Marion, Ill. - A Big Day in Marion, Ill.
On Wednesday, April 24, the Marion city council and Williamson County board of commissioners finalized a joint agreement to build the new sports complex. It’s expected to host both local and traveling baseball, softball and soccer teams. The entire project is set to be completed by spring 2025.
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McKeever Sports Queen’s University Future Stars
The fourth McKeever Sports Queen’s University Future Stars team was announced on Tuesday evening at a gala dinner in the Whitla Hall. There are two players included in the selection – Loughgiel’s Eddie Smyth and Cushendall’s Fionntán Bradley. Cross and Passion have had at least three players on each of the four future Stars hurling teams announced to date. At the other end of the spectrum are five schools gaining their first awards.
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Newcastle Manager Eddie Howe Says the 11 Day Gap Could Have Hurt Newcastle
Eddie Howe believes the 11 day gap between the Magpies win over Tottenham and Crystal Palace could have played a part in their performance. Howe said he thought his side looked 'rusty' and was disappointed in his side who had just two shots on target in the second half.
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Bournemouth's 1-0 Win Over Wolves
Bournemouth beat Wolves 1-0 at the Cherries. Jose Sa's goal came with chance after chance. Wolves struggled to offer much in the other direction with Pablo Sarabia's shot.
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Detroit to Host the NFL Draft
Detroit will host the NFL draft between Thursday and Saturday. The local area has previously hosted two Super Bowls, a Final Four, and multiple championship series across all the other major sports leagues. This year’s draft arrives as the Lions enjoyed their best season in more than three decades. As a result, the draft presents a unique opportunity to show off Detroit to a large national audience.
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Premier League Predictions - Brighton vs Manchester City
Jones Knows is back with a bonus midweek Premier League predictions as he hunts out the value across the betting markets. A City win to nil is a runner at 7/4 with Sky Bet. Kevin De Bruyne has made two fouls in each of his last three starts.
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Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp Apologizes for his team's performance
Jurgen Klopp admits that Liverpool played right into Everton's hands. The Reds dominated the match but failed to capitalize on their opportunities. Liverpool now stand a 13.2% chance of winning the title, per Opta.
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The NBA Playoffs topped the Day in Sports Viewership
Suns-Timberwolves first round NBA playoff Game 2 averaged 2.98 million viewers across TNT (2.61M) and truTV (369K), up 10% from Knicks-Cavaliers on TNT alone last year (2.72M) Viewership is down a steeper 14% including the two NBA TV games, but that is because NBA TV had aired one fewer game at this point last year. The full Stanley Cup Playoffs is now averaging 837,000 viewers across
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NBA DFS Picks for Wednesday, April 24
Mike McClure is a DFS professional with more than $2 million in career winnings. He is also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times. The Bucks guard Damian Lillard is one of his top picks in his NBA DFS player pool. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
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The Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Campus & Community Rodney Paul, the director of the sport analytics program in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, says two of the key cornerstones of the program are research and competition. The program showcased students and faculty at competitions throughout the country. Truek compared the students’ achievements to a Major League Baseball player’s most coveted feat: Winning the triple crown.
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