Category Archives: Local Sports

Williamson County Receives$6,800 Grant

The National Rifle Association (NRA) Foundation will grant $6,800 to the Williamson County 4-H sports program. The funds from NRA will be utilized to provide 4-H’s air rifle and pistol programs with new equipment to educate its youth participants on safety measures within shooting sports. The 4-H shooting sports program provides children with lessons on…… read more »

SEC unbeatens Georgia, Kentucky tangle Saturday

  (AP)- No. 1 Georgia faces No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday, the third straight game for the Bulldogs against a ranked Southeastern Conference opponent. Georgia won the first two games by a combined score of 71-10, and the oddsmakers don’t expect this one to be all that much closer. After being favored by 18 1/2…… read more »

Cardinals fire Mike Shildt over ‘philosophical differences’

(AP)-The Cardinals fired former National League manager of the year Mike Shildt over organizational differences Thursday, just one week after St. Louis lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a walk-off homer in the wild-card game. Cardinals president John Mozeliak said the firing was “something that popped up recently,” but he refused to expand on…… read more »

Playoff series for the ages as Dodgers, Giants go to Game 5

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Everybody expected a playoff series for the ages between the century-old rival Dodgers and Giants, and now they’ve got it. Anything less than a winner-take-all Game 5 would have been a baseball travesty, leaving the sport short-changed on the October stage. It’s the 107-win, NL West champion Giants vs. the defending…… read more »

Sluggish starts have Colts, Texans looking to change course

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts already have seen this scenario. Five weeks into the season, they’re three games under .500 and two games back in the AFC South. Little has gone right and their postseason hopes appear to be fading fast. Again, they’re coming off a multiple-game road trip to face another struggling foe,…… read more »

Close calls: NFL has record number of games decided late

From Lamar Jackson’s improbable comeback that ended in an overtime win for Baltimore to the missed kick festival between Green Bay and Cincinnati, the NFL had several more games go down to the wire in Week 5. Four more games were decided with a winning score in either the final minute of regulation or overtime.…… read more »

College Football Picks: No. 1 Dawgs face another ‘big’ game

No. 1 Georgia faces No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday, the third straight game for the Bulldogs against a ranked Southeastern Conference opponent. Georgia won the first two games by a combined score of 71-10, and the oddsmakers don’t expect this one to be all that much closer. After being favored by 18 1/2 points against…… read more »

Going the distance: Giants-Dodgers headed to Game 5 Thursday

(AP)LOS ANGELES (AP) — It is only fitting that 70 years after Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World” that the Giants and Dodgers will play in another all-or-nothing game. Los Angeles’ 7-2 win over San Francisco on Tuesday night in Game 4 of the NL Division Series evened the series and sent the first…… read more »

ESPN, Turner Sports ready to drop the puck on NHL coverage

(AP)- Former NHL hockey player Wayne Gretzky smiles during a promotional event for the Beijing Kunlun Red Star hockey team in Beijing, in this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, file photo. Alex Ovechkin starts a new five-year contract ready to chase Gretzky’s career goals record that long seemed unbreakable. The Washington Capitals captain has 730 goals…… read more »

Astros dismiss sign-stealing implications by Chisox pitcher

(AP)- Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Liam Hendriks reacts to the final out against the Houston Astros in the ninth inning during Game 3 of a baseball American League Division Series Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) CHICAGO (AP) — The Houston Astros found themselves in familiar territory Monday, brushing aside…… read more »

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