Category Archives: Local Sports

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Alex Bowman beat NASCAR champion Kyle Larson in a door-to-door overtime battle at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win was the 282nd and second straight for Rick Hendrick, the winningest...

ORLANDO (AP) - Scottie Scheffler closed with an even-par 72 to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot at Bay Hill. Scheffler made key putts to save two unlikely pars, followed with a pair of l...

NEW YORK (AP) - Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of a 14-team postseason start off a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead....

DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Mavericks showed they can win without their top player. The Mavs clawed back from a 19-point deficit and beat the Kings, 114-113 on Dorian Finney-Smith's 3-pointer with 3.3 se...

NEW YORK (AP) - Oliver Wahlstrom and Brock Nelson each scored and the New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1. Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves, including 14 in the third period, as the Islanders sn...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Nancy Fahey, who won five national championships at the Division III level, is retiring from coaching. She spent the last five seasons at Illinois. Her greatest success came at ...

UNDATED (AP) - Fourth-ranked Duke held a party for outgoing basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (shuh-SHEHF'-skee), but North Carolina spit into the punch bowl. The Tar Heels torched the Blue Devils for ...

The prep state girls basketball tournaments continued last night and will finish up today. In Class 3a semifinals at Redbird Arena, Civic Memorial fell to Mundelein Carmel in the 1st semifinal 51-24. ...

The boys sectional finals were played last night. It was a classic in 1a at St Anthony. Macon Meridian got a 3 pointer to send their game with Tuscola into overtime. And then in the 2nd overtime, Grah...

After Breese Central's loss last night, the Cahokia Conference released their complete list of All Conference boys basketball honors. Joining Caden Bee from Salem on the team were 4 of the 5 starters ...