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She led until the final lap. With the local community cheering her on at a 6:00 a.m. watch party, Frerichs placed second in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase to win the silver medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Frerichs was overtaken by Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai, who won the …

Nixa High School has found its next high school baseball coach, and it didn’t have to look further than the local college ranks. Here are the details in a press release by the Nixa School District. Nixa Public Schools has hired Logan Hughes as the new head baseball coach following …

The Northwest Arkansas Naturals banged out 19 runs on 18 hits to beat the Springfield Cardinals 19-4 Tuesday night at Hammons Field. The game lasted four hours and six minutes, making it the longest nine inning contest in Springfield Cardinals history. Ironically, the Cards 9-3 loss to Wichita at Hammons …

Like almost everyone else, my reaction to the news that Albert Pujols would be joining the Los Angeles Dodgers was one of surprise and instantaneous questions as to the logic practiced by the reigning champions of baseball. Obviously money wasn’t a factor. Albert will receive his guaranteed millions no matter …

The other 29 members of the board and I would be most appreciative if you’d take a few seconds to hear this brief “pitch” for our project at the Springfield, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. While now in existence for over three decades, this city sports hall of fame is …

Disappointed? Of course! Who wouldn’t be with the Bears getting walloped by a really good North Dakota football team 44-10. But, let’s not forget that the reborn Petrino’s succeeded in changing not only their own mindset and focus on football, but the perspective of a starved football public in the …

This reporter will admit to being somewhat surprised (pleasantly) at the inclusion of the Missouri State Bears in the historic first ever spring FCS football playoffs. Surprised, not because they didn’t belong, quite the contrary, but rather because I didn’t think the committee would invite any more than three teams …

The year was 1991 and I was attending a country music radio convention in Nashville at the Opryland Hotel. The building is huge…you could easily fit a few sports arenas inside the entire facility with space left over…and it was filled with many of the “who’s who” of the country …

By: Tom Ladd I wanted to recap what turned out to be a very successful end of season for a couple of Women’s basketball teams in Springfield, Missouri St and Drury. Both teams put together unbelievable runs in March in their respective NCAA tournaments.  Under a first year head coach, Drury made …

This is a myopic viewpoint I will admit. And a viewpoint that might be strongly criticized in some circles. And that I accept… it certainly won’t be the first time. But this reporter is more than just a bit disturbed by Major League Baseball’s decision to yank the mid-summer All …