Category Archives: Local Sports

UNDATED (AP) - The New York Mets had a comfortable lead in the National League East just over a week ago. Not anymore. The Phillies are within a half-game of the division lead after putting together a...

UNDATED (AP) - Cole Hamels is reviving his major league career. The four-time All-Star has signed a prorated one-year, $3.05 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers through the end of the season...

UNDATED (AP) - The Steelers followed a stumbling first half with a strong final 30 minutes to beat the Dallas Cowboys 16-3, the first NFL preseason game in two years. Matthew Sexton's 36-yard punt ret...

UNDATED (AP) - Barcelona has announced that Lionel Messi will not stay with the club. The clubs says the Spanish league's financial regulations made it impossible to sign the Argentina star to a new c...

The Whippoorwill Rodeo drew a large crowd to the Marion County Fairgrounds Wednesday night. The bull riding champ was 15-year-old Tucker Murphy of Freeburg. Kelsie Siebert of St. Genevieve, Missouri w...

Franklin Park girls basketball coach Melissa Fehrenbacher has been awarded the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Basketball Coach of the Year for our region. The banquet will be held August 28th...

Atlanta Braves (54-54, third in the NL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (53-54, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Touki Toussaint (1-2, 4.77 ERA, 1.0...

Chicago Cubs (52-57, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (47-61, fourth in the NL West) Denver; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Jake Arrieta (5-10, 6.20 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 69...

TOKYO (AP) - Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd each scored a pair of goals and the United States won the bronze medal in women's soccer at the Tokyo Olympics with a 4-3 victory over Australia. It was argu...

UNDATED (AP) - Javier Bez hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning after scoring on a nifty slide in the second, and the New York Mets snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over th...