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Today is the opening day of the state Final Four softball tournament held in Peoria at the Louisville Slugger Park. The day begins in Class 1a at 10am with Newark and Illini Bluffs followed at 12:30 b...

Today is also the State Final Four in girls soccer. In Class 2a at 11a.m. it is Triad against Oak Park Fenwick followed at 1 by Lisle Benet Academy and Deerfield. Then the 3a semifinals begin at 5pm w...

In Little League Majors at the Complex, Americana beat Rotary 14-7. The game was tied at 7 in the bottom of the 5th when Colton Tockstein doubled home the go ahead run. Rotary scored 4 runs in the 4th...

In City of Salem Recreation/Marion County YMCA men's softball yesterday at Bryan Park... Diamonds knocked off Misfits 10-7, Lock 'N' Roll Self Storage over Misfits 14-11, Modern Woodmen routed Prestig...

CHICAGO (AP) - Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third straight victory. Willson Contreras w...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Golden State Warriors had one of their patented, strong third quarters in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, but the Boston Celtics had the last word. The Celtics rode the most lopside...

Avs beat Oilers, 4-0 for 2-0 series lead DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche have held serve in the first two games of the NHL's Western Conference finals. The Avalanche have a two-games-to-none lead...

UNDATED (AP) - Shohei Ohtani couldn't stop the Angels' losing streak, nor could he get out of the fourth inning on Thursday. Matt Carpenter, Gleyber Torres and Aaron Judge belted solo homers off the t...

UNDATED (AP) - The Mets were without Francisco Lindor on Thursday as they opened a four-game series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. The red-hot shortstop slammed his right middle finger closing do...

PARIS (AP) - Coco Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Martina Trevisan of Italy 6-3, 6-1 at the French Open. The 18-year-old American will 1 face No. 1 Iga Swiatek for the champion...