The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: Dec. 16, 2024 – Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the top spot in the NL West Division standings, but the team’s starting pitching has been lackluster.  So, the Dodgers front office bolstered the pitching staff ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline. On Friday, the Dodgers brass pulled off a trade that should help ease some of the team’s pitching […]

For the first time in his NFL career, Brock Purdy will have a different quarterbacks coach. The San Francisco 49ers announced their coaching staff for the 2025 season on Tuesday, and Brian Griese was not on the staff as quarterbacks coach. The reason for Griese’s absence from the coaching staff is because he decided to […]