Sports

Continental Football League Announces Ironmen Will Cease Operations

Local Sports June 20, 2026

WHEELING — After having their inaugural season canceled at the midway point last summer, the Ohio Valley Ironmen are ceasing operations after playing just one game in their start-up second season. The Continental Football League, home of the Ironmen, announced through social media Friday that the Ironmen ‘will cease operations effective immediately.’ “The decision follows the inability of a major team sponsor to fulfill its financial commitment to the club,” the league claimed in its post. “League and team leadership exhausted every reasonable avenue to preserve the ...

Wheeling Elks Youth Golf Takes Over Crispin Course

Local Sports June 18, 2026

WHEELING --- More than 50 young golfers from the Ohio Valley enjoyed blue skies and beautiful green grass Wednesday as they played in the annual Wheeling Elks youth golf tournament at the Crispin Course at Oglebay. The tournament, put on by the Wheeling Elks club for several generations, was hosted by more than a dozen club members. This free event provided golf for the players, carts for their spectating parents and a celebratory meal for all after the event in Haller Shelter. In the boys 16-18 year old division, Wheeling Park standout Quinn Marsh shot the low round of the day with a ...

Christian Pulisic Still Training Separately, Increasing Concern For The US At The World Cup

Local Sports June 18, 2026

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Christian Pulisic trained apart from his U.S. teammates on Wednesday for the third straight day because of his calf injury, increasing concerns about his availability to face Australia on Friday in the Americans' second game of the World Cup. Pulisic played a dynamic ...

US Open Braces For A Tough And Windy Shinnecock Hills

Local Sports June 18, 2026

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — The final day of practice for the U.S. Open brought a most unfamiliar sight Wednesday morning at Shinnecock Hills: The nine USGA flags atop the grandstand behind the 18th green, and the large American flag atop the century-old clubhouse, hung limply. Just not for ...

Yelich And Chourio Homer As The Brewers Beat The Guardians 9-4

Local Sports June 18, 2026

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich and Jackson Chourio homered and the Milwaukee Brewers scored seven runs in the first four innings in a 9-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night. Chourio's two-run shot in the fourth gave him six homers in his last seven games. One night ...

Bichette Has 3 Hits, McLean Strikes Out 9 As Mets Beat Reds 9-1 To Avoid Series Sweep

Local Sports June 18, 2026

CINCINNATI (AP) — Bo Bichette continued his hot streak with three hits, rookie Nolan McLean struck out nine in seven innings and the New York Mets averted being swept with a 9-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. Francisco Alvarez and Juan Soto also had three hits apiece. New ...