world.  And he calls us into a new set of relationships, a new vocation. God calls us, each in our own setting, to repent, to turn in a new direction, to open our lives to a radical renewal that may upset and re-orient our neat little, hard-won patterns of comfort and familiarity.  God calls each of us to follow and open our lives to a radical change that will upset our unquestioned assumptions and the privilege we enjoy without even being aware of it.  Just how willing are we to have our lives turned upside down in order to follow this Jesus?  Truthfully, we might have questions about such a call, a call where Jesus disrupts what we are doing and seemingly calls us to abandon family and occupation.  Well, I really don't think Jesus asks us to abandon family or work.  But God calls us to live differently within those relationships.  Our work and family life are transformed when God calls us to follow. The disruption in our lives and the call to follow is not to destroy, but to renew, and our lives are transformed in the process. And yet, the call to follow does mean leaving something behind.  Following Jesus means letting go of old securities and certainties and trusting the God who promises to be with us wherever we go.  It means leaving behind that which has enslaved us, leaving behind that which controls us, letting go of the fear that imprisons us, and letting go of our need to control.  And the call to follow Jesus means letting go of self-centeredness, that intense focus on self.  Remember what Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”  Following Jesus means living a countercultural life and dying to self as we are summoned from life's easy ruts of comfort and safety to enter the future without knowing exactly where we are headed.  Yes, we do leave something behind.  But the call to follow means finding security in a new place.  When we follow Jesus, it means we live our life under new management as Jesus becomes Lord of our life. To be called means we are invited into a relationship with Jesus, and that relationship is all about love, grace, and compassion.  To follow Jesus means being led by the one who frees us, who embraces us, and who lovingly claims us as God's own. And what we will find out as we follow Jesus, is that living in relationship with him connects us to a whole new set of relationships.  Jesus not only calls us, but then sends us out to be fishers of people.  We will find that the grace that calls us and the love that invites us leads us to new places in life, and that means we will form some new, even unlikely relationships – sometimes relationships with people we would otherwise never meet.  We will find that, just as the disciples were sent, we, too, will be sent to fish for people, carrying God's message of love and proclaiming the good news of a gracious God to a hurting, broken world.  And there is nothing more sacred than carrying and proclaiming that news.  There is nothing more sacred than walking with people through life's painful times and sharing God's good news of grace.  There is nothing more sacred than walking with people through the tough, challenging times of life, and sharing the good news of God's love.  Yes, it is grace that calls us, love that invites us, and it is compassion that moves us and takes us forth to do this work of discipleship.  And, wherever we are called to serve, we will find ourselves in a sacred place, we will find ourselves on holy ground.  Even as we work with the former residents of Knob Hill apartments, as we work with the refugees in our care, as we gather food for the hungry and daily stock the pantries, as we sit with people in the hospital, as we hold the hands of the dying, as we have coffee with someone who is hurting, as we sit behind our desks at work and interact with our colleagues, as we do the work of advocacy and seek justice for the most vulnerable in this world. I think that is precisely what J. Robert Ashcroft was trying to communicate to his son, John.  God calls us every hour of every day, wherever we find ourselves, to share the good news of God's love in a broken world.  That is the call, the vocation, and the mission of each one of us! And when we do this, we stand on holy ground.

MI MANDATORY DEER CHECK-IN - CHAD STEWART MI DNR Chad Stewart of the Michigan DNR explains the new mandatory regulation for checking your whitetail harvest. He will also talk about the new, easy to use app and the benefits of the new system.   LEGENDS OF THE OUTDOORS HOF - TOM NELSON 2022 Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Nelson, joins us for conversation about growing up in the small town of Grand Ledge and his road to his induction.   

Big Ten Media Days are under a week away and the Wolverines will be represented by Cade McNamara, DJ Turner, Mazi Smith and Erick All, along with Jim Harbaugh. There's plenty to talk about with the defending Big Ten champs as everyone gets excited about football being back on the calendar. Plus, we recap our time spent in Grand Ledge with the Michigan Army National Guard and also preview some upcoming activities before the football team really gets it going for fall camp. Finally, we talk about the quarterback battle yet again as the Michigan fanbase seems pretty divided about who should be under center.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 – 10 Innings Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 1 Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Twins 2 – 10 Innings – Candelario’s homer in 10th lifts Tigers in 4-2 win vs. Twins Jeimer Candelario hit the tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning for the Detroit Tigers to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2. Harold Castro went deep twice earlier as Tigers dodged another sweep and broke a six-game winning streak by the Twins. The Tigers have 25 homers in 43 games for the fewest in baseball. Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer for the Twins in the fourth inning to spoil an otherwise-stellar start by Rony García pieced together by Tigers relievers. White Sox 3, Red Sox 1 – Burger’s homer off Hill lifts White Sox over Red Sox Jake Burger hit a three-run homer off Rich Hill, Lucas Giolito overcame a shaky first inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 3-1 to end Boston’s six-game winning streak. The White Sox won for the fourth time in six games. Burger, recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Charlotte after Luis Robert was placed on the COVID-19 injured list, hit an 0-2 breaking pitch in the fifth inning that traveled an estimated 444 feet. Giolito threw 27 pitches in the first but still allowed fewer than two runs for the fourth time this season. Hill held the White Sox hitless through four innings but lost his lead quickly. Reds 4, Cubs 3 – Votto homers, triples, shouts at reliever as Reds beat Cubs Joey Votto homered and tripled, then shouted at Cubs reliver Rowan Wick during a tense ending to the Cincinnati Reds’ 4-3 win over Chicago. Votto had a solo homer in the second inning off Kyle Hendricks and a two-run triple in the third as Cincinnati ended a two-game skid. Wick brushed back the 16-year veteran in the eighth, then walked him. Votto barked at Wick as he made his way to first base, and he also had words for Chicago’s dugout. An inning later, Reds reliever Hunter Strickland plunked Patrick Wisdom. Cubs manager David Ross was ejected by plate umpire Dan Merzel after leaving the dugout to protest. Today Chicago Cubs (Steele 1-4) at Cincinnati (Greene 1-6), 12:35 p.m. Cleveland (Pilkington 0-0) at Detroit (Skubal 3-2), 7:10 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:50 Boston (Wacha 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 2-4), 8:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – Conference Finals Last Night Boston Celtics 93, Miami Heat 80                                      (BOS Leads 3-2) Tonight Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors, 9:00 p.m.      (GSW Leads 3-1) NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – 2nd Round Last Night St. Louis Blues 5, Colorado Avalanche 4 – OT                          (COL Leads 3-2) Tonight New York Rangers at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m.         (Series Tied 2-2) Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames, 9:30 p.m.                   (EDM Leads 3-1) Indy 500 – Penske ready for 300,000 guests in a full-capacity Indy 500 Roger Penske will at last be able to open the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to a capacity crowd this Sunday for his first true Indianapolis 500 since buying the property in 2020. The pandemic forced his first 500 to be held without spectators and only 40% capacity last year. He’s spent more than $30 million in capital improvements to prepare the iconic speedway for Penske’s first true housewarming party. He expects more than 300,000 people on property Sunday and has been relentless in ensuring the speedway is in pristine condition for his guests. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Tonight Los Angeles Sparks at Indiana Fever, 7:00 p.m. WNBA – WNBA’s Fever fire Stanley, promote Knox as interim coach The Indiana Fever have fired coach Marianne Stanley following a 2-7 start. The New York Liberty are the only WNBA team with fewer wins this season. The Fever announced that Carlos Knox is being promoted from assistant coach to interim coach. Interim general manager Lin Dunn says Indiana needed to go in a different direction with a young nucleus of players. Stanley was in the final year of her contract. Knox was a star college player at nearby IUPUI. WNBA – Brittney Griner’s wife tells ABC she wants WNBA star home Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle, wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner’s release, doing whatever is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than three months. Cherelle Griner became emotional detailing what little she knows about Brittney’s detainment during an interview that aired Wednesday on Good Morning America. The Phoenix Mercury center has been detained since Feb. 17 after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. The 31-year-old Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist for the U.S. She faces drug smuggling charges that carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The Biden administration has determined Griner is being wrongfully detained. Tennis – French Open – No. 1 Djokovic eases into 3rd round Novak Djokovic has eased into the third round of his French Open title defense with a straight-set victory over Alex Molcan. The top-ranked Djokovic defeated the 24-year-old Slovakian 6-2, 6-3, 7-6.  Molcan was able to push Djokovic to a third-set tiebreaker but threw his racket down in frustration after his 34th unforced error to fall behind 6-3.  Other second-round winners on the men’s side were third seed Alexander Zverev and No. 6 Carlos Alcaraz, both in five sets.  Coco Gauff has reached the third round in the women’s bracket by winning a second-set tiebreak. The 18-year-old American is the youngest player remaining in the draw.  Two-time Grand Slam champ Victoria Azarenka also advanced, but U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu  and fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari were ousted in the second round. NFL – NFL to appeal ruling in Gruden lawsuit over leaked emails The NFL says it will appeal a ruling denying the league’s request to move former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit over leaked emails from a public courtroom into closed-door arbitration. In a statement, the NFL denied Gruden’s claims that league officials or Commissioner Roger Goodell leaked racist, sexist and homophobic emails by Gruden to force him to resign last October. Judge Nancy Allf in Las Vegas refused requests to dismiss Gruden’s claim outright or move it to out-of-court talks that could be overseen by Goodell. Gruden emerged from the courtroom declaring “Go Raiders” and saying he was going to let the process take care of itself. