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The leader of the Hoosiers' offense, and Heisman Trophy winner, grew up in a locale known for baseball. He's joined rare ...

America's top QB, Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza slipped through the cracks of a football powerhouse state – and found fame ...

The SOF National Science Olympiad (NSO) is one of the most popular and challenging Olympiad exams for school students ...

“I just did what I would hope somebody would do for my own,” said Alexis Simon Lorain City Schools A fifth-grade teacher leaped into action after noticing a student was choking while eating a snack ...

President Donald Trump yesterday announced he was working with the U.S. Navy to design and build a “Trump class” fleet of “battleships” that would form a centerpiece of America’s revamped “Golden ...

Overall, we didn’t see the best of NFL defenses this past week. Twelve of the 28 teams in action scored at least 28 points. Seven put up 34 or more points. So, not exactly what you’d expect as we dive ...

It's time to take a look at the weekly weight-class rankings for the week of Dec. 15. Wrestlers are eligible to be ranked in the classes where they have officially weighed and competed in. All ...

Mokolo, a 10-year-old male giraffe, recently joined the zoo as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species ...

This is an interesting playoff race. One that's less about who's getting in and more about how seeding shakes out. In the AFC, five teams (the Broncos, Patriots, Jaguars, Chargers and Bills) have ...

It's amazing that in a season full of defining moments, just two plays from one game might change a team's outlook. Yet that's exactly what happened to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Two plays.