NEWTON, Iowa — Ty Gibbs didn’t question his crew chief’s final pit call. “I can’t do anything about it, so you just run with it,” Gibbs said. Gibbs used late pit strategy and held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell over the final 20 laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — In the Sylvan Hills Monday Golf League, Nick Matteson shot a low gross score of 38 and Jeff Gourley had a net 36. Robin Weaver won closest-to-pin honors on hole 4. Individual hole winners were Roger Elensky, Tim Matteson, Andy Wagner, Husam Obeid, Rodger Fair and E.J. Madey. The league leader is the team of Luke Grove and Matteson. Lady Lions picked CALGARY, Alberta — Rising juniors Abby Stonehouse and Grace Outwater of the Penn State women’s hockey team were selected to Hockey Canada’s National Women’s Development Team to compete in a three-game series ...
After losing Saturday, J&P Auto Mart bounced back by scoring five runs with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to edge Furrer Beverage, 8-4, in the Altoona Teener Minor Division double-elimination playoffs on Sunday at Seitz Field. J&P (2-1) will now face 2-0 Cumming Motors at 5 p.m. ...
JOHNSTOWN — Backed by a couple of Blair County products, Johnstown Mainline Pharmacy captured the 2026 All American Amateur Baseball Association National Tournament championship on Saturday night at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point for the second straight year. Tyrone Area High School ...
After winning the Women’s Tour de France for the second time, Demi Vollering tried hard to hold back tears while the Dutch national anthem played Sunday. It was her toughest moment of the day after an ultra-dominant performance on the bike from the 2023 champion. Vollering won the ninth and final stage to extend her overall lead over Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney to 1 minute, 18 seconds. Niewiadoma-Phinney had started Sunday’s stage only eight seconds behind Vollering, who got a time bonus for winning the stage. Former Giro d’Italia champion Elisa Longo Borghini of ...
BOSTON — Jacob Wilson’s father will be very proud. All that work on the Little League fields has paid off. Wilson set an MLB record for his position, playing his 111th consecutive errorless game, surpassing the Orioles’ Mike Bordick’s 110 that was done in 2002. His dad, Jack, a former 12-year major league shortstop who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, instilled that defense comes first. Elsewhere: - Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale was ejected by Dan Merzel before a pitch was thrown in Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees, a day after being called for a balk that ...
