Category Archives: Local Sports

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - Chase Elliott got by Corey LaJoie with just under two laps to go and crossed the finish line under yellow after a block sent LaJoie crashing into the wall. That gave Georgia-born d...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Albert Pujols hit his 684th homer and Tommy Edman drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to help the scuffling St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clayton Kershaw polished his All-Star credentials with 7 2/3 strong innings of five-hit ball, and Freddie Freeman delivered the tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning of t...

The Philadelphia Phillies will try to keep a four-game road win streak going when they visit the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis has a 45-42 record overall and a 24-18 record in home games. The Cardina...

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Mets have retired Keith Hernandez's number 17 jersey in a pregame ceremony at Citi Field. A rock-steady leader for the Mets' last championship team in 1986, Hernandez rece...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Orlando Magic got a sudden-death overtime victory to remain unbeaten in the NBA Summer League at Las Vegas on Saturday. Emanuel Terry's basket was the winner as Orlando topped Sac...

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios will play each other in the Wimbledon men's final. Sunday's match at the All England Club will be Djokovic's men's-record 32nd Grand Slam fina...

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Elena Rybakina has defeated Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final to become the first tennis player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles championship. Rybaki...

The IHSA released the upcoming football schedules for the 2022-23 season. The Wildcats will once again open with the Shrine Game played in Centralia this year. In fact 4 of the Cats first 5 games will...

Rain forced the cancellation of both the Salem 12u and 10u District baseball games. The 12u were rained out of their elimination game against Mt Carmel, they will move that to tonight. The semifinal g...