America’s pastime, such a fitting description. For most fans it encompasses the majority of their year. It starts in April and doesn’t end until October. For me and a lot of people it becomes the soundtrack of the summer. Whenever I’m grilling out or cleaning up the vehicle or just doing anything outside, it will [...]

From the Peoria Journal Star-
If there’s any such thing as a garden-variety high school basketball state championship, the Richwood High School girls know nothing about it.
Undefeated in 1983. Unbeaten in Class AA again in 2005 – the only program to twice be perfect.
And now this.
The Pretzels (31-4) were held to six field goals, a record [...]

Glasford (Illini Bluffs) Regional
Mon., Feb. 23
Game 1 at 7:30 p.m.: (4) Tremont vs. (5) Hartsburg (H.-Emden)
Tue., Feb. 24
Game 2 at 6:00 p.m.: (2) Mason City (Illini Central) vs. (7) Glasford (Illini Bluffs)
Game 3 at 8:00 p.m.: (3) Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) vs. (6) Peoria Heights
Wed., Feb. 25
Game 4 at 6:00 p.m.: (1) Delavan vs. Winner Game [...]

BRADLEY: With the loss to Northern Iowa, Bradley’s record in games decided by six points or less dropped to 6-4.
–Bradley suffered the 1,000th loss in program history when it fell at Illinois State, 69-65, on Jan. 31. Bradley is tied with North Carolina State for 25th place in NCAA Division I history with 1,529 victories.
–The [...]

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Sophomore guard Sam Maniscalco (Chicago, Ill./St. Patrick) has been named the Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week announced Wednesday, after helping the Bradley men’s basketball team to a 1-1 record last week.
Maniscalco averaged 13.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steal per game in a pair of games, while hitting 6-of-15 three-pointers. He [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks may be interested in re-signing Martin Havlat.
Havlat is set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, and the Blackhawks have become interested again as Havlat has been injury-free this season. He missed 137 of the 246 regular season games since the lockout before this season, so the [...]

Georges “Rush” St. Pierre scouting report
Height and weight: 5-foot-10, 170 pounds
Age: 27
Hometown: Saint-Isidore, Quebec, Canada
Fighting out of: Montreal
Record: 17-2
Though much has been made of St. Pierre’s struggles with Penn in their first bout, he does enter this fight with the tactical advantage of knowing he can control Penn on the ground. If that sounds unimportant, [...]

I bet you do. Well, the committee has decided on the “safe” entertainment from that.

They went out and snagged Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — only the greatest live performers in the history of history — for this year’s extravaganza.

POOL A — Beardstown, Midwest Central, PORTA, Concord Triopia. POOL B — Pittsfield, Havana, Camp Point Central, South Fulton.
Monday’s games
PORTA vs. Concord Triopia, 5 p.m.
Pittsfield vs. Havana, 6:30 p.m.
Midwest Central vs. Beardstown, 8 p.m.
Tuesday’s games
Havana vs. South Fulton, 5 p.m.
Pittsfield vs. Camp Point Central, 6:30 p.m.
Beardstown vs. PORTA, 8 p.m.
Jan. 29 games
South Fulton vs. [...]