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 ...

Braxton Ashcraft Works 8 Efficient Innings, Oneil Cruz Homers As Pirates Top Tigers 4-1

August 19, 2026

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Braxton Ashcraft allowed five hits over eight efficient innings, Oneil Cruz homered in his return from the injured list, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Tuesday night. Ashcraft (13-5), a first-time All-Star this season, struck out four and didn't ...

Soccer Pay Dispute Between OVAC, Referees Is Resolved

August 19, 2026

Let the games begin in West Virginia and continue in Ohio as far as OVAC boys’ and girls’ high school soccer goes. The Mountain State debuts Wednesday while the Buckeye State has been playing for nearly a week. Following an ongoing pay increase dispute between the OVAC and the Ohio Valley Soccer Referee Association, both sides reached an agreement late Tuesday morning. According to an email from Wheeling attorney David Delk, representing the soccer officials, “The individual schools are paying the requested rate. … The soccer referee association is not dealing with the ...