Category Archives: Victory Lane

Riddle Elementary School students in Mrs. Stuart's class are teaming up with the Mattoon High School Student Council to Block Out Hunger. They'll host a canned food drive at the final varsity basketba...

Boys' high school basketball: Mattoon hosts Mt. Zion, Cumberland plays Oblong, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond against Arcola, Red Hill @ Robinson, Casey-Westfield takes on Lawrenceville, CH/BC vs. Wi...

It's an exciting night in Basketball tonight as two local teams compete at State in 7th Grade Boys' Basketball! Stewardson-Strasburg competes for 3rd place in Class 1A and Teutopolis plays for the Cla...

DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Pistons have acquired guard Jameer Nelson from the Chicago Bulls for center Willie Reed. The teams announced the trade Thursday. The Bulls also received the right to swap seco...

NEW YORK (AP) The baseball players' union will open its own spring training camp for the first time since the end of the 1994-95 strike, inviting free agents to work out at the IMG Academy in Bradento...

Jimmy Garoppolo has started just seven games in his NFL career, but that was enough to earn him a record contract. Garoppolo agreed to a five-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, accord...

CLEVELAND (AP) A person with direct knowledge of the trades says the Cleveland Cavaliers have overhauled their roster with three deals, including one that sends Dwyane Wade back to Miami. Moments afte...

Ballard Didn't Try And Convince McDaniels To Coach Colts (Indianapolis, IN) -- The way Indianapolis Colts' GM Chris Ballard tells it, he asked Josh McDaniels if he was in or out, and didn't try and ch...

Olympic Flag Bearer Chosen (Pyeongchang, South Korea) -- A female luger from Upstate New York will be the country's flag bearer in South Korea for the opening ceremony. Erin Hamlin was chosen by her p...

Wednesday, February 7th and tonight a busy night in basketball action! In 8th grade boys' basketball we have area teams playing for a chance to advance to State. In High School Girls' Basketball, Clas...