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WROY/WRUL Local Sports RecapThe Carmi-White County Wrestling team defeated Fairfield last night by a final score of 47-24.Kenny Clark, Connor Benham, Nolan Garner, Jazz Duckworth, Cole Evans, and Branson Burnett all won their matches by pin.Gage Anderson and Nolan Aud both won by forfeit.The Bulldog Wrestlers will travel to Marion tomorrow for a dual tournament. They will begin with pool play with Centralia, Breese Central, and Benton to start the day at 9 AM. The Carmi-White County Girls Basketball team defeated Flora last night on the road by a final score of 66-25.The Lady Bulldogs improve their record to 10-0 and…

One person is in custody and another is in the hospital following a shooting at Paradise Sports Complex in Collier County on Friday morning.According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting was reported at 10:30 a.m. Deputies responded to the scene and quickly took a suspect into custody. CCSO deputies identified the victim as James Raynard, 43, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Raynard is a youth football coach.William Wharton, 38, also of Winston-Salem, is facing an aggravated battery charge in connection with the shooting at this time, according to the CCSO.Deputies remain on the scene to process evidence and interview…

Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore was charged Friday with third-degree home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering or entering without breaking after his detainment on Wednesday. He was later released on $25,000 bond, with his next hearing set for Jan. 22, 2026.Moore was detained by police in Saline, Michigan, on Wednesday, hours after he was fired for cause by Michigan after the school said it had found evidence of an inappropriate relationship with a staffer.AdvertisementThe home invasion charge is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine. The stalking and breaking entering charges are…

Imagn Images The biggest stars in college football will be honored Friday at the annual College Football Awards event, with more than 20 different trophies to hand out over the course of the evening. Among the notable awards set to be handed out are the Maxwell and Walter Camp awards, which honor college football’s player of the year.The finalists for the Davey O’Brien Award — awarded to the nation’s top quarterback — are Texas A&M’s Marcel Reed, Ohio State’s Julian Sayin and Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza. Sayin and Mendoza faced off in last weekend’s Big Ten title game, with Indiana coming…

Derek Cain / Getty ImagesST. PAUL, Minn. — In unarguably the biggest trade in Wild history and one of the biggest in NHL history, Bill Guerin sent the equivalent of four first-round picks to the Vancouver Canucks in a Friday night blockbuster for Norris Trophy-winner Quinn Hughes.Heading to Vancouver are Marco Rossi (2020 first-round pick), Zeev Buium (2024 first-round pick), Liam Ohgren (2022 first-round pick) and an unprotected 2026 first-round pick, per league sources.This story will be updated.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore was arraigned Friday on charges of third-degree home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering, stemming from an alleged incident Wednesday involving a female Michigan football staffer.Moore’s bond was set at $25,000 and a probable cause conference was set for Jan. 22, 2026. Moore must be tethered to a GPS as part of his bond condition and continue mental health treatment.The home invasion charge is a felony, while the stalking and breaking and entering charges are misdemeanors.Moore was arraigned Friday in Washtenaw County 14A District Court and appeared via video feed wearing…

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham is stepping down from his post, the school announced on Friday. Whittingham, 66, has been Utah’s coach since 2005 and has been with the program as a position coach since 1994.”The time is right to step down from my position as the head coach at the University of Utah,” Whittingham said in a statement. “It’s been an honor and a privilege to lead the program for the past 21 years, and I’m very grateful for the relationships forged with all the players and assistant coaches that have worked so hard and proudly worn the drum and…

With just days to go before the curtain rises on the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, two of the continent’s most respected chroniclers of the competition pause to reflect on the journey.  For over three decades, South Africa’s Mark Gleeson and Tunisia’s Mondher Chaouachi have stood on touchlines, squeezed into mixed zones, filed through midnight deadlines, and watched African football evolve from a continental contest into a global spectacle. Their combined experiences stretch from dusty training grounds in the 1990s to today’s polished media tribunes, from handwritten notes to digital feeds seen instantly across the world.  In…

No bye weeks and no games outside of the traditional primetime slots sets up a jumbo Week 15 NFL DFS main slate schedule with 13 games unfolding on Sunday afternoon. Matthew Stafford and Drake Maye are among the most expensive quarterbacks on this slate, but their matchups differ substantially with Stafford facing a Detroit squad that has given up the 28th most Fantasy points to opposing QBs, while Maye faces a Buffalo defense ranked No. 6 against opposing quarterbacks.How should all that factor into your NFL DFS picks this week, and who are the sleepers in the NFL DFS player…

The NBA’s trade deadline is Feb. 5.So why, here in mid-December, are we pontificating about some of the more high-profile situations that might lead to a season-changing deal? Because, as of Monday, the vast majority of players who signed contracts in the offseason are eligible to be traded.The proverbial pie of possibilities expands, in other words, with all sorts of additional scenarios suddenly in play. At minimum, the date typically sparks a significant increase in trade talks around the league and serves as a precursor to the roster fireworks to come. That is, of course, unless the historic pace of…