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Dayton Dragons at West Michigan Whitecaps, suspended Great Lakes Loons 4, South Bend Cubs 3 Beloit Sky Carp 11, Lansing Lugnuts 4 Tonight Dayton Dragons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. (doubleheader) Great Lakes Loons at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:35 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer – District Quarterfinals Division 2 St. Joseph 3, Paw Paw 0 Lakeshore 6, Edwardsburg 1 Vicksburg 7, Niles 0 Division 3 Watervliet 3, Berrien Springs 2 – OT Three Rivers 3, Coloma 0 GR South Christian 7, Fennville 1 Parchment 8, Comstock 0 Portland 8, Delton-Kellogg 0 Division 4 Michigan Lutheran 8, Buchanan 2 Bridgman 8, Brandywine 0 Lawton 10, Covert 0 Hartford 1, Bangor 0 Division 1 Portage Central 5, Holt 0 BC Lakeview 6, Jackson 4 Portage Northern 2, Grand Ledge 1 – OT Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 1, Lansing Everett 0 Caledonia 6, Kalamazoo Central 1 Baseball Lakeshore 8, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 3 – Game 1 Lakeshore vs. Loy Norrix – Game 2 Postponed Bridgman 6, Niles 4 Watervliet 1, Martin 0 Softball Lakeshore 10, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – Game 1 Lakeshore 15, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – Game 2 South Haven 15, Hartford 5 Hartford at South Haven – Game 2 Postponed Edwardsburg 15, Plainwell 0 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 15, Plainwell 0 – Game 2 Today Baseball Eau Claire at Michigan Lutheran, 4:15 p.m. (DH) River Valley at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Decatur at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Otsego at Paw Paw, 4:00 p.m. South Haven at Gobles, 4:30 p.m. Niles at Sturgis, 4:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at Schoolcraft, 4:30 p.m. Mattawan at Battle Creek Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Kalamazoo Central at Coldwater, 4:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Portage Northern, 4:00 p.m. Softball Coloma at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Hartford at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m. River Valley at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Howardsville Christian at Lawrence, 4:15 p.m. (DH) Decatur at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Otsego at Paw Paw, 4:00 p.m. Cassopolis at Lawton, 4:30 p.m. Mattawan at Battle Creek Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Kalamazoo Central at Coldwater, 4:00 p.m. Girls Soccer – District Quarterfinals Division 4 (Buchanan) New Buffalo at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Heritage at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m. MHSAA – Bloomingdale adding girls soccer Bloomingdale high school announced this week that the school will be adding girls soccer to their list of available sports starting next season.  Bloomingdale currently has a boys soccer team, which plays in the fall.  The new girls soccer team will take to the field next spring.  The Cardinals athletic department says more information will be coming over the next few months as they build their girls soccer program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Golf – Senior PGA – Steve Stricker out of Senior PGA with positive COVID-19 test Former Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker has pulled out of the Senior PGA Championship after testing positive for the coronavirus. Stricker revealed his positive test Tuesday on Twitter. He says he was “super bummed” and that it was “just a small setback.” Stricker was out of competition for six months because of a virus that he says doctors never fully identified. He became ill last fall about a month after leading the Americans to a record blowout over Europe at Whistling Straits. Stricker is coming off his fourth senior major title two weeks ago at the Regions Tradition. MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Boston Red Sox 16, Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 11, Cincinnati Reds 4 Twins 2, Tigers 0 – Sonny day: Gray’s 7 shutout innings send Twins past Tigers Sonny Gray compiled a season-high 10 strikeouts over seven sharp innings, carrying the Minnesota Twins past the Detroit Tigers 2-0 for their sixth straight victory. Gray allowed four hits and one walk in by far his best of six starts with his new team. The Twins are 23-8 since April 21. They have won each of the last four games with Gray on the mound after he returned from a strained hamstring. Gio Urshela had three hits and an RBI, and Carlos Correa hit an RBI double for the Twins against Tigers rookie Beau Brieske. Red Sox 16, White Sox 3 – Red Sox pound White Sox 16-3, extend win streak to 6 games Trevor Story and Christian Vazquez each hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs as the Boston Red Sox set season highs in runs and hits in a 16-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Story’s homer off Dylan Cease capped a four-run first inning. Vazquez hit a three-run shot off Matt Foster to highlight a six-run sixth. Kike Hernandez hit Cease’s first pitch for a homer, and Rafael Devers led off the fourth with a homer off Jose Ruiz as the Red Sox extended their winning streak to six games. Designated hitter J.D. Martinez had four of the Red Sox’s 19 hits. The White Sox fell for the fourth time in seven games. José Abreu hit a two-run homer and Tim Anderson had two hits, including an RBI single for Chicago. Cubs 11, Reds 4 – Schwindel hits 2 homers, Cubs power past Reds 11-4 Frank Schwindel homered twice in a game for the first time in his career, Marcus Stroman recovered from a rough start to pitch five effective innings, and the Chicago Cubs rolled past the Cincinnati Reds. Schwindel has three homers in the first two games of Chicago’s four-game series at Cincinnati. The Cubs have hit a major league-leading 19 homers since May 14, going deep in 10 of 11 games. Stroman needed 37 pitches to get through the first, allowing four singles and two runs to the first five batters. But he cruised after that, retiring 14 of his final 16 batters with two walks. He struck out eight. Today Detroit (García 0-0) at Minnesota (Bundy 3-2), 1:10 p.m.                      WSJM/WCSY 12:50 Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-4) at Cincinnati (Castillo 0-2), 6:40 p.m. Boston (Hill 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 2-1), 8:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – Conference Finals Last Night Dallas Mavericks 119, Golden State Warriors 109           (GSW Leads 3-1) Tonight Boston Celtics at Miami Heat, 8:30 p.m.                            (Series Tied 2-2) NBA – Bulls’ Zach LaVine has knee surgery, full recovery expected Chicago Bulls guard Zach Lavine underwent left knee arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday. The team said it was successful and he is expected to make a full recovery. LaVine averaged 24.4 points and made his second straight NBA All-Star team last year. The Bulls lost in the first round of the playoffs to Milwaukee. LaVine’s four-year, $78 million contract is up and he said last month that he plans to explore the market as an unrestricted free agent. The Bulls can offer a max contract worth more than $210 million over five years. NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – 2nd Round Last Night New York Rangers 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1                      (Series Tied 2-2) Edmonton Oilers 5, Calgary Flames 3                               (EDM Leads 3-1) Tonight St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche, 8:00 p.m.              (COL Leads 3-1) WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Chicago Sky 95, Indiana Fever 90 Sky 95, Fever 90 – Sky celebrate 2021 championship before 95-90 win over Fever Candace Parker had 16 points, six rebounds and seven assists, Azura Stevens added 15 points, and the Chicago Sky beat the Indiana Fever 95-90. Parker, coming off her second career triple-double on Sunday, also had three steals and three blocks while shooting 6 for 9 from the field. Courtney Vandersloot had 14 points, six rebounds and seven assists for Chicago (4-2). Kahleah Copper and Allie Quigley each scored 12 and Dana Evans had 10 points. Stevens beat the third-quarter buzzer with a basket in the lane to give Chicago a 70-65 lead. After Kelsey Mitchell pulled Indiana within 93-90 with 21.8 seconds left, Vandersloot sank two free throws to seal it. Mitchell scored 25 points for Indiana. NFL – Changes under new coach Matt Eberflus hit Bears defense Personnel, position change and even weight loss have been some of the changes to affect the Chicago Bears defense since the start of spring work in organized team activities during coach Matt Eberflus’ first season. The switch to a 4-3 defense from a 3-4 meant some players switched positions, such as linebacker Roquan Smith. New players such as linebacker Nicholas Morrow, rookie cornerback Kyler Gordon and rookie safety Jaquan Brisker are getting extensive looks with the first team. All the while, the Bears are without veteran defensive ends Robert Quinn and Al-Quadin Muhammad, who have opted not to participate in voluntary offseason work. NFL – NFL revamps Rooney Rule to include quarterbacks coaches The NFL has expanded the Rooney Rule again, this time to include quarterbacks coaches in a further effort to diversify the coaching ranks. The change was announced Tuesday at the owners meeting in Atlanta by Jonathan Beane, the NFL’s senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer. The oft-criticized Rooney Rule, adopted in 2003 to enhance opportunities for minorities to gain head coaching jobs and enhanced several times to include front office positions, now will requires one minority or female candidate from another team to be interviewed for quarterbacks coach. Previously, the rule covered head coach, general manager and all coordinator jobs. Tennis – French Open – Medvedev wins opening match Daniil Medvedev got his French Open off to a winning start — never a sure thing for the second-seeded Russian. The U.S. Open champion beat Facundo Bagnis of Argentina 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.  Medvedev was a quarterfinalist at Roland Garros last year after four straight losses in the first round. The Russian earned his first victory since undergoing hernia surgery nearly two months ago. He had lost his opening-round match at the Geneva Open last week on his return. Medvedev reached the final at the Australian Open this year, losing to Rafael Nadal in five sets. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Dayton Dragons 10, West Michigan Whitecaps 1 South Bend Cubs 6, Great Lakes Loons 4 Beloit Sky Carp 2, Lansing Lugnuts 1 Tonight Dayton Dragons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 11:00 a.m. Great Lakes Loons at South Bend Cubs, 11:05 a.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Beloit Sky Carp, 7:35 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball River Valley 7, Our Lady of the Lake 3 – Game 1 River Valley 15, Our Lady of the Lake 0 – Game 2 Michigan Lutheran 8, New Buffalo 3 – Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 8, New Buffalo 2 – Game 2 Coloma 8, Lawton 0 – Game 1 Coloma 11, Lawton 1 – Game 2 Buchanan 9, Centreville 0 – Game 1 Buchanan 12, Centreville 0 – Game 2 Dowagiac 14, Allegan 3 – Game 1 Dowagiac 13, Allegan 2 – Game 2 Paw Paw 10, South Haven 9 – Game 1 Paw Paw 12, South Haven 2 – Game 2 Watervliet 12, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 1 Watervliet 6, Berrien Springs 3 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 6, Schoolcraft 1 – Game 1 Schoolcraft 10, Kalamazoo Christian 6 – Game 2 Vicksburg 9, Otsego 0 Softball Michigan Lutheran 13, New Buffalo 0 – Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 10, New Buffalo 3 – Game 2 Howardsville Christian 11, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 Howardsville Christian 9, Eau Claire 8 – Game 2 Coloma 13, Lawton 3 – Game 1 Coloma 10, Lawton 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 16, Dowagiac 5 – Game 1 Dowagiac 15, Edwardsburg 5 – Game 2 South Haven 10, Paw Paw 1 – Game 1 South Haven 12, Paw Paw 1 – Game 2 Decatur 17, Comstock 0 – Game 1 Decatur 13, Comstock 0 – Game 2 Gobles 16, Galesburg-Augusta 1 – Game 1 Gobles 22, Galesburg-Augusta 16 – Game 2 Parchment 4, Three Rivers 2 – Game 1 Parchment 12, Three Rivrs 10 – Game 2 Girls Soccer – Districts Quarterfinals Division 2 (Marshall) Gull Lake 8, Battle Creek Harper Creek 0 Hastings 5, Battle Creek Central 0 Girls Soccer – Regular Season Brandywine 8, Covert 0 Boys Golf – Pre-Regionals Division 2 at Stonehedge North GC, Richland Gull Lake                          311 Matttawan                        315 Vicksburg                         328 Mason                              336 Marshall                          338 St. Joseph                         340 Jackson Northwest            350 Lakeshore                         353 Edwardsburg                     354 Coldwater                         360 Eaton Rapids                     361 Charlotte                          368 Sturgis                             370 Paw Paw                            376 Harper Creek                     378 Three Rivers                     379 Track and Field SAC Championship at Constantine Today Girls Soccer – District Quarterfinals Division 2 Paw Paw at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Lakeshore, 6:00 p.m. Vicksburg at Niles, 5:00 p.m. Division 3 Watervliet at Berrien Springs, 6:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Coloma, 6:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Constantine, 5:30 p.m. Kentwood Grand River at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. GR South Christian at Fennville, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 Michigan Lutheran at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. Brandywine at