CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz had their paid leaves extended indefinitely on Sunday as Major League Baseball continues an investigation to gauge their possible involvement in gambling during games. Clase and Ortiz were initially set to sidelined until at ...
(AP) — Ohio State and Florida State got into the win column. Texas and Alabama did not. The first big weekend of major college football is in the books, and now, players and athletic departments can settle into a new, once-unthinkable era in which schools pay athletes and a team’s ultimate ...
WHEELING — Nico Kusic started Friday night’s game against Union Local with a long touchdown pass-and-run to Kade Koroneos. After that the junior signal-caller found the going pretty tough. However, he finished in grand style. Kusic spotted senior Max Olejasz all along down the left ...
MARTINS FERRY — Purple power. Two games, two blowouts. Martins Ferry, coming off a 55-0 shellacking of Huntington Express seven days prior, did more of the same to Malvern Friday night at the Dave Bruney Football Complex. Coach Justin Kropka’s high-octane Purple Riders dominated the ...
BARNESVILLE — Barnesville won for the 38th straight time during the regular season with a 51-21 verdict over visiting Meadowbrook Friday night at Shamrock Stadium. The victory gave them the Bill Dowler Trophy. Barnesville hasn’t lost since week 4 of the 2021 season. No further details ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Hank Beatty returned a punt 69 yards for a third-quarter touchdown and broke Red Grange’s 102-year-old Illinois record for yards on punt returns to help the No. 12 Illini rout Western Illinois 52-3 on Friday night to open the season. Beatty had four returns for 133 ...