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PRO BASEBALL Brosseau breaks up Manaea's no-hitter: Sean Manaea's bid to throw MLB's 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 Zunino's hit. The former Andrean teammates add the latest chapter to their storied careers. ESPN reporter Jeff Passan told The Times he hadn't heard of a hitter breaking up a pitcher's n...

Haunted places exist all over the world and come with a myriad of strange and mysterious histories. These places seem to, for whatever reasons, draw in paranormal phenomena like moths to a flame, and it can sometimes be difficult to assess why this should be. Yet in other cases we can guess at what propels the spooky reputations of such places, and one of these is the estate of a 19th century business tycoon who happened to build his formidable estate upon an Indian burial ground. Hijinks ensue. Back in the 19th century, Charles Deering was doing rather well for himself. His father was Willia...

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 he's 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 (in 1996) and won a (Class 5A) state title. I should've retired then," Kania said, laughing. "I've k...

Highland's coach knew his team was dead in the water — until it wasn't. "I was getting ready to tell them, 'You can't 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 team's COVID-19 safety protocols that it took a moment for the Trojans' victory to sink in. Highland rallied to earn a 5-4 home wi...

First lines are telling.  “I was born in New York City on a Monday” James Brown sings over a pulsing bass line in “Down and Out in New York City.”  “The Cisco kid was a friend of mine,” War proclaims in “The Cisco Kid,” followed by a funky harmony between a flute, sax and harmonica.  “I knew a man, Bojangles,” Nina Simone narrates in “Mr. Bojangles,” her singing voice lovely and deep: “And he danced for you/ In worn out shoes.”  Setting. Character. Action. These three songs don’t have a great deal in common, except that they were all written during the 1970s ...