Sports

As 2025 wraps up, pickleball continues its meteoric rise, evolving from a 1965 backyard invention into a cultural powerhouse. With millions across the country embracing this accessible hybrid of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong, the sport is reshaping recreation, communities, and professional athletics.

The other day, Sunday afternoon, December 14, to be exact, I was cruising by the Redding Senior Center on Benton Drive and noticed that their very large parking lot was awash with cars, with a giant blow up of a wolf, at the entrance door, with the words Shasta Jr. Wolves inscribed on its side.  Naturally, being a curious soul, I doubled back and snagged the last parking spot (really!), jumped out, took several pics of the giant wolf, then went inside. Wow, I thought, this pl

Redding Christian High School football team won the league CHAMPIONSHIP; then the Lions went on to capture the Division 5 Section CHAMPIONSHIP; their next football game had them winning the Nor Cal Regional CHAMPIONSHIP.

Redding Sports Park (RSP) opened as Big League Dreams (BLD) in 2004. Built with a 20 million dollar grant from the state, it didn't cost Redding a dime. The city leased our new sports park to BLD for 32 years, the first 4 rent free and 6% of the gross thereafter. BLD was responsible for the upkeep. That didn't happen so, where do we go from here? No one seemed to notice that our sports park fell into disarray. It is my opinion the head of recreation and the city managers fell

YouTube Golf's $1 Million Spectacle Outpaces Pro Tours in Views and Buzz. The rise of creator-led golf videos is impacting the future of mainstream PGA Tour golf.

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays in extra innings to clinch the World Series Title again! Japanese pitcher Yamamoto named MVP.

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Why should we be concerned about including play in our daily lives? Because it has been proven to be the best and fundamental way to achieve a healthy brain and body for both children and adults! A life without play is a recipe for cognitive and physical problems.

How And When Little League Came To Western United States.