In FY23, Kentucky reported spending $23.6 million on its men's basketball program.
In FY23, Oakland reported spending $17.6 million on its entire athletics program, including $2.3 million on men's basketball.
The MMARA has been trying to bring a new aquatic facility to Mount Pleasant since 2021. Voters can choose to make it a reality on the Presidential Primary ballot. https://t.co/oZ8obksVYZ
#OnThisDay in 1906, President Roosevelt declared 3 National Monuments: El Morro in New Mexico; Montezuma Castle in Arizona; and Petrified Forest, also in Arizona. El Morro and Montezuma Castle remain Monuments today, and Petrified Forest was "upgraded" to a National Park in 1962.
The @MtpOilers volleyball team opened @svlsports play in a big way with a road win over @gbvolleyball 3-0.
The Oilers improve to 8-5 on the season as they will host Carman-Ainsworth on Thursday.
Quite the weekend for the LaFleurs: Packers’ HC Matt LaFleur and Rams’ OC Mike LaFleur’s mother Kristi, the track and cheerleading coach at Mount Pleasant High School, was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame Friday night. Mike LaFleur’s wife Lauren also was inducted into the Mount Pleasant High School Hall of Fame the same night for her track and field performance — and presented by Kristi. Then, to cap the weekend, the LaFleur sons helped lead their teams to opening-day road wins in Chicago and Seattle.
On this day in 1960, U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union. This sparked an embarrassing diplomatic incident for the United States and halted flights of the U-2 over the Soviet Union: https://t.co/SAHV4EdZAG