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Sports columns

One race in: F1 worth the hype?

Formula 1 (F1) drivers took to the grid in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday to start the 75th season of the sport. Though one race out of 24 seems a bit early to say if the racing lived up to the talk, there has been more hype for the sport this year than in many previous years. If it was wrong, ...

Why 2025 is the year to try Formula 1

Personally, I grew up watching Formula 1 (F1) frequently as my father was a pretty big fan and my mom grew to enjoy races as well. Nowadays, my mom is a bigger fan than my dad, cheering on Max Verstappen as part of the “Oranje Army” (Verstappen is of Dutch-Belgian heritage and his fans lean ...

Huskies hockey sweeps Wildcats again

By DAVER KARNOSKY dkarnosky@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team earned a second series sweep of the Northern Michigan Wildcats with a 3-2 win on Friday night at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena in Houghton, and 4-0 win Saturday at the Berry Events Center in ...

Huskies prove they are more than ‘NobodyU’

For the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix, Wednesday’s noon matchup with the Michigan Tech Huskies men’s basketball team was going to be a problem no matter how it went. The Huskies entered the game riding a five-game winning streak that included a win over then-No. 3 Minnesota State-Moorhead ...

Thoughts from the penalty box

The Michigan Tech Huskies men’s basketball team is on a four-game winning streak that started with a victory over then-No. 3 Minnesota State-Moorhead at the St. Louis County Basketball Classic. Since then, the Huskies knocked off St. Cloud State, Wisconsin-Parkside, and Purdue Northwest. ...

Huskies football gave us a great season

Going into Saturday’s contest at Saginaw Valley State, Michigan Tech Huskies football coach Dan Mettlach’s team had already had a good season, going 6-4 with a 3-3 record in GLIAC play. They had beaten Northern Michigan, which is a priority every year, Wayne State, and Roosevelt. They gave ...