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By Luke Meredith AP Sports Writer The Chicago White Sox will play a game against the New York Yankees next August at the site in Iowa where the movie "Field of Dreams" was filmed. Major League Baseball announced Thursday that the…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Auburn High School officials have introduced Milwaukee native Jason McClelland as the school’s new girls basketball coach. When play tips off in November, all four Rockford Public Schools 205 high schools will…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor There are aspects of life people can never stop protesting. Events where no matter the circumstances or context, a talking point will be shredded, recycled, shredded, and recycled again. No matter the…

By: Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS—Upon initial glance, the first feature you notice about Duke Shelley is his beaming smile. It isn't a (listed) 5-foot-8, 181 pound stature that sooner looks like it belongs in any other…

By: Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS – When you're a good team in the NFL, it's as if you're literally sitting on top of the world. Nonstop adulation bordering on rabid insanity files in day after day on social media, in-person…

By: Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS—In the NFL, drama at kicker during training camp is more overstated than most positional battles. When it's early in camp and neither competitor has made a clear, stark cut toward the…

By: Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS-Never mind the return of the NFL's No. 1 reigning defense, with nine starters from 2018 set to reprise roles. Forget a revamped and more versatile running back room led by the star power of…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor Like an overgrown fungus that refuses to relent, the NFL season does not perish in February like it probably should. This spore multiplies and takes up arms in saturating itself on every airwave, tweet,…

Staff Report GREEN BAY, Wis. - Rockford native Dean Lowry will dawn a green and gold football uniform for the next three football seasons after signing a contract extension with the Green Bay Packers, the club announced Tuesday. The…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The 35th annual State Street Mile, presented by SwedishAmerican, will take place Saturday, Aug. 3, in downtown Rockford. Participants can choose between the Open Men and Women Heat (ages 17-39), the Masters Men…

Staff Report ROCKFORD -The Rockford IceHogs on Thursday announced they have agreed to terms with defenseman Jake Ryczek on a one-year contract that runs through the 2019-20 season. Ryczek, 21, completed his first full season in the…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Eighty-five girls softball teams from six states will compete in the Stateline this week for the 2019 National Softball Association (NSA) North-Central “B” & “C” Girls Fast Pitch World Series. Teams from…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor To rebuild in sports is to accept hope. To rebuild successfully and quickly, and then dignify that hope with more meaning, is to keep promises. In the NFL, filling your operation with genuine, unbridled…

Staff Report CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs, on Monday, traded pitcher Mike Montgomery to the Kansas City Royals for catcher Martin Maldonado. Maldonado, 32, has played all or parts of the last nine seasons with Milwaukee (2011-16), the…

Staff Report CHICAGO - Of the 36 players listed on the 2019 Chicago Blackhawks Development Camp roster, five skated with the Rockford IceHogs during the 2018-19 season. The camp roster features defenseman Chad Krys and forwards …