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HARNESS RACING
Callahan earns seven wins at Harrington
HARRINGTON – Dr iver Corey Callahan had seven wins on the Wednesday card at Harrington Raceway, including Speed Away ($8.80) in the $22,500 Free-For-All Trot in 1:55.3.
Callahan and Speed …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Getting back on track won't be easy for Delaware State football team
DOVER — A confident team is a good thing.
A comfortable one often ends up in trouble.
Delaware State football coach Lee Hull wonders if maybe his players lost their edge after getting …
Tuesday's Downstate scores: Smyrna tops Caesar Rodney in girls' volleyball again
Tuesday’s scores GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL
Dover 3, Milford 0 Sussex Central 3, Sussex Tech 1 Cape Henlopen 3, Polytech 0 Indian River 3, Early College 0 Sussex Academy 3, Delmar 0 Delmarva …
HARNESS RACING
Harrington Raceway results, entries
Harrington Raceway Results
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
1st - FMNW2PMLT Pace $8,000
1-Earth Angel (Mo Teague) 2.10 2.10 2.10
2-Jacinda (Ja Morand) 4.00 2.20
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
University of Delaware officials want DIAA state finals back in Newark
DOVER — The DIAA recently announced that some of its state championship games won’t held at the University of Delaware this school year.
But now UD officials have put out a statement …
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Pro Sports
MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani became the first player in major league history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season when he homered three times and stole two bases to lead the Los Angeles …
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes in a superb homecoming performance, New York's defense was dominant and the Jets rolled to a 24-3 victory over the New England …
MIAMI (AP) — In what has become a fall custom, the Los Angeles Dodgers are heading to the playoffs.
The Dodgers clinched their 12th consecutive postseason berth Thursday with a 20-4 rout of the …
College Sports
DETROIT, Sept. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC) presented by Xtreme One Entertainment, Inc. (OTCPink: XONI), in advance of its XFC 51: Evolution event Friday, Sept. …
COLLEGE STATION, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 19, 2024--Mays Business School at Texas A&M University and leading health and well-being company Humana Inc. have kicked off the 2024 Humana-Mays …
Sept. 24
1930 — The Portsmouth Spartans beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-0 in the first NFL game played under floodlights. More than 6,000 fans turn out on an unseasonably warm evening to watch the …
Outdoors
Five tagged loggerhead turtles have been identified in a hot spot for the species in coastal waters between New Jersey and North Carolina: Buffett, Lemon Drop, Marie, Brianna and Pearl.
DOVER — Registration opens Sept. 4 and closes Sept. 18 for the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program the weekend of Oct. 4-6 at …
Sports
Diana Taurasi all business in what could be final home game of her 20-year career
PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi's Phoenix Mercury teammates wore her No. 3 jersey for introductions, a nod to the possibility this was the final home game in the 20-year career of the player widely …
Mets score double-digit runs in 3 straight games for first time in 63-season history
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets scored double-digit runs in three straight games for the first time in their 63-season history when they scored a tenth run in their 10-6 win over the Philadelphia …
Mets score 10 runs in 3 straight games for 1st time, delay Phillies' playoff clinch with 10-6 win
NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Alvarez homered off Taijuan Walker, and the New York Mets scored 10 runs in three straight games for the first time in their …
Jets' Aaron Rodgers returns to huge cheers for 1st home game since Achilles tendon injury last year
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — No American flag this time for Aaron Rodgers. But a thunderous ovation greeted the New York Jets quarterback as he jogged onto the field at MetLife Stadium.
Rodgers …
Why does Shohei Ohtani's 50-50 feat resonate so much in baseball?
Among the roughly 23,000 men who played played Major League Baseball over the past century-and-a-half, none had a season with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases — until now.
Shohei Ohtani became …
CLEVELAND (AP) — Soaked to the skin from being sprayed with champagne and beer, manager Stephen Vogt stood in the middle of the clubhouse and triumphantly lifted a fake jeweled championship belt …
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints quarterback Derek Carr hopes to experience the Superdome in a new way on Sunday.
The 50-year-old venue, which will host its eighth Super Bowl this February, has in …