Ten local athletes will compete on a national stage this weekend in the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games in Minnesota. The Douglas County Special Olympics program has over 103 athletes, and sending 10 athletes to the USA Games is a strong number for the Douglas County program. “I don't know ...

The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals next week, and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning June 12. Who's hot Alabama State (34-21) and The ...

Since its opening in 1997, Bishop Seabury’s girls soccer team had never advanced past the regional championship. That changed on Thursday at Bishop Seabury as the Seahawks (14-3) defeated Baldwin 1-0 behind a second-minute goal by freshman Presley Peterson, advancing to the state ...

It was a night of firsts, seconds and plenty more as Eudora girls soccer beat Bishop Ward 9-0 on Monday in a 40-minute rout to advance to the 4-1A regional championship. Eudora had been in a bit of a scoring slump prior to the game, but Monday’s nine-goal win was a confidence boost for the ...

GENEVA — In a political shift Thursday, the International Olympic Committee said athletes from Belarus should once again compete with their full national identity and not be vetted for neutral status, even as the war in Ukraine continues. Though the non-binding advice to sports governing ...