WHEELING – Over the course of the last 80 years, there have been just a few head high school football coaches on both sides of the Ohio River that have had their sons quarterback them to outstanding seasons during their senior campaigns. Chad Magistro and his father, John, at Bellaire. Dave ...
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 ...
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 ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Expanded playoffs make it harder to predict whether Tarik Skubal and other choice acquisitions will be dealt before the Aug, 3 trade deadline. Twenty-three of the 30 teams are within four games of a playoff position heading into the season's second half, which opens ...
The best offense. The best defense. The World Cup final is set, and fittingly, a clash of styles awaits. Lionel Messi — the most prolific goalscorer in the tournament's history — and defending champion Argentina will take on Spain's defensive juggernaut on Sunday in East Rutherford, New ...
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 ...
