Sports | Thursday, February 25,2010

The final round

A Springfield boxing legend remembered

On a warm October day at the Harriet Tubman Susan B. Anthony Center on Springfield’s east side, 30 to 40 young men and boys dressed in gym clothes amble into a narrow room that seems to double a

Sports | Thursday, June 17,2004

What could be finer than pigskin and suds?

By Tom Irwin

You may never have heard of the Capital City Outlaws, Springfield's very own semipro football team, but they're making lots of noise in the Original Midwest Football League. They placed second last ye

Sports | Thursday, December 18,2003

Skating club celebrates the holidays on, um, ice

By Dusty Rhodes

For almost a decade, the Springfield Figure Skating Club has been ringing in the holidays with an evening of skating set to seasonal songs. Skaters of all ages and skill levels don their best Christma

Sports | Thursday, October 9,2003

Blue Birds

Cards lick their wounds as the hated Cubs advance

By D. J. Wilson

From the left field bleachers to the press box, from to the clubhouse to the front office, the refrain is repeated as if rehearsed: The Cardinals didn't make the playoffs this year because of nagging