Category Archives: Sports
Everyone hopes the Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl won't come down to an officiating call
UNDATED (AP)- One of the biggest fears when it comes to the biggest sport's biggest games is that a high-profile officiating mistake will play a role in the result. So the seven on-field officials wil...
Jody Heemstra Feb 06, 2024 Daniel Novta / CC
Scores from February 5, 2024
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Baltic 68, Colman-Egan 38 Bridgewater-Emery 77, Scotland 54 Centerville 74, Irene-Wakonda 42 Dell Rapids St Mary 80, Arlington 49 Edgemont 69, Oelrichs 36 Hamlin 80, Sioux Valley ...
Jody Heemstra Feb 06, 2024
NBA set to play on an LED glass court for some All-Star weekend events
UNDATED (AP)- For the first time, the NBA will play on glass. Part of All-Star weekend in Indianapolis - including the entire All-Star Saturday Night lineup - will be played on a state-of-the-art, ful...
Jody Heemstra Feb 05, 2024 Lorie Shaull / CC
Super Bowl opening night extravaganza in Las Vegas could be the wildest one yet
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Super Bowl opening night evolved into a wacky, circus-like spectacle long before Las Vegas had a chance to host the NFL's biggest game. There's no telling how wild it will be for Sin ...
Jody Heemstra Feb 05, 2024 A worker walks in front of Allegiant Stadium in advance of Super Bowl 58, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Matt York)
NFL long had shunned Las Vegas. Now the city will host the league's biggest game
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A meeting scheduled in the 1980s between the NFL and sportsbook directors sparked hope in Las Vegas that their relationship would soon take a much more positive turn after decades dur...
Jody Heemstra Feb 05, 2024 A sign for Super Bowl 58 adorns a pedestrian walkway across the Las Vegas Strip ahead of the Super Bowl, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey
UNDATED (AP)- The 2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19. FIFA made the announcement Sunday (Feb. 4, 2024), allocating the opener of the 39-d...
Jody Heemstra Feb 05, 2024
Scores from February 4, 2024
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Orlando 111 Detroit 99 Final Phoenix 140 Washington 112 Final Boston 131 Memphis 91 Final Indiana 115 Charlotte 99 Final L.A. Clippers 103 Miami 95 Final Minnesot...
Jody Heemstra Feb 05, 2024
Scores from February 3, 2024
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Arlington 69, Great Plains Lutheran 45 Belle Fourche 54, Custer 34 Bennett County 49, Hay Springs, Neb. 48 Beresford 62, Alcester-Hudson 26 Bon Homme 52, Freeman 48 Brandon Valle...
Jody Heemstra Feb 04, 2024
From marching bands to megastars, the Super Bowl halftime show emerges as a major sports spectacle
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When the Super Bowl halftime show was born, college marching bands were the main on-field attraction. But over the years, the intermission during the NFL's annual championship game ...
Jody Heemstra Feb 03, 2024
Stampede loses to Fargo Force Friday night
SIOUX FALLS, S.D - The Sioux Falls Stampede fell 7-2 to the the Fargo Force Friday night (Feb. 2, 2024) in USHL Hockey action in Sioux Falls. Tyler Borgula and Micah Berger both netted goals, while go...
Jody Heemstra Feb 03, 2024