Posted: 12:59 AM Reds take middle game, 2-1

Updated: 3:53 AM Penn returns just two starters on offense in, but the Kingsmen still expect big things in 2008.

Updated: 3:45 AM How do you replace a legend? New Jimtown head coach Mike Campbell will find out Friday Night when his team faces border-rival Northwood in the first game of 2008.

Updated: 1:38 AM As Elkhart Central prepares for the "Battle for the Mangy Lion" against Memorial on Friday , Central coach Mark Hummel is thrilled with the way the 2008 squad has gelled together, something he he not been able to say about many of his teams in the past.

Updated: 11:09 AM Friday Night Football in Indiana begins this Friday night. And there is no bigger game in week one than the "Battle for the Mangy Lion."

Updated: 1:41 AM Newscenter 16's Jeff Jeffers talked 1-on-1 with Irish head coach Charlie Weis on Wednesday.

Updated: 1:33 AM Last year, The Famous Chicken attempted to become a NewsCenter 16 sports reporter, but it didn't quite work out. This year, he takes his crack at replacing Mike Hoffman as WNDU's Chief Meteorologist.

Posted: 12:56 AM Browns go way down early, nearly win

Posted: 12:53 AM 3-0 deficit no problem-ChiSox regain 1st place

Updated: 2:18 AM A year ago, Mishawaka almost ended Penn's unbelievable NIC conference winning streak. Now the Cavemen are starting a new tradition with a new coach.

Posted: 7:17 AM Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps has gotten a long-distance congratulations from President Bush.

Updated: 1:27 AM "We're still in training camp mentality here," Weis said on Saturday. "These guys don't see the light at the end of the tunnel yet."

Updated: 1:25 AM After a 7-5 season in 2007, Northwood returns seven starters on offense and six on defense.

Posted: 9:13 PM Two-run doubles by Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez and a three-run double by Reed Johnson sparked an eight-run seventh and the Cubs rallied past the Florida Marlins, 9-2 on Sunday.

Posted: 7:58 PM Carlos Quentin hit his 34th homer and drove in four runs, Alexei Ramirez added a grand slam and the Chicago White Sox won a series in Oakland for the first time in eight years by beating the Athletics 13-1 Sunday.

Updated: 12:50 AM Penn grad Frank Duong walked-on the Purdue football in 2006. This weekend, "Frank the Tank" went from a walk-on to a scholarship player.

Updated: 11:09 AM They are rivals on the football field, but friends off of it. The Adams and Riley coaching staff had a friendly battle Saturday in a special Madden '09 X-Box challenge.

Updated: 1:21 AM Michael Phelps made history Saturday night when he won his 8th gold medal, passing Mark Spitz for the most gold medals ever won by one individual in one Olympic Games.

Updated: 3:29 AM Michael Phelps tied Mark Spitz for a record seven gold medals in one Olympic games with a dramatic win in the 100 butterfly.

Posted: 1:27 AM Daryle Ward connected on an 0-1 pitch off Marlins closer Kevin Gregg, driving it over the right-field wall for a three-run shot and helping the Cubs rally to beat the Florida Marlins 6-5 on Friday night for their ninth straight road victory.

Posted: 3:26 PM Make it an all Hoosier team. Tony Stewart announced Friday that Ryan Newman is officially on board as the second driver at Stewart-Haas Racing. Newman will drive the #4 car.

Updated: 12:58 PM Junior Wide Receiver Richard Jackson asked for and was granted his release from the Irish on Friday.

Posted: 12:42 PM 1999 Notre Dame grad Shannon Boxx delivered a perfect assist to Natasha Kai in overtime to lift the United States women's soccer team to a dramatic win over Canada in the Olympic quarterfinals.

Updated: 1:49 PM Goshen born and East Noble grad Amy Yoder Begley made the Olympic team in dramatic fashion. On Friday, she lived her dream and competed in the Beijing Games. She finished 26th in the 10,000 meter women's track and field run.

Posted: 1:27 AM Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning to tie a major league record and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Thursday, completing a three-game sweep.