Category Archives: Local Sports

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Buddy Hield converted a four-point play with 38 seconds left to make up for a horrible shooting night, and the Sacramento Kings held off the Chicago Bulls 128-124. Hield miss...

UNDATED (AP) - Bradley Beal became the second NBA player to post a 60-point performance, but it didn't stop the Philadelphia 76ers from improving to 7-1. Joel Embiid scored 38 points as the Sixers dow...

UNDATED (AP) - Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence has officially thrown his name into the NFL draft. Lawrence had said in September he planned to play his junior season, graduate in December and move...

UNDATED (AP) - College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock says the national championship game between Alabama and Ohio State is still a go for Monday night. AL.com is reporting that Ohio...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Blues are eager for the season to begin. The Blues were rolling when the season was called off last March because of the pandemic. When they returned in the playoffs, th...

While Matt Nagy gets to coach Chicago in the playoffs despite a middling 8-8 record that could help save his job, former Bears coach Lovie Smith can only wonder if the extra team in the postseason cou...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Coby White had 21 points and 10 rebounds and the short-handed Chicago Bulls downed the Portland Trail Blazers 111-108. Otto Porter Jr. added 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Bul...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - DJ Stewart scored 24 points and Mississippi State overcame a 12-point halftime deficit to roll past No. 13 Missouri 78-63. Mississippi State trailed by 14 early in the second ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Move over running backs, Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith has emerged as the best player in college football. Smith became the first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy in 29 se...

UNDATED (AP) - Peyton Manning, no surprise, is among 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2021. The star quarterback and owner of a record five NFL Most Valuable Player awards and...