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Nolot’s free throws lift KWC in G-MAC opener

By Elsie A. Dotson 4 months ago

Mar. 2—Cali Nolot made two free throws with 0.1 seconds left to lift the Kentucky Wesleyan women’s basketball team to a thrilling 64-62 victory over Malone in the first round of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference tournament Tuesday afternoon at the Sportscenter.

According to Nolot, who scored 10 of her team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter, she was just trying to go for a defensive rebound when she was fouled from behind.

“I didn’t realize the clock had gone down that far,” she said afterward. “I was going up for the rebound and I heard the whistle. I was like, ‘Oh, I gotta go shoot free throws now.’

“It was a lot of pressure, but I wasn’t trying to work myself up. I just told myself to go up there and shoot the ball.”

Up until that point, Nolot had made only 3-of-6 foul shots despite converting 5-of-8 shot

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Robbie Ray Makes Free Agency Decision

By Elsie A. Dotson 7 months ago
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray.

The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner has finally signed. According to MLB insider Jeff Passan, Robbie Ray is heading to the Pacific Northwest.

“Reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray and the Seattle Mariners are finalizing a five-year, $115 million contract with an opt-out after the third season,” said Passan.

The ESPN insider added, “The American League West is going wild right now.”

“And Robbie Ray heads to an ascendant Seattle team that’s only going to get better with Julio Rodriguez, George Kirby, Emerson Hancock, Matt Brash and others on the way.”

Ray was rumored to be drawing interest from the Angels, Red Sox, and Blue Jays. But, the Mariners won out.

The 29-year-old pitcher posted a career year in 2021. With a four-pitch arsenal, Ray became the first Blue Jay to win the Cy Young since the late Roy Halladay in

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Sunday Funday Moment: Sarah Farms surprises El Paso boy featured on SportsCenter with free milk for a year

By Elsie A. Dotson 11 months ago

El Paso, Texas– One El Paso boy became a viral sensation after pulling a double play during a championship baseball game this past June.

“So when the batter hit the ball it bobbled but then I recovered it and got the batter out on first then when I saw the runner running to home I ran home and got him out,” said 8-year-old Jordan O’Hara.

It was back in June when his game-ending double play landed him in the number 1 spot on ESPN SportsCenter’s top 10 plays after his dad tweeted the video out.

The cameras that caught that viral video were a donation from local dairy farm, Sarah Farms. They were installed to help parent’s safely watch their children play baseball games during the pandemic.

“We had no idea that at the time it would be Jordan getting a double play, be on ESPN Sportscenter’s play of the

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Applications open for Free Pres Summer Apprentice program

By Elsie A. Dotson 1 year ago

Tonya Mosley was 13 when she boarded a bus in northwest Detroit and took it downtown to the Detroit Free Press to meet editor Bob McGruder in 1993. McGruder, who had been named editor of the paper earlier that year, had arranged for Mosley to spend a day shadowing a journalist.

It was her first time taking the bus that far.

“I was like an hour late, and when I got there, this journalist had actually called in sick,” said Mosley, who is the co-host of the NPR and WBUR radio show, “Here & Now.”

Because she made the trip, she was still shown around the building and got to shadow multiple people that day.

A few years later, while attending Redford High School, Mosley decided she wanted to apply to become a summer apprentice at the Free Press.

“The apprenticeship program at the time was only for schools that

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