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Coaches place Penn State football at No. 17

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Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Tuesday. The Buckeyes received 38 of the 72 first-place votes and were well ahead of the Ducks, who got six first-place votes. Penn State was ranked No. 17. No. 3 Georgia received seven first-place votes, No. 4 Texas got two and No. 5 Notre Dame five. Defending national champion Indiana was No. 6 with 14 first-place votes and was followed by Miami, the team it beat in the College Football Playoff championship game. ...

Sheetz glad to take City League opener from Lilly

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Conrad Chiropractic/Lilly American Legion has won seven straight Altoona Greater City Baseball League championships and 20 over the past 23 seasons. That kind of dominance tends to leave a team with a target on its collective back. An upstart Sheetz squad enjoyed some added motivation ...

Pochettino stays as coach

National Sports

Mauricio Pochettino is staying with the U.S. soccer team, agreeing to a four-year contract to coach the Americans through the 2030 World Cup. The 54-year-old Pochettino took over the national team in October 2024. He led the U.S. to the round of 16 at this year’s World Cup, where the tournament co-hosts were eliminated in a 4-1 loss to Belgium. He still helped the seeded U.S. team to a pair of firsts in the expanded 48-nation tournament, clinching advancement from the group stage with a game to spare and winning three games in a single World Cup. Elsewhere in soccer: - European ...

Fourth inning gives Eldorado lead in Teener Major series

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Sometimes, you just need one swing to change a baseball game around, whether that’s a key hit, key play or a key inning. The latter happened for Eldorado Civics Association Monday night in game one of its Altoona Teener League 15U Major Division Championship Series. Eldorado used a ...

Red Sox, Phils go big on MLB trade day

National Sports

The Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies took big swings Monday ahead of baseball’s trade deadline, with the Red Sox adding three-time All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman a few hours after the Phillies picked up three-time batting champion Luis Arraez. The pair of aggressive moves ...