Bridgman, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m. Lawton at Covert, 5:00 p.m. Bangor at Hartford, 3:00 p.m. Division 1 Holt at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. BC Lakeview at Jackson, 4:00 p.m. Grand Ledge at Portage Northern, 6:00 p.m. Lansing Everett at Kal. Loy Norrix, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Caledonia, 6:00 p.m. Baseball Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Our Lady of the Lake at Brandywine, 4:15 p.m. Lawrence at New Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. Niles at Bridgman, 4:15 p.m. (DH) Berrien Springs at Bangor, 4:15 p.m. Martin at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m. Plainwell at Allegan, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Mendon at Hartford, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Softball Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Hartford at South Haven, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Bridgman, 4:15 p.m. (DH) Centreville at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m. (DH) Plainwell at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Paw Paw at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Mendon at Coldwater, 4:30 p.m.Girls Team Scores Boys Team Scores Schoolcraft                      84 Constantine                       82 Saugatuck                         72 Kalamazoo Christian         68 Delton-Kellogg                 47 Galesburg-Augusta            46 Lawton                             42 Fennville                           37 Kalamazoo Hackett            37 Martin                              37 Coloma                             35 Gobles                              31 Parchment                         24 Watervliet                        21 Saugatuck                         103 Constantine                       86 Kalamazoo Hackett            70 Delton-Kellogg                 64 Parchment                         58 Martin                              56.5 Schoolcraft                      50 Coloma                             46 Watervliet                        46 Kalamazoo Christian         41 Fennville                           19 Gobles                              16.5 Lawton                             6 Galesburg-Augusta            1 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 2 Seattle Mariners 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Chicago Cubs 5, Colorado Rockies 2 Tigers 4, Royals 2 – Reyes, Meadows drive in runs in 7th, Tigers beat Royals 4-2 Victor Reyes and Austin Meadows had RBI singles in the seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2. With the game tied 2-2, pinch-hitter Eric Haase hit the first of three straight two-out singles off reliever Jake Brentz, followed by Reyes and Meadows. Miguel Cabrera had three of the Tigers’ nine hits, leaving him six shy of 3,000 for his career. All of Detroit’s hits were singles. Joe Jimenez pitched a scoreless sixth, one of four Tigers relievers who combined to allow only one walk among the final 13 Kansas City batters. Gregory Soto worked the ninth for his second save. Mariners 5, White Sox 1 – Popups become adventures as Mariners beat White Sox 5-1 Jared Kelenic hit a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole in the second inning, and the Seattle Mariners stopped a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on a windy Thursday when popups became adventures. Chicago scored in the fifth after Adam Engel’s two-out popup was blown from the middle of the infield into foul territory behind third base. Engel reached second when his popup to the first-base side kicked off the mitt of catcher Cal Raleigh for an error. Jake Burger followed with a popup that fell for an RBI single. Cubs 5, Rockies 2 – Suzuki extends hit streak to 6, Cubs down Bryant, Rox 5-2 Seiya Suzuki stayed hot with an RBI double in a three-run first inning, Frank Schwindel homered and drove in two, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2. Suzuki extended his hitting streak to six games since joining the majors from Japan and drove in his 10th run when the Cubs collected five straight hits against Kyle Freeland. Kris Bryant went 2 for 5 as the Rockies had their four-game winning streak snapped in the opener of Bryant’s second series against his former team. Bryant was traded by the Cubs to San Francisco last season and signed with the Rockies after the lockout. Tonight Tampa Bay (Rasmussen 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Skubal 0-1) at Kansas City (Keller 0-0), 8:10 p.m.                   WSJM/WCSY 7:45 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 0-0) at Colorado (Márquez 0-0), 8:40 p.m. NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Detroit Red Wings 3, Carolina Hurricanes 0 Chicago Blackhawks 5, San Jose Sharks 4 – Shootout Red Wings 3, Hurricanes 0 – Nedeljkovic shuts out former team, Red Wings top Hurricanes Alex Nedeljkovic had 46 saves in a sharp performance against his former team, helping the Detroit Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Thursday night. Moritz Seider, Adam Erne and Filip Zadina scored for Detroit. The Red Wings were recently eliminated from the postseason chase for the sixth straight year, but managed to push past the Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes despite being outplayed much of the way. Nedeljkovic had a strong run for the Hurricanes last season but the team traded him to Detroit in July and opted to reshape their goaltender position by bringing in Antti Raanta and Frederik Andersen. Nedeljkovic had his third shutout of the season. Blackhawks 5, Sharks 4 – SO – Blackhawks top Sharks 5-4 in SO to end 8-game slide Alex DeBrincat scored the lone goal in the shootout after having three assists in regulation and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the San Jose Sharks. Jaycob Megna scored with 3:25 left in the third to tie it at 4 and send it to overtime. Patrick Kane scored his 24th goal and added two assists for Chicago. Dylan Strome notched his career-high 21st goal and had an assist and Taylor Raddysh and Calvin de Haan scored. Meier scored his team-leading 32nd goal for the Sharks, who have lost eight in a row. Scott Reedy and Rudolfs Balcers also scored for San Jose. