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From Blue Thunder to Blue Devil: Belvidere North's Keith Larson helping Duke cli...

September 21, 2023 @ 9:45 am

By Paul Anthony Arco Special to the Rock River Current Get our mobile app Many college football fans were stunned when Duke upset No.9...

Where are Rockford-area NFL players now? Here's where four stand one week before...

August 31, 2023 @ 6:00 am

By Jordan Goethe Special to the Rock River Current Get our mobile app The NFL season kicks off one week from tonight and several...

The Last Call: Rockford official retires after nearly 4 decades in stripes

November 23, 2022 @ 10:30 am

By Paul Anthony Arco Special to the Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — It’s been a different kind of fall season...

NIC-10 Whip Around Podcast: Playoffs Round One

October 31, 2022 @ 1:37 pm

Five teams from the NIC-10 qualified for the playoffs this season, but after round one only two teams remain. We recap round one of...

NIC-10 Whip Around Podcast: Playoffs Round On...

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Football Sunday Podcast: Week 8 Preview

October 28, 2022 @ 8:47 am

The NFL trade deadline is right around the corner and the Bears are already making moves. Former Lutheran Crusader standout James Robinson was traded...

Football Sunday Podcast: Week 8 Preview

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Football Sunday Podcast: Week 8 Preview

October 28, 2022 @ 8:47 am

The NFL trade deadline is right around the corner and the Bears are already making moves. Former Lutheran Crusader standout James Robinson was traded...

Football Sunday Podcast: Week 8 Preview

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NIC-10 Whip Around Podcast: Playoffs Round One Preview

October 24, 2022 @ 5:47 pm

It’s playoff time, and for the NIC-10 Whip Around podcast that means it’s time to preview all the upcoming matchups around the area....

NIC-10 Whip Around Podcast: Playoffs Round On...

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815 in the NFL: Here's how former Rockford players performed in Week 6

October 19, 2022 @ 12:16 am

By Jordan Goethe Special to the Rock River Current Get our mobile app Here’s a quick look at how former Rockford high school standouts...

NIC-10 Whip Around Podcast: Week 8

October 17, 2022 @ 10:27 am

The conference title race is heating up with only one regular season week remaining before the playoffs. Here’s what to watch for in the...

NIC-10 Whip Around Podcast: Week 8

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815 in the NFL: Here's how former Rockford players performed in Week 5

October 11, 2022 @ 8:22 am

By Jordan Goethe Special to the Rock River Current Get our mobile app Here’s our weekly roundup of how former Rockford-area high school football...

815 in the NFL: Here's a quick look at how local players performed in Week 3

September 27, 2022 @ 9:10 am

By Jordan Goethe Special to the Rock River Current Get our mobile app The Rockford area has its share of former high school standouts...

X League's Chicago Blitz women's football team to debut at BMO Harris Bank Cente...

March 1, 2022 @ 12:25 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our newsletter ROCKFORD — A national seven-on-seven women’s football league backed by NFL Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka will...

11 local brews that pair perfectly with your Big Game snacks

February 10, 2022 @ 10:51 pm

By Gordon Mays 95.3 The Bull Get our newsletter While most eyes will be on the well-executed playbooks of football’s biggest game of the...

CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK PREVIEW IN THE NIC-10

April 23, 2021 @ 9:21 am

It’s been a unique year for high school sports to say the least but the students, staff and schools are making the most of...

COVID-19 Halts Oregon Football Season

April 13, 2021 @ 10:55 am

COVID-19 is getting in the way of the Oregon Hawks football season. They are now in a two week quarantine after a member of...

Chicago Bears Spotlight Harlem QB

April 6, 2021 @ 12:44 pm

Congrats to Harlem quarterback, James Cooper Jr. He was chosen by The Chicago Bears as last week’s “High School All-Star.” Cooper earned the honor...

Mitch Trubisky Has Found a New Home

March 18, 2021 @ 2:53 pm

Former Chicago Bears quarterback, Mitch Trubisky, is now a Buffalo Bill. The free agent signed a one year deal with the team on Thursday,...

NFL News and Notes

March 15, 2021 @ 5:27 pm

It seems the NFL anymore doesn’t have an offseason and even their offseason is full of news. To that end some big news broke...

Rodgers Donates $1 Million to Help Small Businesses in Hometown

March 1, 2021 @ 2:14 pm

Aaron Rodgers has lived in Wisconsin for a decade and a half, becoming a world-known QB for Wisconsin’s very own Green Bay Packers. Even...

Chicago & Green Bay Lose Out on Watt

March 1, 2021 @ 12:40 pm

From the minute J.J. Watt announced he was leaving Houston talk of him coming to the NFC North was everywhere. Would he join his...