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Jimmy Rollins began the season with a slam, Neil Walker with a walkoff homer and the Washington Nationals with a thrilling ninth-inning comeback.After a frigid winter of blizzards for much of the U.S., baseball came storming back Monday when 26 major league teams opened their seasons and seemed to make the outdoors feel a little warmer.Washington?s Matt Williams and Detroit?s Brad Ausmus won in their big league ...

The road to redemption goes through North Texas for a fearsome Final Four of power programs with something to prove.Florida, the top overall seed, returns to the Final Four for the first time since winning consecutive titles in 2006-07, this time without all those first-round NBA picks.Waiting for the Gators at Jerry Jones? billion-dollar stadium on Saturday will be Connecticut, back near the top of the bracket ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? Kevin Ollie and Fred Hoiberg met as high school basketball stars more than two decades ago when they went on the same recruiting trip to Arizona.Ollie chose UConn instead. Hoiberg picked Iowa State.?I think it worked out for both of us,? Ollie said with a smile.Each now coaches his alma mater, and they?ll face one another Friday in the Sweet Sixteen.In between that shared visit to Tucson and ...

A momentous decision was made Wednesday that could be the beginning of radical change in the college sports world.The National Labor Relations Board granted football players at Northwestern University the ability to form the nation?s first union of college athletes. The athletes feel that they are being treated like employees rather than student athletes, and have been fighting to form a union to protect ...

Augustana College to hold basketball summer camp Head men?s basketball coach Grey Giovanine has announced the dates for his summer basketball camp to be held on the Augustana College campus in Rock Island, Il.Day camps will be held from June 9-12, June 16-19 and June 23-26. A shooting camp will be held on June 14. Boys from second grade up to 11th grade can attend.The camps will feature detailed instruction ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The only problem Iowa had with playing three senior linebackers last season is that it now has to replace them all at the same time.The Hawkeyes have six months to find three new starters, and the process of replacing the core of an exceptional defense began this week with the start of spring practice.James Morris, Christian Kirksey and Anthony Hitchens keyed a defense that finished ninth in ...

Mt. Pleasant Police responded Feb. 15 to a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of North Main St., and East Henry St.It was determined that a 2007 Dodge, owned and operated by Steven Reich, of Mt. Pleasant, was driving east on Henry St., and stopped at the four-way stop.A 2017 Chevy, owned and operated by Melissa Kettler, of Mt. Pleasant, was stopped at the stop sign, driving north.Reich reportedly failed ...

The Fairfield Attack 17?s have finished up their winter season. The team is, from left, front row: Jolea Burkhart, Kaylee Watson; back row: coach Taylor Hjerleid, Kelsie Roberts, Mackenzi Harwood, Shelby Heston, Natalie Angstead and Paige Buch. Brooke McLain is not pictured.