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Star-studded backfields from Arnie Herber & Clarke Hinkle to Cecil Isbell & Larry Craig

Notre Dame beat Army in the "Win one for the Gipper" game before 85,000 spectators at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 10, 1928, inspired by the memory of late football star George Gipp.

A Chicago Tribune Editor created baseball's All-Star game as a way to promote a world's fair in Chicago, but it became an annual classic.

YOUTH SOFTBALL Lakeshore Tribe continues World Series play: The Lakeshore Tribe, a local club from Robbertsdale, has two teams playing in the Babe Ruth Softball World Series, which is taking place in Jensen Beach/Stuart, Florida. The 14U team is 1-5 after a 5-2 loss to South Shore on Saturday morning. The Tribe played a game later in the day. They will play Sunday against an undetermined opponent. 18U team is 0-5 after Saturdays 11-1 loss to the MSA Ospreys. Lakeshore plays twice Sunday, includ...

Two dozen Longhorn athletes were among the 600+ former University of Texas students and staff killed during World War II.

Camden Scheidt broke Highlands record for triples in a season with his seventh of the year in a 7-1 win over Portage in the Trojans regular-season finale.

PRO BASEBALL Brosseau breaks up Manaeas no-hitter: Sean Manaeas bid to throw MLBs second no-hitter of the night and fifth of the season on Friday was broken up by Mike Brosseau. The Oakland southpaw had thrown seven no-hit innings before the Tampa Bay hitter, who specializes against left-handed pitching, laced a double to lead off the eighth inning. Brosseau came in to score and tie the game 1-1 on Mike Zuninos hit. The former Andrean teammates add the latest chapter to their storied careers...

Robert Kania is the new Wheeler football coach. Provided by Robert Kania Robert Kania has coached a lot of football over the years, serving as an assistant at Penn, South Central, Portage, Wheeler and Chesterton. After spending the last eight seasons with the Trojans and coach Mark Peterson, Kania confirmed Monday that hes finally leading his own program. The 1991 Penn grad has returned to Wheeler and has been hired as the Bearcats new football coach. "I started my career at Penn (i...

Highlands coach knew his team was dead in the water — until it wasnt. "I was getting ready to tell them, You cant beat good teams like Crown Point and not execute," Bogner said. " ... Then all of a sudden we started chipping away, and when our last guy got hit (by a pitch) and we ended up winning on a walk off, the guys ran onto the field. I was just yelling, Mask up! Mask up!" Bogner, who is in his eighth year at the helm, was so concerned with his teams COVID-19 safety protocols that ...

"That incident, weve moved on from it," Nichols said. "We dont even speak about it." Nichols, who was brought on as an assistant during the 2017-18 season, has stepped in as the Lions interim coach. The 1995 Roosevelt graduate shares a close relationship with Moore, and even though his "brother" cant be on the sidelines with him, Nichols has vowed to do everything he can to steer the team in the right direction. So far, so good. More than 12,000 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19 since March 2020...