FISHING Columbia, Bath champs collect $2,600
An area fishing team won $2,600 for first place in the recent South Dakota Walleye Classic and Festival at Akaska. John and Ken Reed of Columbia and Andrew Klein of Bath caught 39.88 pounds of walleye...
View ArticleScoreboard -- July 30, 2013
|TV SPORTS||WEDNESDAY| Soccer--Audi Cup, semifinals, Manchester City vs. AC Milan, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Audi Cup, semifinal, Sao Paulo at Bayern Munich, 1:15 p.m. (ESPN2); MLS, All-Star Game, MLS All-Stars...
View ArticleAMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Smittys swing into State As today
The Aberdeen Smittys will join seven other teams searching for a state title as the American Legion Baseball State A Tournament begins today. The double-elimination, five-day event takes place at Floyd...
View ArticleCOLUMN: Baseball coverage like game itself
Sports writing is like baseball. When you are the starting pitcher, you hope you put your closer in a good position when she or he is called into the game. During the first four days of the American...
View ArticleState B American Legion Baseball GROTON GRABS TITLE
WEBSTER -- It doesn't get much more dramatic than this. One strike away from victory in the top of the ninth inning, Groton needed to add another run in the bottom of the frame to capture the Class B...
View ArticleSource: A-Rod facing lifetime ban
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball is threatening to kick Alex Rodriguez out of the game for life unless the New York Yankees star agrees not to fight a lengthy suspension for his role in the sport's...
View ArticleNew rules planned for NFL's Pro Bowl
The Pro Bowl is getting a much-needed face-lift. The often dull all-star game between players from the AFC and NFC is being overhauled, beginning with the game that will be played at the end of this...
View ArticleMajor League Soccer: Four-team expansion planned by 2020
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Major League Soccer plans to add four expansion teams by the 2020 season. Commissioner Don Garber announced the league's plans during halftime of its annual All-Star game...
View ArticleTRACK AND FIELD: Olympian to give bobsled a try
Lauryn Williams is becoming the latest U.S. track and field Olympian to try her hand at bobsledding. Williams will compete Thursday at the U.S. bobsled push championships in Calgary, Alberta, the...
View ArticleNBA, Pentagon team up to improve health on bases
NEW YORK -- The NBA and the Department of Defense are teaming up to help service members and their families get healthier. The ''NBA Cares Hoops for Troops Healthy Military Base Tour'' launches...
View ArticleRoyals top Twins again
MINNEAPOLIS --For the first time in 10 years, the Kansas City Royals will start August with a real hope of staying in the playoff race. They are clearly enjoying the ride, no matter where it will...
View ArticleScoreboard -- July 31, 2013
|TV SPORTS|Golf--Women's British Open Championship, 8 a.m. (ESPN2)Soccer--Audi Cup, Third Place, 11 a.m. (ESPN2), Championship, 1:15 p.m. (ESPN2) |TODAY||AMATEUR BASEBALL||District 2B at Redfield| Game...
View ArticleATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lucas Lorenz, Aberdeen, baseball
Lucas Lorenz had no trouble at the plate and that caused major problems for opposing pitchers. The Aberdeen shortstop was a force with a bat in his hands, helping to lead the Smittys to the Region 1A...
View ArticleCOLUMN: College basketball stars stop in Crow Creek
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is hosting some very special guests this week. University of Louisville basketball stars Shoni and Jude Schimmel are in Fort Thompson sharing their story and helping and...
View ArticleSTATE A LEGION TOURNAMENT: Pierre sneaks past Smittys 9-7
RAPID CITY -- Sometimes it pays to have a short memory. After getting roughed up on its home field in the Region 3A tournament last week, Pierre Post 8 rallied from an early 2-0 deficit and finally...
View ArticleSOCCER: Saints sign Californian
Johnny Partida Jr. of Menifee, Calif., has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Presentation College soccer team. The 5-foot-11, 145-pound right wing/forward played for Heritage High...
View ArticleDWU picked sixth in GPAC preseason poll
The Dakota Wesleyan football team was picked to finish sixth in the league's preseason poll, which was released Thursday afternoon at the annual GPAC Football Media Day at the Sioux City Convention...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Remaining tickets sold out for home Bison games
North Dakota State football is sold out for the second straight year. School officials said single-game tickets for six Bison home games were snatched up in less than two hours Thursday. NDSU had...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: PC adds 2 more recruits
Akia Farruya and Paris Shaw will play for the Presentation College football team this fall. Farruya is a 5-foot-6, 200-pound linebacker from Kissimmee, Fla. He was a two-time letter winner at Liberty...
View ArticleSCOREBOARD -- AUGUST 1, 2013
|TV SPORTS| Golf--Women's British Open Championship, 8 a.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball--Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 3 p.m. (WGN); Houston Astros at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP)...
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