INDIANAPOLIS — Conversations about whether Caitlin Clark is getting officiated fairly in the WNBA can be polarizing as fans, players, coaches, pundits and even lawmakers have opinions about whether the league needs to take some action about the physical play. Congress is looking for ...
If you think that finishing next to last with a score of 29-over par at the U.S. Senior Open championship is a failure, your thought process is completely wrong. Altoona's Artie Fink Jr. beat out over 2,500 other golfers nationwide who attempted to qualify for the prestigious event. To reach the pinnacle of senior golf is an amazing feat in itself, and I congratulate Artie for this great achievement. John Pierce Cocoa Beach, Florida (Note: The writer is formerly of Bellwood).
The seeming inability of leaders in college athletics to satisfactorily resolve issues related to athlete compensation so disillusioned a Los Angeles Times sports columnist that he took up his pen in an attempt to stimulate action. That was in November 1939. In Major League Baseball, ...
The Cruz-Cantwell “Protect College Sports Act of 2026” is pitched as a bipartisan rescue mission for a collegiate athletics system already gasping under NIL chaos, antitrust pressure and conference realignment absurdity. The recent Congressional hearing framed the bill as a way to ...
Editor’s note: Retired Mirror sports editor Jim Lane wrote this column after his dad, Kermit Lane, passed away in 1987. It has been reprinted every year since on Father’s Day weekend. Jim passed away on Jan. 5 of this year at the age of 85. As a tribute to him, his father and the Lane family, we’re publishing his column for a final time today. Sunday is Father’s Day. It’s a chance to tell your favorite guy thanks for all he’s been and done for you over the years. It’s usually celebrated with a small gift, perhaps a shirt or tie or wallet. In many cases, few words are ...
This NBA playoff season I have attended the play-in games in Charlotte and Miami, the first two games of the Eastern Conference final in New York, Game 6 of the Western Conference final in San Antonio, Game 7 in Oklahoma City and Games 1 and 2 of The Finals in San Antonio. Game 2 was the 60th ...
