The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: Oct. 3, 2024 – Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Simone Biles has had enough of the jokes at her husband’s expense.  The gymnastics star, who will likely be making her third Olympic appearance at the Summer Games in Paris, posted a message to Instagram over the weekend snapping back at those criticizing her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens.  “I’m going to quickly address […]

LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne missed her senior night Friday. The 22-year-old New Jersey native announced in an Instagram post she has an “avulsion fracture of my patella,” which cost her Friday night’s meet. “It absolutely breaks my heart not to get the opportunity to compete in the (Pete Maravich Assembly Center) one last time,” Dunne […]