Archive for the 'Sports' Category

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A group of businesses and homeowners from 112th Avenue have joined forces to support light-rail alternatives that would cause more property takings than any other option for their street.

Program Delivers a Real Kick Start

Everyone needs a support system — a family member or mentor to lean on when times get tough.

More than a game now

Baseball possesses the original — and also the best — of any of pro sports’ All-Star games, the only one where the play is actually competitive.

Fireworks, Food and More

Plenty of events in the Inland area will answer the question of what to do for the Fourth of July holiday today and Friday.

Angels sausages look to rival Dodger Dogs

The Dodgers have their dogs. Now, the Angels have their sausages. Over the past dozen years, the Anaheim team has built considerable cachet with a renovated stadium, a Rally Monkey, a World Series title and, most recently, a string of winning seasons.

Brach closing the door for Lake Elsinore

For Lake Elsinore Storm reliever Brad Brach, the All-Star game pitting the best of the California League against the elite of the Carolina League was his best baseball experience.

Readers Say Thanks

American Legion Post 83 gives a salute of thanks to the following for making the 2010 Memorial Day Ceremony a successful one.

Habitat Newark Welcomes Retired Hockey Star to its Annual Golf Outing

Habitat Newark is pleased to announce that Grant Marshall, one the retired stars of the 2003 Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils, will be trading in his hockey stick for a golf club on Monday, June 28 to help raise money for the charity.

June 9 Community Calendar

Johnson County Library and Friends of the Library host the 21st Annual Sizzlin’ Summer Used Book Sale at Metcalf South Shopping Center, 9635 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park.

DeWyze Wins ‘American Idol’; Aguilera Postpones Tour

On May 26, 24-year-old Lee DeWyze was crowned the 2010 American Idol .A The former paint store worker from Illinois beat out single mother Crystal Bowersox.A The star-packed finale featured pairings of several of this year’s finalists with the original artists.A They included Hall & Oates, Alanis Morissette, Michael McDonald, Joe Cocker, Alice …