The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: April 22, 2025 – The News-Gazette

Three-time all-Southeastern Conference linebacker and Super Bowl champion Johnie Cooks has died. He was 64. Cooks played four seasons at Mississippi State, which released notice of his death on Thursday. A cause of death was not given. Cooks finished his college career with 392 tackles and 24 sacks. He twice led Mississippi State in tackles […]

The New York Yankees are heading to the ALCS after defeating the Kansas City Royals, 3-1, in Game 4 of the ALDS on Thursday night.  It will be the Yankees’ 19th trip to the ALCS, their latest in 2022, which is the most all-time in MLB history. And they are the first AL team to […]