1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (867+ words) PHOENIX — Hezly Rivera listened more than she talked two summers ago in Paris when she was the “wait, who?” member of the star-laden U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team. Those days are over. Long over. The wide-eyed newcomer is gone,…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (965+ words) PHOENIX — The CEO and founder of Frederick Flips is a busy man. So busy it’s easy to wonder sometimes how interested Fred Richard is in keeping the main thing the main thing. The underlying tone of the social media content…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (782+ words) As a bus full of Special Olympics Illinois athletes pulled into the Twin Cities area in Minnesota, cheers erupted. The athletes were not only thrilled that they were arriving in late June to their destination for the 2026 Special Olympics USA…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (756+ words) It’s been a bittersweet week for the Jesse White Tumbling Team. Members are mourning the death of one of their own as they bring the team’s storied legacy to the national stage. On Monday night, longtime team member Jeff Williams…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (556+ words) Griffith sophomore utility player Elena Rivas is a student-athlete who understands she’s a student first. That’s not to say Rivas isn’t a talented athlete. She led the Panthers in extra-base hits as a freshman. But she stepped away from basketball,…...

8+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (296+ words) LINCOLN, Neb. — Jim Hartung, a two-time Olympian who helped lead the 1984 U.S. team to its first and only gold medal in men’s gymnastics, has died. He was 65. The University of Nebraska announced Hartung died Saturday night. He had been a…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (757+ words) Naperville Central senior forward Malia Shen’s willingness to try new things is one reason why she has become one of the most versatile soccer players in the area. It’s also why she has decided to end her playing career just…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (684+ words) It was one hard knock for Waubonsie Valley’s Samantha Hughes. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a base hit that got delivered with the swing of a bat. It came instead on a pitch that was fouled off by an opposing hitter — and went…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (644+ words) For Geneva senior Reese Lackey, the last routine of her gymnastics career was also her best. Lackey, who first began tumbling when she was 2, went out a winner Saturday afternoon. “It’s incredible,” Lackey said. “It’s something I’ve definitely been working…...