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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Roger Penske received quite an 85th birthday from his rookie driver. Austin Cindric drove his brand new NASCAR ride to victory in the Daytona 500. Cindric was the leader on ...

UNDATED (AP) - The Big Ten Conference says it plans to take swift action following a skirmish between Michigan head coach Juwan Howard and a pair of Wisconsin coaches following the 15th-ranked Badgers...

UNDATED (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes top the NHL's Metropolitan Division following a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Third-period goals by Jesper Fast and Sebastian Aho allowed the Canes to mo...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joaquinn Niemann survived a few nervous moments at Riviera and polished off a big week when he closed with an even-par 71 to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the Genesis Invi...

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball's negotiations to salvage opening day resume at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, on Monday. Monday's session will be just the seventh on core economics sin...

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The prep boys regionals open up today around the state. In Class 3a today, Mattoon hosts Eisenhower, Cahokia at Triad and Carbondale is at Waterloo. In 2a today, Vandalia will host Gillespie with the ...

The prep girls regional titles were played for last night. In 2a at Salem, Teutopolis had no issues as they knocked off Robinson 68-31. Kaylee Niebrugge had 15 and Zoey Cremens added 14. Advancing in ...

The Salem Lady Wildcats finished the opening day at the State Bowling Championships in 11th place, good enough to advance to today's finals. Lockport leads the way, 49 pins ahead of 2nd place Harlem a...

Olney finished the junior high season undefeated (25-0) after beating Marion in the Class L State Title Game at Rend Lake College 53-38. O'Fallon Fulton won the 3rd place trophy beating Casey Mt Verno...