Category Archives: Local Sports

BEIJING (AP) - Mikaela Shiffrin's Olympic schedule is off to a disappointing start. The defending Olympic champion missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games and was...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joey Logano won the exhibition Busch Light Clash on a temporary quarter-mile track built inside Memorial Coliseum. NASCAR moved the Clash to Los Angeles from Daytona International S...

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Fairfield 53, Eldorado 46, OT Flora 67, Wayne City 48 Goreville 54, Christopher 47 Granite City 41, Carbondale 32 Macon Meridian 92, Bloomington Central Catholic 77 Mahomet-Seymo...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Trent Frazier scored 23 points, Kofi Cockburn added 17 and No. 18 Illinois surged in the second half to beat Indiana 74-57. The Fighting Illini have won four straight overall ...

UNDATED (AP) - The Memphis Grizzlies are solidly entrenched in third place in the NBA's Western Conference after winning for the fifth time in six games. Ja Morant dropped in 22 of his 33 points in th...

BEIJING (AP) - The United States has its first medal at the Beijing Olympics. Julia Marino was a silver medalist in women's slopestyle, finishing behind Zoi (ZOH'-ee) Sadowski Synnott (SIH'-naht). Mar...

UNDATED (AP) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has told teams the league will look to bolster policies meant to encourage the hiring of minorities, particularly as head coaches. The commissioner also p...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks have interviewed former NHL forward Scott Mellanby for their general manager job. The 55-year-old Mellanby had 364 goals and 476 assists in 1,431 regular-season g...

The Salem Wildcats have been off all week, and will return to action tonight with a home game against Vandalia. The Cats are 11-12 on the season and care coming off a pair of losses last weekend at Co...

The Salem Lady Cats were scheduled to play Benton this morning at 10 a.m. but that game has been canceled. The Lady Cats have won 3 straight games and won't be back in action until Monday when they tr...