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Harden hits clutch shots, Mitchell scores 35 and the Cavaliers beat the Pistons 116-109 in Game 3
CLEVELAND (AP) — After collapsing in the clutch in the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Cleveland Cavaliers got timely plays in the final three minutes from James Harden and Max Strus [Read More…]
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Bobby Cox, manager of Braves’ teams that ruled National League and won 1995 World Series, dies at 84
ATLANTA (AP) — Bobby Cox, the folksy manager of the Atlanta Braves whose teams ruled the National League during the 1990s and gave the city its first major title as well as World Series trips [Read More…]
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Coyotes Capture First Summit League Softball Championship, Advance to NCAA Tournament
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – South Dakota captured its first Summit League Softball Championship in program history on Saturday evening, defeating three-time defending tournament champion Omaha 2-1 in the winner-take-all title game at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium. The [Read More…]
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Tommies Stifle Jacks on Senior Day
BROOKINGS, S.D. – St. Thomas left-hander Owen Marsolek carried a shutout into the eighth inning to lead the Tommies to a 4-2 victory over South Dakota State in Summit League baseball action Saturday afternoon at [Read More…]
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SDSU’s Brandon Kampsen Sets New School Record in 800 Meter
AMES, IOWA — Brandon Kampsen posts a personal record in the 800-meter to claim the South Dakota State program record at the Cyclone Twilight Friday evening.HEAD COACH ROD DEHAVEN“Obviously, Brandon getting the record is a big deal, [Read More…]
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Travis Bazzana hits his first major league homer in the Guardians’ 6-4 win over the Twins
CLEVELAND (AP) — Travis Bazzana hit his first major league home run, rookie Parker Messick allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings and the Cleveland Guardians won their third straight, beating the Minnesota Twins 6-4 [Read More…]
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USD Shuts Out SDSU to Advance to Second-Consecutive Summit League Championship Game
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — It was another beautiful day at the ballpark at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium on Friday, and once again it was the arm of sophomore Madison Evans for South Dakota who, again, stole the spotlight in [Read More…]
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Jacks Win Slugfest in Series Opener over St. Thomas
BROOKINGS, S.D. – In a back-and-forth game throughout, South Dakota State found the answers in the late innings to come away with a 16-13 victory over St. Thomas in the opening game of a Summit [Read More…]
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Meyerink Claims Second Player of the Year, Three Athletes Named 2025-26 Women’s Golf All-GPAC
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The Great Plains Athletic Conference has released the 2026 All-Conference teams for Women’s Golf. Allison Meyerink, the sophomore out of Mitchell, South Dakota, headlined the named DWU athletes as she was named [Read More…]
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SDSU Stuns St. Thomas to Advance in Summit League Tournament
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The six-seed South Dakota State softball team defeated second-seed, and host St. Thomas, by a 7-5 score Thursday in The Summit League Championship. The victory at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium advanced the Jackrabbits [Read More…]
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Operation Prairie Thunder Conducts 13th Enforcement Operation in Mitchell
Operation Prairie Thunder continued its community-based enforcement efforts last week with its 13th saturation patrol operation in Mitchell. The operation, conducted April 30 and May 1, brought together the South Dakota Highway Patrol and local, [Read More…]
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$5 Million in Grants Now Available to Support PPE Purchases for SD Volunteer Firefighters
PIERRE, S.D. – Volunteer firefighters across South Dakota face danger every time they respond to an emergency, and ensuring they have the proper gear is essential to their safety and effectiveness. Legislation passed during the 2026 [Read More…]
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Report details wide disparity between Native American and white health in South Dakota
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight The health disparity between Native American and white South Dakotans is among the largest racial or ethnic health gaps in the nation, according to a new report from a foundation that [Read More…]
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Steel beams headed underground in South Dakota for ‘largest science experiment ever attempted on U.S. soil’
Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight Dignitaries and scientists celebrated the next step Thursday toward what one official called the “largest science experiment ever attempted on U.S. soil.” Over the coming months, 6,000 steel beams will be [Read More…]
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March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season
The NCAA announced Thursday that it will expand its two March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season, a long-expected move that will drop more games into the first week of the highly popular and lucrative showcase without [Read More…]
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Ruiz powers the Nationals past the Twins 7-5 with a go-ahead 7th-inning homer and 4 RBIs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Keibert Ruiz homered, doubled twice and drove in four runs to lift the Washington Nationals to a 7-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. Ruiz’s solo shot off John Klein (0-1) [Read More…]
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Evans Tosses Three-Hit Gem as Coyotes Upset Top-Seed Omaha in Shutout
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — As the pre-game box score noted, ‘the sun does exist’ and it was the arm of Madison Evans that shined even brighter in the 1-0 upset of No. 1-seed Omaha with a three-hit complete game shutout [Read More…]
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Jalen Brunson helps the Knicks take a 2-0 lead over the 76ers with a 108-102 victory
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and helped New York seize control of a close game after a run of blowouts, leading the Knicks to a 108-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers [Read More…]
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Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo is not running in the Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in the Preakness Stakes next weekend, trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday. DeVaux and owners decided to skip the Preakness and set their sights on the Belmont Stakes on [Read More…]
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Water worries: Billions needed to keep South Dakota taps flowing
Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch Compared to several states to the west, South Dakota is not even in the conversation of places in danger of experiencing a water crisis. Arizona, New Mexico, California and Colorado [Read More…]
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