Category Archives: Local Sports

Saints activate players ahead of Sunday's game against Chicago Bears
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - The New Orleans Saints activated running back Alvin Kamara and wide receiver Michael Thomas for their playoff game Sunday against the Chicago Bears. Kamara missed the regular-seas...
News Jan 10, 2021

Bills, Rams, Bucs advance in Saturday's playoff games
UNDATED (AP) - The Buffalo Bills were able to celebrate their first playoff win in a quarter-century. The Los Angeles Rams advanced by knocking off a division rival on the road. And the Tampa Bay Bucc...
News Jan 10, 2021

Kyle Schwarber now a Washington National
WASHINGTON (AP) - Slugging outfielder Kyle Schwarber has signed a one-year contract with the Washington Nationals that guarantees him $10 million. He was able to sign with any club after becoming a fr...
News Jan 10, 2021

Former Blackhawk goaltender announces retirement
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey goaltender Corey Crawford is retiring less than three months after signing with the Devils and less than a week before the start of the NHL season. The 36-year-old goali...
News Jan 10, 2021

Illinois College Basketball Round-Up: Northwestern wins, EIU and DePaul fall
CHICAGO (AP) - Jared Rhoden scored 18 points as Seton Hall beat DePaul 76-68 despite not making a field goal for nearly nine minutes to finish the game. The Pirates had a 64-47 lead after Myles Cale's...
News Jan 10, 2021

Top 25 College Basketball Round-Up: Longhorns nip Mountaineers
UNDATED (AP) - Saturday's best top-25 men's basketball matchup of the day was won by Texas. Andrew Jones hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift the fourth-ranked Longhorns to a 72-70 victory ov...
News Jan 10, 2021

NBA Round-Up: 76ers lose without Simmons, Embiid, others
UNDATED (AP) - The pandemic has caught up to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers faced Denver without All-Stars Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid and had the minimum eight players active as the team deals wi...
News Jan 10, 2021

Big Ten Report For Friday
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Michigan has decided to stick with coach Jim Harbaugh. He has finalized a new, five-year deal. The school will pay him $4 million this year with a chance to make nearly $8 mill...
News Jan 09, 2021
'I love life': Oldest living Olympic champion turns 100
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The oldest living Olympic champion turns 100 and says the fondest memory of her remarkable life is simply that she has lived through it all. Agnes Keleti is a Holocaust surviv...
News Jan 09, 2021
Bears Dealing With Injuries Ahead Of Sunday's Playoff Game In New Orleans
UNDATED (AP) - The Chicago Bears might have to get by without some important players in their wild-card game against the New Orleans Saints. Leading tackler Roquan Smith and rookie receiver Darnell Mo...
News Jan 09, 2021
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