Jan. 14—GRAND FORKS — Head coach Paul Sather didn’t pay much attention when UND was picked to finish second-to-last in the Summit League preseason poll. Preseason predictions have become especially finicky at the mid-major level, where the transfer portal era has provided near-constant roster changes across the board from year to year. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement […]
Read MoreSPRING GARDEN — It’s been a while for the Spring Garden boys basketball team. The Panthers shot down Jacksonville Christian 46-39 at home Monday night. The last time they won was Dec. 5 at JCA, and in between that victory and the one Monday was nine losses. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement In that one, Spring Garden […]
Read MorePenn State football coach Matt Campbell faces a plethora of questions as he begins to reconstruct the roster when the NCAA transfer portal opens Friday. At least 20 players from the 2025 team are planning to put their names in the portal. At least 23 others have exhausted their eligibility. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement With only […]
Read MoreJAMM AQUINO / APRIL 26 Hawaii men’s volleyball coach Charlie Wade guided the Rainbow Warriors to 27 wins and a Big West Conference championship last season. JAMM AQUINO / APRIL 26 Hawaii men’s volleyball coach Charlie Wade guided the Rainbow Warriors to 27 wins and a Big West Conference championship last season. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement […]
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CHICAGO — You have to give credit to the Chicago Bears. They don’t take no for an answer. For the last four years Illinois residents and politicians have been telling the Bears they would not help them build a new stadium with taxpayer assistance. The Bears would not listen. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Renderings were released. […]
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Nov. 19—The University of Montana lost a legendary athlete last week: Skyla Sisco, a standout Lady Griz basketball player, passed away after a six-year battle with breast cancer on Nov. 13. Sisco, who was 50, was a three-sport standout at Malta High School who led the M-Ettes to their first State B girls basketball title […]
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The Chicago Bulls want to be real. Their 6-1 record, best in the Eastern Conference, should be convincing enough on its own. Only the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder (8-0) have won more games. Yet the Bulls can’t escape the specter of uncertainty cast by the last three years of mediocre, myopic and ultimately […]
Read MoreMechanicsburg (7-1), ranked eighth, has won six straight games since a 47-43 loss at Urbana in Week 2. It beat previously unbeaten and second-ranked West Jefferson 21-14 in Week 7 to take over first place by itself in the Ohio Heritage Conference North Division. The area’s other top 10 teams are: Division I: Middletown (7-1) […]
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The Spokane Chiefs 2025-26 season is underway and they are already exhibiting some of the traits that many expect to carry them back into the Western Hockey League playoffs and challenge to be one of the best teams in the league. The Chiefs (2-1-0-0) were ranked No. 3 in all of the Canadian Hockey League […]
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A season with championship aspirations began on a brilliant afternoon Saturday at Beaver Stadium and generally went as expected. Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen ran for touchdowns. Drew Allar threw the football efficiently. Dani Dennis-Sutton was dominant on defense. All of which led to Penn State’s 46-11 victory over Nevada, an overmatched but game opponent. […]
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Time flies when you’re in a free fall from first place. The Chicago Cubs were tied for first with the Milwaukee Brewers on July 28 when the team surprisingly announced President Jed Hoyer had agreed to a contract extension. They fell 8½ games behind the Brewers after Friday’s 3-2 loss at Wrigley Field and were […]
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The Chicago Cubs had a momentous week with important games, big announcements and the death of franchise legend Ryne Sandberg. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To log in, click here.
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Greg Maddux Tarp Sliding Bobblehead Day at Wrigley Field on Sunday began with Chicago Cubs fans chanting for a 100-year-old man as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch. And it ended with 40-year-old Justin Turner smoking a pinch-hit, two-run, walk-off home run into the left-field bleachers in the ninth inning, sending the Cubs to […]
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Tom Ricketts, you’ve just secured the 2027 All-Star Game for Wrigley Field, extended your president of baseball operations and retained all of your top prospects at the trade deadline. What are you going to do next? “I’m going to Rickettsville!” We can only dream that Ricketts, the Cubs chairman, co-owner and khaki enthusiast, will soon […]
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MILWAUKEE — After a moment of silence for Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg Tuesday night at American Family Field, the Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers continued their fight for the National League Central lead and the league’s best record. Sandberg’s death, announced in the middle of Monday’s game, took some focus off the opener of an […]
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Mike Divilbiss had never coached college basketball when he replied to an ad Bill Smithpeters posted in The Spokesman-Review in 1984. The Eastern Washington women’s basketball coach called Divilbiss back nevertheless. A role with the team that season didn’t materialize, but it worked out: Divilbiss met his future wife, moved forward on his own education, […]
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The parking lot across the street from Rate Field was filled with tailgaters a few hours before Saturday’s game between the Chicago Cubs and White Sox. Fans of both teams were seen sharing beers, brats and unknown substances like it was their last summer blowout. It was a celebration of baseball on a humid afternoon, […]
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White Sox pitcher Adrian Houser might or might not be on the Cubs’ radar. But the idea of Houser facing a Cubs team that possibly could acquire him at the trade deadline added a little spice to Friday’s opener of the City Series at Rate Field. Has the Cubs brain trust talked about Houser? “Well, […]
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You can not, without the assistance of the internet or its loud new voice called artificial intelligence, name the heavyweight champion of the world. OK then, his name is Oleksandr Usyk, a 38-year-old Ukrainian. He unified the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles when he defeated another heavyweight in May 2024. That boxer’s name was […]
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Katherine Legge is used to being in the spotlight after years of driving Indy cars, so being the only woman competing in Sunday’s NASCAR Chicago Street Race would be no big deal. Legge, the only female NASCAR driver, entered Saturday needing to qualify for one of the final four spots in Sunday’s Cup Series race. […]
Read MoreThe Chicago Bulls clearly have a type. That’s OK. Everyone has their preferences. And for the current Bulls front office, that prototype is crystal clear — gangly, teenage wings who offer the potential of versatile playmaking in a raw, unproven package. So when Noa Essengue’s name was called Wednesday night as the No. 12 pick […]
Read MoreThe Chicago Sky need a mentality shift. Yes, even after a win. Tuesday’s gutsy finish against the Los Angeles Sparks offered a welcome balm to both the Sky and their fans, who had seen only one win at Wintrust Arena this season. In equal measure, it offered false hope. That’s what happens when one underperforming […]
Read More“He never met a stranger,” Leo said. “He would walk into every broadcast booth and every press box and walk out on every sideline, and he would make friends with every single person he encountered. I think that his personality was a great balance with me as a broadcast partner because I tried to always […]
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While Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer spoke to reporters last week about being in the “information-gathering stage” before the July 31 trade deadline, his protege, Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, was already a step ahead. Breslow and San Francisco Giants President Buster Posey executed the season’s biggest shocker Sunday, with the Red […]
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Amateurism in college athletics was pronounced dead at 9:18 p.m. Friday. That’s when federal Judge Claudia Wilken gave her final approval to a settlement of the House vs. NCAA case, which will allow schools to pay athletes beginning next month. For those schools that opt in, they can pay athletes up to $20.5 million from […]
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DETROIT — Detroit Tigers fans have been pointing to this weekend’s three-game series against the Chicago Cubs as a measuring stick. Comerica Park was buzzing Friday night as the best pitcher in baseball, Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal, faced the major league’s top-hitting offense in the series opener, while Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, one of […]
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