Nailers Sign Chris Dodero

August 20, 2026

WHEELING – The Wheeling Nailers are excited to announce their 12th player signing of the 2026 offseason. Wheeling has signed forward Chris Dodero to an ECHL contract. Dodero, 30, is set to begin his fifth professional season and third in the ECHL. He began his professional career in 2022-23 in the ICE Hockey League with HK Olimpija Ljubljana. There, he racked up 30 points in 39 games and won a Slovenian Championship. The forward spent one more season in Europe, as he played for the ICE Hockey League's Graz 99ers and DEL2's Starsbulls Rosenheim during the 2023-24 campaign. Dodero ...

West Liberty Names Chris Brunson New Head Softball Coach

August 20, 2026

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — West Liberty University has announced the hiring of Chris Brunson as the new head coach of the Hilltopper softball program. Brunson brings more than two decades of coaching experience at the collegiate and prep levels to the Hilltop, along with a championship pedigree, ...

WVU Hall Of Famer Willie Akers Dies At 89

August 20, 2026

MORGANTOWN – Willie Akers, a starting forward on WVU’s 1959 national runner-up men’s basketball team and an award-winning high school coach in West Virginia, died Tuesday in Logan at the age of 89. The Mullens native was inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame in 2002. He was a two-year starter for the Mountaineers, including the 1958-59 season in which WVU fell to California in the national championship game. He averaged 7.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game that season. Along with Jerry West, the two in-state products forged a longtime friendship during their high school days that ...

Pirates Acquire Veteran Catcher Christian Bethancourt From Yankees In Exchange For Cash

August 20, 2026

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired veteran catcher Christian Bethancourt from the New York Yankees on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations. The 34-year-old Bethancourt had been playing for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, New York's Triple-A affiliate. Pittsburgh assigned ...

Buckeyes And Ducks Out To Supplant Defending Champion Hoosiers In Big Ten And Beyond

August 19, 2026

The 2025 Indiana Hoosiers won the Big Ten and national championship and were the first team in the modern era to go 16-0. They have 10 starters back, the hottest coach in the game and a manageable schedule. It's Ohio State and Oregon generating most of the preseason buzz, though, with both ...

Browns Rookie Receiver KC Concepcion Showing The Qualities That Made Him A First-Round Pick

August 19, 2026

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — KC Concepcion was already feeling confident about the progress he was making in his first NFL training camp before the Cleveland Browns opened preseason play. What the first-round did last Saturday against Chicago reinforced that confidence and showed the high hopes the ...