BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando, stars of the United States’ gold medal-winning hockey team in South Korea, are hard at work training to make another Olympic team in 2022. But they’re also carving out time to do good off the ice, launching a foundation Monday […]
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The Baseball Hall of Fame adds six
UNDATED (AP) _ The Baseball Hall of Fame now includes pitchers Mariano Rivera, Mike Mussina (moo-SEE’-nah), Lee Smith and the late Roy Halladay, along with designated hitters Edgar Martinez and Harold Baines. The six were inducted at Cooperstown on a sizzling Sunday in upstate New York. Naturally, Rivera closed the […]
2 former major leaguers pass away
BOSTON (AP) _ Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, the first black player on the Boston Red Sox, has died. He was 85. Green played parts of four seasons with the Red Sox and one with the New York Mets from 1959-63, batting .246 with 13 homers and 74 RBIs. But his place […]
Twins bullpen fails, Mets in 14-4 win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dominic Smith put the New York Mets in front with his pinch-hit, three-run homer in the seventh inning, and Home Run Derby champion Pete Alonso added a 474-foot shot halfway up the third deck in a 14-4 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday that gave the Twins their […]
Dillon Kifer – new UJ Esports, coach
Jamestown (UJ) Dillon Kifer has been hired as the University of Jamestown’s Esports Coach. Kifer, a native of Little Falls, MN, and a 2017 UJ graduate in elementary education, competed in TESPA’s collegiate Hearthstone tournament in 2015, as well as finishing 2nd in UJ’s Hearthstone tournament in 2017. Additionally, […]
NY Mets release veteran, Matt Kemp
New York (AP) Veteran outfielder Matt Kemp was released by Triple-A Syracuse last weekend. The 34-year-old Kemp, a three-time All-Star, was 8 for 34 (.235) with a home run for Syracuse after agreeing to a minor league contract with the Mets in late May. He was released May 4 by […]
No Jamestown Drag Races July 13 & 14 – too wet
Jamestown (CSi) Due to wet conditions at Jamestown Regional Airport, the planned Drag Races have been postponed this weekend, July 13 & 14. An organizer Brian Kamlitz reports in his Facebook account, “Unfortunately we have to make the tough call to POSTPONE the races. Due to the 3” of rain […]
Mattson’s new VCSU softball coaches
VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – Valley City State University athletic director Jill DeVries announced Friday the hiring of Mark Mattson and Barbi Mattson as the new softball coaching staff at VCSU. The Mattsons take over the VCSU program after coaching the last seven seasons at Angelina College, an NJCAA Division I […]
Former pitcher Jim Bouton passes, 80
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book “Ball Four,” has died. He was 80. Bouton’s family said he died Wednesday at the Great Barrington home he shared with wife Paula Kurman. He […]
Former UND hockey player passes away at 48
(AP)Former Predators captain and UND standout, Greg Johnson has died at age 48. His former agent told USA Today that Johnson died Monday in his Michigan home but gave no other details. Johnson also played for Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago during his 12 years in the NHL, finishing with 145 […]
