Category Archives: Local Sports

Earlier this week, Jayne and John Simmons, the long time owners of the Southern Illinois Miners baseball team, announced they are retiring from Frontier League Baseball Ownership. The 2021 season was ...

In City of Salem/Marion County YMCA Coed Softball, SD beat Misfits 12-11, Eliminators over Red Dog 18-4, ABC Pub beat Route 50 Auto Repair 16-11 and Mud Dogs over Prestige Worldwide 22-6.

Jimmie Johnson and Romain Grosjean turned their first laps on the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval on Wednesday as part of a test session for approval to race the Indianapolis 500. Rain shortene...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Taylor has put the Los Angeles Dodgers into the NL Division Series. Taylor slammed a two-out, two-run homer off Alex Reyes in the bottom of the ninth to give the Dodgers a 3-1...

UNDATED (AP) - The two American League Division Series begin on Thursday. The top teams in the AL East are squaring off in the Division Series. The Red Sox led the division by 4 games on July 7, only ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Padres have fired Jayce Tingler, who presided over the biggest collapse in franchise history just a season after finishing second in voting for NL Manager of the Year. G...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - After resisting the move, Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy has made Justin Fields his first-string quarterback going forward, moving veteran Andy Dalton into the backup role. The...

UNDATED (AP) - NFL games are averaging 17.3 million viewers on television and digital, a whopping 17% increase over last season and 3% compared to two years ago. Whether or not the league can maintain...

NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA has agreed to not randomly test players for marijuana this season. It's a continuation of the policy that was put in place last year for the restart bubble and has remained sin...

UNDATED (AP) - San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane is being investigated on allegations that he used a fake COVID-19 vaccination card. A person familiar with the investigation told The Associated Pre...