Category Archives: Sports
Majority of U.S. adults are against college athletes joining unions, according to AP-NORC survey
UNDATED (AP)- More than half of Americans say they are against college athletes unionizing, though younger respondents were more supportive than older, according to a new poll from The Associated Pres...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024 Ben Hershey / Unsplash
After 50 years, Tommy John surgery is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed return
NEW YORK (AP) - Tommy John surgery, like baseball itself, is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed return. Dr. Jeffrey R. Dugas developed a procedure that cut recovery time to as little as ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024 Cathy T / CC
Scores from March 13, 2024
INTERLEAGUE Final Philadelphia 4 Detroit 1 Final Toronto 10 Pittsburgh 3 Final Seattle 8 L.A. Dodgers 1 Final Chicago Cubs 8 Cleveland 3 Final Chicago White Sox 15 Milwaukee 4 Final San Diego 12 Oakla...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024
Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition
MARCH 14, 2024: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - For the past five years, Alaska's annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their masters braved the elements...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024 Arctic Warrior
SDSU men beat Denver to win Summit League, earn spot in NCAA tournament
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The South Dakota State University men's basketball team jumped out to a double-digit lead just over seven minutes into The Summit League championship game and never trailed as the ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 13, 2024
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