Great Britain’s Erin McNeice clinched a career third IFSC World Cup gold medal and her first in the boulder with her triumph in Bern, Switzerland, on Saturday (14 June). McNeice topped all four problems for a winning score of 99.5 points to beat teenage sensation Annie Sanders. Sanders had to settle for second place on … Read more
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Sports Commission announced that tickets for its annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony are now available. The ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 24, at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets are $25 in advance. The event will begin with a … Read more
The New York Knicks are still on the prowl for their next head coach after turning heads with the firing of Tom Thibodeau on June 3. Yahoo Sports is tracking the team’s search. Here’s what has developed thus far: Knicks set up first meetings New York got rejected by five NBA teams after asking if … Read more
It wasn’t pretty. But for the Oklahoma City Thunder, it got the job done. The Thunder overcame poor shooting from deep and an aggressive Indiana Pacers defense Friday night for a 111-104 win in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led a fourth-quarter rally after struggling for much of the game. Advertisement With … Read more
There is a strange feeling heading into a summer tournament involving your club, particularly one that holds the weight of the Fifa Club World Cup, and certainly from the perspective of those at Manchester City. From the fans’ perspective, the total opposite may have been felt had it not have been for the business completed … Read more
Thunder coach Mark Daigneaul gave Gilgeous-Alexander, this season’s Most Valuable Player, a break late in the third quarter rather than his usual rest early in the fourth. The Pacers led 101-97 with less than four minutes remaining, but Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 of the Thunder’s final 16 points and ended the game with 10 free-throws from … Read more
He didn’t even want to set foot in it. The year was 2007. Tiger Woods was scouting Oakmont Country Club, seeing the property for the first time outside of TV highlights and photographs. A group of 82 American Express cardholders walked along, watching Woods, jaws open. A “small” fee of $900 got those AmEx customers … Read more
Destiny Jackson Jackson’s arrival in C-U comes during a period of transition for the Illinois women’s basketball team. Shauna Green racked up 63 wins, two NCAA tournament appearances and a WBIT title the last three seasons with essentially the same team. That experienced group is gone and the door is open for Jackson to be … Read more
Pope Leo XIV continues his predecessor’s Saturday Jubilee audiences, focusing on St Irenaeus as a witness of hope as he welcomes athletes to St Peter’s Basilica for the Jubilee of Sport. By Christopher Wells Bishop Irenaeus of Lyon can help us “recognize how beautiful and relevant” hope is today, Pope Leo XIV said on Saturday … Read more
contributed photo — The Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA offers a MultiSport Simulator for rent, which features soccer, golf, dodgeball and more. That first week of summer break in Marshalltown has come and gone? For the parents out there are you ready for school to start again? Shhh don’t tell that to the hard-working teachers who can finally … Read more