The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: Feb. 20, 2025 – Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Brittany Mahomes hyped up her Kansas City Chiefs quarterback husband on Saturday night ahead of the team’s Super Bowl LVIII appearance against the San Francisco 49ers. Patrick Mahomes will try to lead the Chiefs to back-to-back Super Bowl titles. If they’re successful, the Chiefs would be the first team since the New England Patriots in […]

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges ran into problems when he tried to enter Canada for a recent game against the Toronto Raptors, according to multiple reports.  Shortly before Monday’s game started, the Hornets said Bridges was “not with the team.”  He did not play in Charlotte’s 114-99 loss to the Raptors.  Bridges’ past legal issues […]