PEORIA (25 NEWS) – Disc golf is a popular sport in the River City, and Saturday – despite the snow – dozens of disc golfers gathered for a massive tournament at Laura Bradley Park.The 21st annual Peoria Frisbee Club Ice Bowl is a fundraising tournament hosted by Plastic Addicts – a disc golf shop based in Pekin.Around 140 players in teams of two showed up for the tournament, which raises money for the Midwest Food Bank and the City Church of Pekin.“We host some of the biggest tournaments in the world. This is just a fun way to play in…
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Lionel Messi and three other Paris Saint-Germain players have tested positive for coronavirus, the club have confirmed.Juan Bernat, Sergio Rico and Nathan Bitumazala have also contracted the virus and are in quarantine. Messi has featured in PSG’s last six Ligue 1 matches as well as their defeat to Manchester City and win over Club Brugge in Champions League Group A.The 34-year-old, along with Bernat, Rico and Bitumazala, will miss the French Cup clash with Vannes on Monday but pending a negative test, may be available for their clash with Lyon next Sunday.From Monday, fully vaccinated people in France who test…
Former India opener Aakash Chopra in his YouTube video has talked about the position of middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari in India’s Test team. Hanuma Vihari last played for India in the Border–Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he batted against the Australian pace battery keeping his hamstring tear aside, faced 161 deliveries and saved the match for India. However, since then he has not been given the opportunity in the playing XI. IPL 2022 Auction | IPL 2022 Teams | IPL News and Updates | IPL 2022 Schedule | ICC Teams Rankings | ICC Players Rankings Aakash…
The Melbourne Summer Set, played at Melbourne Park from 3-9 January, will feature many Australian players. Melbourne, Australia, 2 January 2022 | Leigh Rogers The draws have been announced for this week’s Melbourne Summer Set, which will be played at Melbourne Park from 3-9 January. There will be jam-packed action as three tournaments (one ATP and two WTA) are played concurrently across the venue. Melbourne Summer Set – ATP 250 An all-Australian battle is set for the opening round of the Melbourne Summer Set ATP tournament, with Jordan Thompson facing fellow Sydneysider Chris O’Connell. Although they practice together regularly, Thompson…
By Ken Hissner: At the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, over FOX and FOX PPV Leon Margules (Warriors Boxing) and Premier Boxing Champions presented in the Main Event Heavyweight Cuban Luis “King Kong” Ortiz stopped former IBF World champion “Prince” Charles Martin in 6 rounds. In the Main Event, southpaw No. 6 WBA ranked Luis “King Kong” Ortiz, 33-2 (28), #243 ¼, of Cuba and Miami, FL, stopped former IBF World champion “Prince” Charles Martin, 28-3-1 (25), #246 ¼, of Carson, CA, @1:37 of the seventh round of a scheduled 12. In the first round, Martin dropped…
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A record-setting offensive day for the Rose Bowl ended with Ohio State’s Noah Ruggles kicking 19-yard field goal with nine seconds left, and the No. 7 Buckeyes beat No. 10 Utah 48-45. Ohio State had to rally from 10 points down late in the third quarter to get past the Pac-12 champion Utes. Quarterback C.J. Stroud passed for 573 yards and six touchdowns for the Buckeyes, while Jaxon Smith-Njigba set the record for any FBS bowl game with 347 yards receiving, catching 15 passes and scoring three touchdowns.NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Al Walcott set a Sugar…
One of the NFL’s most recognizable rivalries will be showcased on Sunday Night Football in Week 17. The Packers host the Vikings and will be trying to move closer to locking up the NFC’s top seed The Vikings, meanwhile, will be without starting quarterback Kirk Cousins as they fight to keep their faint playoff pulse alive. DraftKings Sportsbook isn’t painting much optimism for the Vikings, currently listing them as 13.5-point underdogs. Nonetheless, we’ve found a couple key Vikings for our DraftKings Showdown lineup, including a big DFS risk as our “Captain.” Before we get into our picks, here are the key…
The NBA getting overwhelmed by the COVID-19 Omicron’s surge is producing a lot of improbable stories. If there’s one they’ll make a movie about, the Pistons nominate the win the most unlikely lineup in franchise history pulled off to open 2022.Six of the 10 Pistons who played in Saturday’s 117-116 overtime win were signed to emergency 10-day contracts within the past 11 days. Only three of the 10 are on standard NBA contracts and only one, Saddiq Bey, is a normal Pistons starter.It was Bey, fittingly, who made the shot – a corner triple with 1.9 seconds left, smothered by…
But it appears Woodbridge, Va., native Brandon Brown, 28, who was little known before his Oct. 2 victory in an Xfinity Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, may have jumped the gun in publicizing photos of his No. 68, red-white-and-blue Chevrolet sponsored by LGBcoin, a near-valueless cryptocurrency inspired by the slogan “Let’s go Brandon!”
The Padres are hiring longtime big leaguer and former Cubs bench coach Mark Loretta as a special assistant to CEO Erik Greupner, reports Jon Heyman of MLB Network. This is a homecoming for Loretta, as he had previously spent a decade working for the Padres, from his retirement from playing in 2010 until joining the Cubs in 2019. Loretta, 50, played in the majors for 15 seasons from 1995 to 2009. He made his debut with the Brewers and played parts of eight seasons with Milwaukee, before also spending some time with the Astros, Padres, Red Sox and Dodgers. Overall,…