China executes man who plowed car into crowds in deadliest attack in a decade

Published   Jan 20, 2025 08:25AM
By Nectar Gan and Hassan Tayir, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has executed a man who killed 35 people by plowing his car into crowds at a sports center in November, in the country’s deadliest known attack against the public in a decade, state media reported Monday. Fan Weiqiu, 62, was executed just over ... Read more

Pinheiro Braathen performs snow samba to celebrate Brazil’

AP Sports Writer It’s not just soccer anymore. Brazil is finding World Cup success in skiing now too. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen became the first Brazilian skier to finish on a World Cup podium when he placed second in a giant slalom in Beaver Creek, ... Read more

Butte County’s Keaton Archibald helped lead the Pirates to

EDITOR’S NOTE: The East Idaho Sports team has selected a group of fall sports season award winners — players and teams of the year. The award winners will be announced, one per day, in a continuing series. ARCO – The high-scoring Butte County o ... Read more

Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ ... Read more

Unstoppable: Thunder Ridge’s Kaden Palmer was a force for the Titans

Published   Dec 17, 2024 01:00AM
EDITOR’S NOTE: The East Idaho Sports team has selected a group of fall sports season award winners — players and teams of the year. The award winners will be announced in a continuing series. IDAHO FALLS – Senior seasons are meant to be special. Thunder Ridge senior Kaden Palmer has been a varsity soccer player for […]
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How Trump could try to ban trans athletes from school sports

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly said during the campaign that, if elected back to the White House, he would pursue a ban on transgender youth participating in school sports that align with their gender identity. As he prepares ... Read more

Dawson McInelly, Sugar-Salem’s multi-sport star, is footba

EDITOR’S NOTE: The East Idaho Sports team has selected a group of fall sports season award winners — players and teams of the year. The award winners will be announced, one per day, in a continuing series. SUGAR CITY – It’s been a pretty ... Read more

Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78

(AP) — Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78. “He leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in ... Read more