Category Archives: Local Sports

UNDATED (AP) - Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points, Rudy Gobert had 20 rebounds and five blocks and the Utah Jazz beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-108. Bojan Bogdanovic added 16 points and Rudy Gay had ...

UNDATED (AP) - The New York Islanders' misery continues. Patrick Kane scored the only goal in the shootout and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Islanders 3-2 Sunday night, sending New York to its 11th ...

IRVING, Texas (AP) - The College Football Playoff is set: Cincinnati will play Alabama in the Cotton Bowl and Michigan will face Georgia in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Eve. Fourth-seeded Cincinnati ...

UNDATED (AP) - Buck O'Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the field, has joined Gil Hodges, Minnie Mioso and three others in being elected to the ...

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - Viktor Hovland is the winner of the Hero World Challenge and even he couldn't believe it. Hovland started six shots behind and made up ground with consecutive eagles and a surpr...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Lewis Hamilton has won his third consecutive grand prix to pull even on points with Max Verstappen. That means Formula One's championship race will now be decided at the se...

MADRID (AP) - Russia's 15-year wait for a Davis Cup title has ended after another clutch performance by Daniil Medvedev. He beat Marin Cilic 7-6, 6-2 in the second singles match to give Russia an insu...

Many basketball games happened around Illinois yesterday. Here are some notable scores from around the area:   BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Belleville East 67, Mount Vernon 66 Belleville West 61, McClue...

DETROIT (AP) - Quarterback Rocky Lombardi ran for three touchdowns and Jay Ducker ran for 146 yards on 29 carries to power Northern Illinois to a 41-23 victory over Kent State in the Mid-American Conf...

NEW YORK (AP) - Zach LaVine scored 31 points, DeMar DeRozan had 29 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 111-107. Nikola Vucevic and Ayo Dosunmu each added 11 points for the Bulls. Kevin Durant...