Rates of violent crime are significantly lower today than they were just three decades ago, though many Americans assume otherwise. And still, police spending continues to go up despite downward trends in crime. Violent crime peaked in 1991 at a rate of 758 incidents per 100,000 people, according to FBI data. Today, the rate is … [Read more…]
Charlie Fischer, then 13, was riding his bike to Orchard Park Country Club in 2017, a week before his debut at the International Junior Masters after he had qualified for the first time. Unfortunately, he fell and broke his wrist. In the days before the tournament, he tried to practice through the pain, shedding the … [Read more…]
Player of the Year Finalists Matt Ackman, Vintage senior He made the All-Vine Valley Athletic League First Team as an outside linebacker, where he returned a fumble for a score and had six sacks, eight tackles for losses, four forced fumbles — recovering two of them on strip sacks—and one interception. He was also First … [Read more…]
Well, it’s another SECWS. Got a problem with that? For the third time in six years, two Southeastern Conference schools — LSU and Florida — will play for the College World Series championship. It’s the fifth time that’s happened in the CWS final, including LSU-Alabama in 1997 (Nick Saban Trophy) and South Carolina-Florida (Steve Spurrier … [Read more…]
A prospect pipeline that was barren several years ago is now one of the strongest in the National Hockey League. The constant turnover that prevented the Buffalo Sabres from building around its franchise pillars has stopped. Finally, there’s stability throughout the organization’s hockey operations and General Manager Kevyn Adams successfully signed core players after identifying … [Read more…]
A fantastic fifth inning, some dominant pitching and a sharp focus helped TCU defeat Oral Roberts 6-1 Tuesday in a College World Series elimination game. The Horned Frogs pushed across four runs in the top of the fifth to help keep its season alive. Oral Roberts, meanwhile, came into the CWS having won 22 of … [Read more…]
First downs and second guesses: Once upon a College World Series, if you wanted to find the King of College Baseball, you went to Big Fred’s. There, USC coach Rod Dedeaux and his coaches and players would fill up the back room and the old mentor might tell stories all night. Skip Bertman held court … [Read more…]
By Ben Cates & Emily Brown The News & Advance Standout Amherst shortstop Tyah Charlton capped a fabulous junior season with a first-team all-state honor Monday, when the Virginia High School League released its Class 4 all-state softball teams. Charlton has racked up the accolades throughout her high school career. One year ago, she was … [Read more…]
Most of the rumors were true last week. John Calipari did not come to Linton for a signing ceremony for Joey Hart, but he didn’t have to. The recent Indiana All-Star was already in Lexington on Saturday, where he could sign his national letter of intent and move in with his new teammates. Hart had … [Read more…]
Since both the University of Oregon women’s tennis team finished their last match of the 2022-2023 season, the players adhered to an 8-hour off-season practice schedule, with three days of practices and two days of lifting each week. The reduction in training hours gave the players time to rest, study, and socialize in Eugene … [Read more…]