NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Next Race: WISE Power 200 The Place: Kansas Speedway The Date: Saturday, May 1 The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET TV: FS1, 7 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 201 miles (134 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30), […]

NASCAR Cup Series Next Race: GEICO 500 The Place: Talladega Superspeedway The Date: Sunday, April 25 The Time: 2 p.m. ET TV: FOX, 1:30 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 500 miles (188 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60), Stage 2 (Ends […]

NASCAR Xfinity Series Next Race: Ag-Pro 300 The Place: Talladega Superspeedway The Date: Saturday, April 24 The Time: 4 p.m. ET TV: FOX, 3:30 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 300.58 miles (113 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 25), Stage 2 (Ends […]

Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Fast Facts Race weekend: Friday, April 23-Sunday, April 25Track: Streets of St. Petersburg, 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit (clockwise) through downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, including a runway of Albert Whitted Airport.Media Links: Entry List (PDF) | Driver Video Quotes | Trackside Media Guide (Interactive PDF)Race distance: 100 laps / […]

Trakh posted a 65-50 record over the past four seasons (2018-21), his second stint at USC.  April 21, 2021 LOS ANGELES — USC women’s basketball head coach Mark Trakh, who guided the Women of Troy the past four seasons, announced today (April 21) that he is retiring.   This […]

A fixture in the EWU program for the past 10 years, the Whitworth and EWU grad has coaching lineage going back two generations All signs pointed to David Riley deserving the opportunity to be a NCAA Division I head basketball coach. The veteran of 10 seasons of […]

Eagle head coach spends four seasons as EWU’s head coach and eight more as an assistant Shantay Legans, Eastern Washington University men’s basketball coach for four seasons and an assistant for eight years before that, was announced by the University of Portland as its next […]

After season impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Eastern wins 13 of its last 15 games and leads 12th-ranked Kansas for more than 20 minutes Young and hungry is a great way for a collegiate basketball team to attack the off-season. The Eastern Washington University men’s […]

NEW YORK (April 1, 2021) – Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov and registered nurse Crystal Wimmer (Discover NHL Central Division), Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer and registered nurse Gina Minert (Honda NHL West Division), Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby and registered respiratory therapist Darby Scarantine (MassMutual NHL East Division), and Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid and healthcare aide Fathima Aranha (Scotia NHL North Division) have been named the NHL’s “Stars […]

NEW YORK (April 1, 2021) – Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic and UNC REX Healthcare senior registered respiratory therapist Deepika Malhotra have been named the NHL’s “Rookies of the Month” for March. Throughout the 2020-21 season the NHL is celebrating the remarkable efforts of the off-ice stars who make it […]

NEW YORK (April 13, 2021) – The National Hockey League today announced that Game #192 between the Arizona Coyotes and Minnesota Wild on April 14, originally scheduled for 8 p.m. CT, is now scheduled for 1 p.m. CT. The complete 2020-21 NHL regular-season schedule can be […]

1780s BORN 1783: WASHINGTON IRVING (AUTHOR) 1820s 1829: JAMES CARRINGTON PATENTED A COFFEE MILL 1830s BORN 1837: JOHN BURROUGHS (NATURALIST) 1860s 1860: THE PONY EXPRESS BEGAN POSTAL SERVICE 1880s DIED 1882: JESSE JAMES (OUTLAW) 1882: THE OUTLAW JESSE JAMES WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ROBERT […]

GOOD FRIDAY Good Friday, also known as Great Friday, Holy Friday, or Sorrowful Friday, is a major Christian observance that commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. It is a time for Christians to reflect upon his suffering and willing sacrifice to atone for […]

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY The term “All Fools,” was probably meant as a deliberate stab at All Saints (November 1) and All Souls (November 2) Day. Although the origin of playing practical jokes and pranks on this day is hazy, many folklorists believe it may go […]

Every Year US: VIRGIN ISLANDS TRANSFER DAY 1590s BORN 1596: RENE DESCARTES (PHILOSOPHER) 1620s BORN 1621: ANDREW MARVELL (POET) 1730s BORN 1732: FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (COMPOSER) 1770s 1776: ABIGAIL ADAMS WROTE HER HUSBAND, JOHN, AT THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ABOUT THE PROPOSED DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, […]

National Doctors’ Day United States (from Wikipedia Commons) In the United States, National Doctors’ Day is a day on which the service of physicians to the nation is recognized annually. The idea came from Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, and the date […]

BORROWING DAYS The last three days of March have a reputation for being stormy. Scottish folklore proposes that these three days were borrowed from April so that March might extend his power. The Spanish story about the borrowing days is that a shepherd promised March […]

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March 28, 2021 http://hailst.at/MSUvsUM032821 https://hailst.at/MBKListen https://hailstate.com/documents/2021/3/28/Game33Memphis.pdf https://hailst.at/MBKLiveStats FRISCO, Texas – After a trio of wins over Saint Louis, Richmond and Louisiana Tech, the Mississippi State men’s basketball team takes on Memphis for a NIT Championship on Sunday. Tip time is on-tap for 11 a.m. CT from the […]

March 27, 2021 FRISCO, TEXAS – D.J. Stewart Jr. set the tone with 19 first half points, Iverson Molinar did the heavy lifting with 20 of his career-high 25 during the second half, and Derek Fountain registered 15 points as the Mississippi State men’s basketball team used a total team effort […]