Category Archives: Local Sports

The Franklin Park Bobcats fell to 6-6 and 0-2 in Benton Tournament play with a 56-25 loss last night to Casey Mt Vernon. Eli Lograsso hit a trio of three's leading the scoring for Salem with 9 points....

State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Rutgers and Illinois meet in the first Big Ten game of the season for both teams. In conference play last season, Rutgers finish...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Caleb Love scored 22 points to help North Carolina take control after halftime, and the Tar Heels handled No. 24 Michigan 72-51 on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs have landed one of the top remaining free agent starting pitchers. Chicago agreed to a $71 million, three-year contract with right-hander Marcus Stroman. Stroman gets $...

UNDATED (AP) - Jayson Tatum scored 26 points with a career-high 16 rebounds, shaking off a hard fourth-quarter fall to lead the Boston Celtics to a 88-87 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Tatum sco...

UNDATED (AP) - Fardaws Aimaq had 24 points and 22 rebounds, Justin Harmon also scored 24 points and Utah Valley stunned No. 12 BYU 72-65 in overtime. Connor Harding added 10 points for the Wolverines,...

UNDATED (AP) - Auston Matthews scored three goals for his fourth career hat trick and the streaking Toronto Maple Leafs thumped the Colorado Avalanche 8-3. John Tavares had a goal and two assists for ...

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport's collective bargaining agreement expired and owners immediately locked out players ...

UNDATED (AP) - Quarterback Kyler Murray and All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins were both at practice for the Arizona Cardinals Wednesday in a sign the team's top two playmakers might be ready to return ...

DALLAS (AP) - The latest meeting on expanding the College Football Playoff has wrapped up in Dallas without any announcement. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says the CFP management committee made goo...