LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA will be doing some international business alongside the FIFA World Cup final in the coming days, as it moves closer to the planned launch of a new league in Europe sometime in the fall of 2027. Commissioner Adam Silver, speaking after the league's Board of Governors ...
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — How far the golf ball goes has been debated for the last 20 years and distance is likely to be a big concern this week at Royal Birkdale for the British Open, with one twist. It's not how far shots are going in the air. It's what happens when they get on the ...
The Ohio Valley Baseball League’s championship series is set as No. 2 Bethany will meet No. 4 Barton in the best-of-5 format, starting with Game 1 on Friday night at Bethany College. This is a rematch of last year’s finals won by the Braves in five games. The remainder of the series will proceed as follows: Game 2 – Sunday at Barton, 3 p.m. Game 3 – Monday at Bethany, 6 p.m. Game 4 – Wednesday at Barton, 6 p.m., if needed Game 5 – Thursday at Bethany, 6 p.m., if needed Bethany won the season series 3-1.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference is revamping the tiebreaker format for its football championship game following a controversial finish last season that allowed a five-loss Duke team to get in over then-No. 10-ranked Miami — a situation that put the Hurricanes at risk ...
WHEELING – Special teams are always a huge part of a football game, no matter what level is being played. Saturday night’s 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley All Star Football Game is no exception. Both Ohio head coach Brett McLean of St. Clairsville and his West Virginia counterpart, Chris Daugherty of Wheeling Park, both know how important an extra-point, field goal or punt could be in the final outcome. That’s why they have selected their specialists for the 7:15 kickoff. McLean will rely on his own Parker Galloway, while Daugherty selected his own punter, Jed Hunley, and ...
MARIETTA – Matheson King’s Baltimore chop over the second baseman allowed St. Clairsville Post 159 to rally for a 4-3 walk-off victory over Beverly/Lowell Post 389/750 in a Region 4 American Legion Tournament winner’s bracket semifinal Wednesday at Marietta College’s Pioneer Park. St. Clairsville will now face the winner of Wednesday’s late game between Cambridge and New Philadelphia in the winner’s bracket finals on Thursday night at 7. That winner will have to be beat twice by whomever comes out of the loser’s bracket. Connor Nelson went 6.2 innings on the mound for ...
