2025 Sauk Valley prep softball season preview capsules – Shaw Local

Ashton-Franklin Center Coach: Heather Settles (third season) 2024: 5-21, 0-10 NUIC South (sixth) Returning varsity: Nadia Near, sr., 2B; Claire Freeman, jr., P/CF; Reese Polk, jr., P/SS/C; Natalee VanNatta, so., C; Leah O’Brien, so., 3B; Dakota White, so., OF/1B; Kaitlyn Bevan, so., OF Key newcomers: Chloe Parker, fr., P/OF; Lilly Cooper, fr., OF/1B, Rylin Branscum, … Read more

What will Titans, Browns do with top 2 draft picks? From QBs to generational players, breaking down 5 biggest questions

PALM BEACH, Fla. — As NFL head coaches, general managers and executives canvass the grounds of The Breakers, conversations to nail down free agency loose ends and draft strategy alike abound. Many top players have performed at pro days and/or visited teams directly since the scouting combine wrapped in early March. Scouts and coaches have … Read more

Olympic CEO has ‘absolutely no doubt’ that sliding events will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo

With the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics less than a year away, organizing committee CEO Andrea Varnier said he has “absolutely no doubt” that sliding sports will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, after testing went well last week. There was concern that the venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton might not be ready in time for … Read more

Stephen A. Smith defends Dillon Brooks

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith didn’t hold back regarding the ejection of Rockets forward Dillon Brooks in Phoenix: “This is the kind of stuff that hurts the league, right here.” Given Sunday’s blowout victory over the Suns, the second-quarter ejection of veteran forward Dillon Brooks didn’t prove costly to the Houston Rockets in Phoenix. It did, … Read more