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Playoffs – Play-In Round Tonight 9 Atlanta Hawks 132 at 8 Cleveland Cavaliers, 7:30 p.m. 9 New Orleans Pelicans at 8 Los Angeles Clippers, 10:00 p.m. NFL – Lions sign former Ravens safety DeShon Elliott The Detroit Lions have signed safety DeShon Elliott to a one-year contract. Detroit announced the move Thursday, potentially adding a starter in the secondary. The Lions are hoping Elliott’s injuries are behind him. He missed 10 games last season with a torn biceps’pectoral injury and also missed his entire rookie year in 2018 with the Baltimore Ravens. Elliott started in all 16 games during the 2020 season and all six he played in last year. He has 106 career tackles, including 3 1/2 sacks, two forced fumbles, and an interception. Baltimore drafted the former Texas standout in the sixth round four years ago. USFL – New USFL hoping to succeed where other spring leagues failed The USFL kicks off Saturday night in Birmingham, Alabama, when the New Jersey Generals face the Birmingham Stallions. Fox and NBC Sports will each carry 22 games, including Saturday’s opener. It’s the first time since the 2007 regular-season finale between the New England Patriots and New York Giants that a game will air on more than one broadcast network. Fox Sports owns the USFL and is making a $150 million investment over three years. The only similarity between the USFL of the 1980s and this one is the team names. USFL – United States Football League Sunday All games in Birmingham, AL Houston Gamblers vs. Michigan Panthers, 12:00 p.m. NCAAFB – Michigan State searching for Walker replacements this spring Michigan State leaned on Kenneth Walker III a lot during its turnaround season, handing him the ball 22 times a game with a much success. This spring and in the fall someone else will need to run the ball for the Spartans because Walker skipped his senior season to enter the NFL draft. The top candidates for the role may be a mystery until the season starts Sept. 2 against Western Michigan. The lack of healthy offensive linemen has led coach Mel Tucker choosing to have a practice instead of a game Saturday at Spartan Stadium. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Today Baseball Lake Michigan College at Ancilla, 2:00 p.m./4:00 p.m. (DH) Softball Lake Michigan College at Lansing Community College, 3:00 p.m./5:00 p.m. (DH) AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Iowa Wild at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. ECHL – ECHL Hockey League Tonight Toledo Walleye at Kalamazoo Wings, 7:00 p.m. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Lansing Lugnuts 8, West Michigan Whitecaps 5 – Game 1 West Michigan Whitecaps 6, Lansing Lugnuts 0 – Game 2 South Bend Cubs 7, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 2 – Game 1 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 6, South Bend Cubs 2 – Game 2 Peoria Chiefs 5, Great Lakes Loons 2 Today Great Lakes Loons at Peoria Chiefs, 6:00 p.m. (DH) Lansing Lugnuts at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer St. Joseph 6, Kalamazoo Central 1 Lakeshore 2, Portage Northern 0 Kal. Loy Norrix 3, Battle Creek lakeview 0 Harper Creek 2, Paw Paw 0 Otsego 1, Battle Creek Pennfield 0 Bridgman 1, Dowagiac 1 – TIE Berrien Springs 8, Bangor 0 Parchment 8, Brandywine 0 Hartford 6, Marcellus 1 Saugatuck 1, Holland Black River 0 Girls Tennis St. Joseph 4, Lakeshore 4 – TIE Harper Creek 7, Paw Paw 1 Harper Creek 6, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 Baseball St. Joseph 17, Battle Creek Central 0 – Game 1 St. Joseph 21, Battle Creek Central 3 – Game 2 Lakeshore 11, Gull Lake 7 – Game 1 Lakeshore 5, Gull Lake 0 – Game 2 Mattawan 15, Portage Central 4 – Game 1 Portage Central 9, Mattawan 5 – Game 2 Otsego 11, Dowagiac 1 – Game 1 Otsego 18, Dowagiac 2 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 9, River Valley 2 Mendon 21, Burr Oak 0 – Game 1 Mendon 15, Burr Oak 0 – Game 2 Fennville 14, Gobles 2 Watervliet 18, Saugatuck 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 12, Saugatuck 1 – Game 2 Softball St. Joseph 18, Battle Creek Central 0 – Game 1 St. Joseph 17, Battle Creek Central 0 – Game 2 Lakeshore 18, Gull Lake 2 – Game 1 Lakeshore 11, Gull Lake 1 – Game 2 Mattawan 15, Portage Central 3 – Game 1 Mattawan 6, Portage Central 2 – Game 2 Otsego 11, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Dowagiac 8, Otsego 4 – Game 2 Berrien Springs 15, Hartford 4 Brandywine 13, Decatur 12 Gobles 19, Fennville 3 – Game 1 Gobles 18, Fennville 3 – Game 2 Saugatuck 15, Kalamazoo Hackett 6 – Game 1 Saugatuck 16, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 – Game 2 Mendon 4, Burr Oak 0 Today Baseball Bangor at Benton Harbor, 4:30 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. (DH) Lawrence at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m. (DH) Berrien Springs at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m. (DH) Niles at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Wayland at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Allegan at Sturgis, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Plainwell at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Paw Paw at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Portage Northern at BC Lakeview, 4:00 p.m. Loy Norrix at Kalamazoo Central, 4:00 p.m. Softball Bangor at Benton Harbor, 4:30 p.m. Lawrence at Eau Claire, 4:15 p.m. (DH) Berrien Springs at Watervliet, 4:30 p.m. (DH) Saugatuck at South Haven, 4:15 p.m. Niles at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Wayland at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Allegan at Sturgis, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Plainwell at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Paw Paw at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Girls Soccer Zeeland West at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Berrien Springs, 6:45 p.m. Lawton at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Coldwater, 6:00 p.m. Gull Lake at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m. Grand Ledge at Kal. Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Wayland at Allegan, 6:30 p.m. Schoolcraft at Three Rivers, 5:00 p.m. Constantine at Comstock, 5:00 p.m. Calhoun Christian at Delton-Kellogg, 5:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 9 of the Great Lakes State Football Podcast. Kory, Vince, & Brett discuss everything football in the Great Lakes State from the week of January 12th-January 19th! Discussion includes latest offseason news for MSU & U of M, NFL Playoffs, Lions, and our newest addition: recommendation of the week (Vince recommends a brewery this week). We also had on guests Chance Stewart & Uday Singh to discuss their experiences coaching, MHSAA Playoffs, Public v Private schools, 7v7 leagues, and more!Vince's recommendation of the week: Brickhaven Brewing, Grand Ledge, MIhttps://www.brickhavenbrewing.com/Chance's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chance_Stewart8Uday's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachUSinghIntro music: Gmac Cash - Lions wonhttps://music.apple.com/us/album/lions-won-single/1599227568Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/great-lakes-state-football/id1597487505Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/3uxnRlt9GuOQf5iTX2mOnT?si=0e5ebaa8ad5843df&nd=1Twitter: https://twitter.com/GLSFballInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatlakesstatefootball/Timestamps:00:00​-02:45​ - Intro02:46​-14:16 - Michigan & Michigan State Offseason News14:17-20:40 - NFL Playoffs20:41-22:56 - Lions News22:57-40:48 - Chance & Uday discuss coaching journeys at their schools40:49-55:54 - MHSAA State Playoffs for Football55:55-1:18:40 - Private v Public school football1:18:41-1:25:10 - High School Football numbers declining1:25:11-1:45:55 - HS football culture, 7v7 leagues, closing conversation1:45:56-1:48:10 - Vince's recommendation of the week: Brickhaven Brewing (Brewery & Restaurant)1:48:11-1:49:41 - Outro

Episode 5 Part 2 of the Great Lakes State Football Podcast. Kory, Vince, & Brett discuss everything football in the Great Lakes State from the week of December 14th-21st! Part 2 is a discussion with Corey Arnouts. Corey was 3-year starter, All-State & All-Star Game selection at Defensive Line for Grand Ledge 2009-2011, and he played at Ferris State from 2012-2016. He's now an MHSAA football referee in the Capital Area. We finish by talking about his college alma mater, Ferris State, winning the National Title!Corey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreyJHArnoutsBecome an MHSAA football ref: https://www.mhsaa.com/officialsIntro music: Gmac Cash - Lions wonhttps://music.apple.com/us/album/lion...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/3uxnRlt...Twitter: https://twitter.com/GLSFballInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatlakess...Timestamps:00:00​-02:59​ - Intro03:00​-17:31 - Corey talks college football journey17:32-21:44 - Corey on Coaching at his HS alma mater21:45-45:35 - Corey on becoming a referee, experience reffing45:36-1:24:17 - Ferris State football wins the national title, Tony Annese, Jared Bernhardt, GLIAC future, best D2 teams ever?1:24:18-1:27:45 - Closing remarks

Sometimes it's the simplest answers to life's toughest questions that make the most sense. Paul Baribeau's album "Grand Ledge" features arguably one of the most optimistic 'self-help' songs I've ever heard: "Ten Things." The premise is simple: name ten things you want to do before you die and go do them; name ten places you want to see before you die and go to them. Even 14 years later this song still strikes a chord with me (albeit in a very fast and folk-punk rhythm). Let's examine how easy it is to follow Paul's advice and see if we really can fix those ten things about our life.

“I've been working in gastroenterology for over 20 years,” says Kerschen. “I've been in the mid-Michigan area at different practices. I've actually worked for MSU since 1999. MSU Health Care approached me about starting a practice here at MSU in gastroenterology and we look forward to getting that practice up and running.”“I've been in practice almost 20 years and I've worked with Cathy and Maria for all of that time in some way, shape, or form,” adds Oliveri-LePain. “I'm a graduate of the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, so it's nice to be back where I started.”“I grew up in the East Lansing and Grand Ledge area, so I know this area well,” Reed says. “I also have worked with Dr. LePain and Dr. Kerschen since 2001. I obtained my undergraduate degree from Michigan State and then went to PA school in Miami, Florida. I'm grateful to be back in the East Lansing area working with these truly great physicians to help satisfy the needs of the East Lansing community.”So, talk a little bit about why the new practice and you're coming together. What's the goal, the mission?“The three of us all share the same philosophical goal of wanting a patient-centric community practice where we can take care of the needs of all the people in the Lansing and East Lansing area and some of the outlying areas,” Oliveri-LePain continues. “We're interested in outreach by helping part of the community that doesn't have the best access to healthcare. Today, nobody should be dying from something like colon cancer. We really want to help the community and build a strong program.”What is gastroenterology?“Gastroenterology is the specialty of treating digestive diseases,” Kerschen continues. “We like to say we cover everything from the mouth down to the anus and everything in between. Some of the most common conditions we take care of are colon disorders. Colon cancer screening is something that keeps us busy. We also take care of inflammatory bowel diseases and irritable bowel syndrome. Then we take care of esophageal diseases like acid reflux and peptic ulcer disease. We also cover a variety of liver diseases along with pancreas and gall bladder diseases. We treat a wide range of patients, but we are primarily adult gastroenterologists, so we see patients 18 years and older.”Who should see you? What symptoms would someone be experiencing to cause them to reach out?“There are a wide range of symptoms,” says Oliveri-LePain. “You can experience anything from abdominal pain, heartburn symptoms, diarrhea, constipation, and bloating. And sometimes the symptoms are not so obvious, and a lot of symptoms overlap. You can have minor symptoms that can be a symptom of something more serious, something like Crohn's or colitis or something like irritable bowel syndrome where you can have similar symptoms. Treatments are very different though, and they can affect all ages of men and women.”What is treatment like and what are some of the challenges involved?“Some of the challenges are environmental like what we eat and the stressors we're under,” Reed says. “We've all been through a lot of stress with COVID, and we try to treat our patients from a holistic approach making sure that they're getting the right nutrition and getting their exercise every day. Medication treatments are also available. We partner with Henry Ford and we're hoping to tap into a lot of research in conjunction with MSU to provide treatments for our patients that might not otherwise be available.”Is diet the key contributing factor for someone to get a GI disease? Is it hereditary? Why would someone need to see you?