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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo had 41 points, nine rebounds and eight assists as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls 122-106 on Wednesday night. Brook Lopez scored 21 points, Damian Lil...

The South 7 has released their All Conference football teams for this year. On the first team from Centralia were senior's Xavier Koch, Keaton Morgan and Jamar Shered along with junior Michael Brown a...

The Salem Lady Wildcats will continue play at the DuQuoin Tournament tonight with a pool play game against Christopher at 6pm on WJBD. Salem won their opening game in dominant fashion over Murphysboro...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats lost at the buzzer in Olney last night 24-23. Kenna Benjamin led Salem with 9. Salem won the JV game 35-17. Benjamin had 14 and Kinsley Gansauer added 7. Central City lo...

In middle school boys hoops, Iuka lost to Cisne 58-24. Devan Jennings and Eli Bookhout had 6 in the loss for the Pirates. Cisne won the JV game 32-30. Bookhout had 11 and Brook Heinzmann 8 for Iuka. T...

The Fighting Illini return to action tonight when they travel to Alabama in a top-25 matchup. You can listen to the game immediately following the Lady Wildcats game tonight that starts at 6pm with th...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs cut former closer Adbert Alzolay on Tuesday after he had Tommy John surgery late last season. Alzolay and minor league outfielder Brennen Davis were designated for assi...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Kirill Kaprizov scored a pair of third-period goals, and Jonas Brodin and Ryan Hartman also scored to help the Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Tuesday night. Filip Gust...

1. A chemist named William Mitchell is credited as the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, AND Cool Whip. 2. Pineapples were such a major status symbol in Europe in the 1700s, you could rent one to t...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team finished off their historic season with Awards Night tonight at SCHS. The finished the year with a school record 18 wins (18-3-1). They won a tournament for the first ti...