Digital Managing Editor, Townsquare Media Grand Rapids
Rick Martinez
![Celebrating Christmas and the Holiday Season in Rockford [Sponsored]](http://townsquare.media/site/45/files/2014/11/Grand-Carriages-LLC-Rockford-Chamber-of-Commerce.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Celebrating Christmas and the Holiday Season in Rockford [Sponsored]
Celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in Rockford.
![Channel 95.7’s July 2015 Playlist of Top Songs](http://townsquare.media/site/44/files/2015/02/GettyImages_460495232.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Channel 95.7’s July 2015 Playlist of Top Songs
Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud
![Ionia Boys’ Basketball’s Austin Gregory Named High School Athlete of the Week](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2015/04/Austin-Gregory-Feature.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Ionia Boys’ Basketball’s Austin Gregory Named High School Athlete of the Week
Austin Gregory, a senior who is the all-time scoring leader for Ionia High School's boys' basketball team, has been named Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.
![Entertainer-Comedian Kevin Hart Readies What Now? Tour, with Grand Rapids Stop May 17](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2015/04/459468548-630x420.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Entertainer-Comedian Kevin Hart Readies What Now? Tour, with Grand Rapids Stop May 17
Entertainer, actor and comedian Kevin Hart is headed out on a North American arena tour hitting 45 cities in the U.S. and Canada, including Grand Rapids' Van Andel Arena on May 17.
![Duke Rallies Past Wisconsin for Fifth NCAA Title](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2015/04/468769186.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Duke Rallies Past Wisconsin for Fifth NCAA Title
Duke won its fifth NCAA Division I men's basketball title on Monday night, getting 23 points from freshman guard Tyus Jones in a 68-63 win over Wisconsin in Indianapolis.
College basketball's player of the year, Frank Kaminsky, led the Badgers with 21 points and 12 rebounds in the battle of No. 1 seeds at Lucas Oil Stadium.
![Michigan State’s NCAA Tournament Run Ends as Duke Advances to Championship [Photos]](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2015/04/468623700.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Michigan State’s NCAA Tournament Run Ends as Duke Advances to Championship [Photos]
Michigan State's run through the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament came to a halt Saturday night as the Spartans lost to top-seeded Duke 81-61.
Denzel Valentine had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Travis Trice 16 points as Michigan State fell in the NCAA Final Four semifinals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
![Insane Inflatable 5K Grand Rapids Coming to Millennium Park Adds Second Day in Mid-August [Video]](http://townsquare.media/site/44/files/2015/04/IMG_23391.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Insane Inflatable 5K Grand Rapids Coming to Millennium Park Adds Second Day in Mid-August [Video]
The Insane Inflatable 5K -- a dynamic fun run series comprised of inflatable obstacles -- coming to Grand Rapids at Millennium Park is now on Aug. 15 and 16.
The second day was just added because of local demand.
The 5-kilometer (3.1-mile run) isn’t focused on running. Instead, it's about having fun negotiating oversized inflatable obstacles on a challenging course requiring imagination, creativit
![East Grand Rapids Boys’ Swimming’s Andy MacGregor Named High School Athlete of the Week](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2015/04/Andy-finish-of-200-free-relay.jpg?w=980&q=75)
East Grand Rapids Boys’ Swimming’s Andy MacGregor Named High School Athlete of the Week
Andy MacGregor, a junior who claimed two individual state titles and was on a state champion relay for East Grand Rapids High School boys' swimming team, has been named Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.
![Insane Inflatable 5K Grand Rapids at Millennium Park Adds Second Day in August [Video]](http://townsquare.media/site/44/files/2015/04/IMG_2339.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Insane Inflatable 5K Grand Rapids at Millennium Park Adds Second Day in August [Video]
The Insane Inflatable 5K -- a dynamic fun run series comprised of inflatable obstacles -- is coming to Grand Rapids at Millennium Park is now on Aug. 15 and 16.
The second day was just added because of local demand.
The 5-kilometer (3.1-mile run) isn’t focused on running. Instead, it's about having fun negotiating oversized inflatable obstacles on a challenging course requiring imagination, creati
![Michigan State Makes NCAA Final Four with 76-70 OT Win Over Louisville [Photos]](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2015/03/468036032.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Michigan State Makes NCAA Final Four with 76-70 OT Win Over Louisville [Photos]
Travis Trice had 17 points and Denzel Valentine had 15 points and seven rebounds to lead Michigan State past Oklahoma 62-58 on Sunday afternoon in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in Syracuse, N.Y.
Branden Dawson added nine points and 11 rebounds and Bryn Forbes had 14 points for the seventh-seeded Spartans (27-11), who advanced to the Final Four with the triumph at Syracuse Univers
![Michigan State Advances to NCAA Elite 8 with 62-58 Win Over Oklahoma [Photos]](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2015/03/467851310.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Michigan State Advances to NCAA Elite 8 with 62-58 Win Over Oklahoma [Photos]
Travis Trice had 24 points, Denzel Valentine had 18 points and Branden Dawson added six points and 11 rebounds to lead Michigan State past Oklahoma 62-58 on Friday night in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in Syracuse, N.Y.
The eight-seeded Spartans (26-11) advanced to the Elite Eight in the East Region with the triumph at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome.
Third-seeded Oklahoma (2
![Wayland Union Girls’ Basketball’s Presley Hudson Named High School Athlete of the Week [Video]](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2015/03/Presley-Hudson-Wayland-Union-HS.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Wayland Union Girls’ Basketball’s Presley Hudson Named High School Athlete of the Week [Video]
Presley Hudson, a senior who led the Wayland Union High School girls' basketball team to conference and district titles this season, has been named Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.