“Every disease entity has a different etiology or risk factors that make it better or worse,” continues Kerschen. “So, in some of our diseases, diet and exercise and mental health make a difference on how well the patient responds. Most colon cancers are sporadic. However, there is an increased risk if you have a family history. So, there can be a genetic link. Some of the liver diseases that we cover have some genetic links, so we'd be more likely to screen patients for certain liver diseases such as hemochromatosis. But a lot of liver diseases are due to risk factors like hepatitis C. If you had a blood transfusion years ago or if you're an IV drug user, that increases your risk. So, we would look at those risk factors for patients. It really depends on what disease we're talking about within the GI system.”Do patients most often start with their primary care physician and then get referred to you?“Yes,” says Oliveri-LePain. “The majority of people start out with their primary care physician and then if it gets to a point where they've exhausted their evaluation, they are referred to us. If they need a procedure, they would be referred to us as well.”Is there some exciting research happening or some new treatments on the horizon that have you excited about treating GI better?“There are a couple things,” says Kerschen. “In the liver world, there's a lot of research right now on fatty liver, which is a big issue in our society right now. It's linked with other disease such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. So, liver disease can be linked with that. Right now, all we have is lifestyle changes to help treat it, but there is a lot of research right now going on about different medications that might help with fatty liver. My anticipation would be in the next 10 years that we may have more treatment options for people with fatty liver.“There's always research going on in a variety of diseases in gastroenterology. Inflammatory bowel disease has something interesting and exciting that they're working on in the research realm. Hopefully again, through our partnership with Henry Ford Hospital, we'll be able to get involved in some of the clinical research.”Talk about the excitement of coming together and doing what you love to do under the auspices of MSU Health Care.“To me, this is a perfect union of the three of us because we do know each other so well,” says Oliveri-LePain. “We know how we work philosophically. We are very similar in how we treat our patients. We're going to be able to bring a lot of positive care to the community and to MSU.“It's important that patients always feel that they're being heard. A lot of patients are tired of the cattle philosophy where they're being herded in and out and they're not really listened to or paid attention to. We think it's important that when patients come in that they're heard and that their concerns are heard and that they're taken seriously. Every patient should know that they're the most important patient at that time. That's really important.”What would you like our listeners to know about GI diseases and how you can help them?“One thing that we've seen over the last few years is improvement in our treatment of hepatitis C. Previously when I first started practice, the treatments for hepatitis C were very intense and the success rate was only about 50 percent. Now over the last several years, our treatment success rate is about 96 percent. For patients who may have had hepatitis C for last 30 or 40 years or maybe don't even know they have hepatitis C, the cure rate is phenomenal right now. The treatments are much shorter in duration and the side effects are very minimal. For people who years ago may have had hepatitis C that progressed to cirrhosis and maybe even liver cancer, we don't have that anymore. We would like to be able to have a hepatitis C clinic here in East Lansing at MSU to help those patients.”“We'd like patients to know that there are a wide variety of GI symptoms that they might be suffering with at home that they don't realize that there's something that can be done about it,” Kerschen says. “I would encourage patients to talk to their primary care physicians because a lot of times there are things that the primary care physician can do for them that will help alleviate it. But when they work with their primary care physician and find that they're still having issues, that's when they'll come to us, and we'll work further to try to figure out what's going on. Particularly in this day of COVID where people aren't asking for help as much for a variety of reasons, we want patients to get back in with their doctors and start talking to them about some of the things that are going on. Then if they need specialists like us, we're now here in the community and we can help work with them and work with their primary care physician to try to improve their symptoms.”Can you elaborate a little bit more on those symptoms?“That's a challenging question because depending on what the issue is, you can have minor symptoms like a little bit of belly discomfort or heartburn,” continues Oliveri-LePain. “For people who wake up in the middle of the night with acid issues or a hard time swallowing, it could be something minor like heartburn. Other symptoms are abdominal pain, which can be again from your ribcage all the way down, and diarrhea or constipation. No symptoms should be ignored. So again, start with the primary care physician and then come to us if things don't get resolved.”“An important part of the gastroenterology practice is that we do endoscopy,” Kerschen adds. “As physicians, we spend a fair amount of time in the endoscopy unit. Right now we'll be working through McLaren Healthcare and Genesis Surgery Center, which is off Jolly Road. That is something that gets arranged through our practice with our schedulers, and we'll take care to make sure our patients are well cared for in those facilities.“Patients can find us at the Hannah Technical Research Center on Hagadorn. We are on the second floor and our phone number is (517) 353-3102. We share a waiting room with the MSU Urology." (Photo session followed COVID protocols. Subjects were unmasked briefly.)MSU Today airs Sunday mornings at 9:00 on WKAR News/Talk and streams at WKAR.org. Find, rate, and subscribe to “MSU Today with Russ White” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your shows.