Stories from Wednesday, July 21, 2021

McCOOK, Neb. — Ethan Latta's three long touchdowns sparked the Ravens to 2-0 among seventh-eighth grade games while Eagles and Rams both won defensive battles in Tuesday's McCook Football League fifth-sixth grade action. Here are scoring recaps with more details in Thursday's McCook Gazette...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had the Larry O’Brien Trophy in one arm, the NBA Finals MVP trophy in the other and there was a cigar on the table in front of him. All the work it took to lift the Milwaukee Bucks from a team that won 15 games when he was a rookie to one with 16 wins this postseason was finally finished...

Nebraska, 3-5 a year ago, is picked to finish fifth in the seven-team division in the 2021 cleveland.com Preseason Big Ten Poll. Each of the 34 voters was asked to vote one through seven in both divisions, with first-place votes worth seven points, second-place votes worth six and so on...