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Rockford Rivets resume season Thursday
ROCKFORD - After consulting with the Northwoods League and local public health officials, the Rockford Rivets are cleared to resume play.
The Rivets will resume play tomorrow on the road against the Green Bay Booyah. The six remaining…
Cards’ Molina, DeJong positive for coronavirus, eye return
ST. LOUIS -- All-Star catcher Yadier Molina was one of the seven Cardinals players to have tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on Instagram on Tuesday.
Through the team, five of Molina’s teammates also revealed that they had…
Rockford Rivets pause season after someone in organization tests positive for coronavirus
ROCKFORD - Out of an abundance of caution, the Rockford Rivets are pausing their 2020 season after someone within the organization tested positive for coronavirus.
“We have had a positive test within the organization and have determined…
AHL aims to start 2020-21 season Dec. 4
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson announced Thursday that Dec. 4 is the tentative date the league will being its 2020-21 season.
Howson said the date was made at the recommendation of the AHL’s…
IHSA announces modified sports calendar; football moved to spring
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced its modified athletic calendar for the 2020-21 academic year Wednesday.
Unlike how the 2019-20 academic year ended with some ports unable to compete, all sports…
Pritzker restricts youth, recreational sports amid resurgence in COVID-19 cases
CHICAGO - Gov. J.B. Pritzker, on Wednesday, placed new restrictions on youth and recreational sports, ones that are expected to affect high schools across the state.
In the new guidelines, sports are placed into one of three categories…
‘Save Sinnissippi Golf Course’ committee calls news conference
ROCKFORD - The grassroots roots group that helped Rockford Park District keep Sinnissippi Golf Course open this year will hold a news conference at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday at the clubhouse.
Speakers scheduled to address media are Jim…
WATCH: Major League Baseball is back
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball kicks off its coronavirus-shortened, 60-game season Thursday as the New York Yankees visit the Washington Nationals.
The MLB Central crew makes their 2020 season predictions, including MVP, Cy Young and…
Ryan Jury Memorial Golf Outing set for Aug. 5
ROCKFORD - The SwedishAmerican Foundation will hold its 35 annual Ryan Jury Memorial Golf Outing Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Aldeen Golf Club.
The play day begins at 7 a.m.
Since 1986, the Ryan Jury Memorial Golf Outing and dinner has…
Dr. Anthony Fauci to throw out first pitch as Nationals face Yankees on Opening Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dr. Anthony Fauci will throw out the fist pitch Thursday as The Nationals face the New York Yankees on Opening Day of the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball season.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of…