Category Archives: Sports
SDSU women beat NDSU to win Summit League and head back to NCAA Tournament
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The South Dakota State University women's basketball team secured its second straight Summit League tournament championship Tuesday afternoon (March 12, 2024) with a 67-54 victory ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 13, 2024
Scores from March 12, 2024
INTERLEAGUE Final St. Louis 8 Boston 6 Final Houston 9 Miami 1 Final Colorado 4 Kansas City 2 Final Chicago White Sox 14 Cincinnati 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Detroit 1 Minnesota 0 Final Baltimore 12...
Jody Heemstra Mar 13, 2024
What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky skijoring
LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) - What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? An extreme - and quirky - winter sport called skijoring. It's a heart-pumping competition in which horses at full gallop tow s...
Jody Heemstra Mar 12, 2024 A skijoring team competes in Leadville, Colo., on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Skijoring draws its name from the Norwegian word skikjoring, meaning "ski driving." It started as a practical mode of transportation in Scandinavia and became popular in the Alps around 1900. Today's sport features horses at full gallop towing skiers by rope over jumps and around obstacles as they try to lance suspended hoops with a baton, typically a ski pole that's cut in half. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Vikings agree to deals with ex-rival RB Jones and QB Darnold as sub for Cousins, AP sources say
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings stayed aggressive in free agency Tuesday by adding former Green Bay running back Aaron Jones and 2018 third overall draft pick Sam Darnold as a temporary repla...
Jody Heemstra Mar 12, 2024
Girls are falling in love with wrestling, the nation's fastest-growing high school sport
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Girls' wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the country, sanctioned by a surging number of states and bolstered by a movement of medal-winning female...
Jody Heemstra Mar 12, 2024
Darryl Strawberry resting comfortably after heart attack, according to New York Mets
LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) - Former New York Mets and Yankees star Darryl Strawberry is recovering from a heart attack and is at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital. Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Tuesday (...
Jody Heemstra Mar 12, 2024 slgckgc / CC
Scores from March 11, 2024
INTERLEAGUE Final Boston 1 Pittsburgh 0 Final Atlanta 3 Minnesota 0 Final N.Y. Yankees 2 Philadelphia 1 Final Cleveland 5 L.A. Dodgers 1 Final Colorado 7 Chicago White Sox 2 Final San Diego 13 Seattle...
Jody Heemstra Mar 12, 2024
Kirk Cousins chooses Atlanta, Saquon Barkley goes to Philly on a busy first day of NFL free agency
MARCH 12, 2024: UNDATED (AP)- Kirk Cousins is heading to the Falcons. Saquon Barkley is joining the Eagles. Brian Burns is going to the Giants. The first day of the NFL's legal tampering period (March...
Jody Heemstra Mar 12, 2024 Joe Haupt / CC
Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert fined $100,000 for directing 'money sign' gesture toward referee
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA fined Minnesota center Rudy Gobert $100,000 on Sunday (March 10, 2024), two days after he implied that referee Scott Foster was not calling games fairly and further suggesting ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 11, 2024
Clark sparks No. 3 Iowa's comeback for Big Ten tourney title 3-peat in 94-89 OT win over Nebraska
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Caitlin Clark overcame a cold start to score 30 of her 34 points after halftime and help third-ranked Iowa rally past Nebraska 94-89 in overtime to win a third straight Big Ten Tour...
Jody Heemstra Mar 11, 2024 Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives to the basket past Penn State guard Leilani Kapinus (5) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa won 111-93. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)