HOLLIDAYSBURG — Even though the calendar read Aug. 6 on Thursday night inside the halls of the Blair Regional YMCA, the atmosphere presented things much differently inside the gym where The First Stop Shop and Beard Legal Group were playing for the girls High School Division YMCA basketball ...
TORONTO — Coco Gauff understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour’s newly introduced gene-testing policy. What the two-time Grand Slam champion doesn’t favor is how politicized the discussion becomes in generating what Gauff called animosity toward the trans community. To her, the topic requires a more nuanced conversation, which is why Gauff provided what she called a nuanced answer. Gauff made her comments at the Canadian Open in Toronto following her opening-match win over Kayla Day. Elsewhere in sports: - Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers will make their World ...
FOUNTAIN, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders loves everything about taking his Colorado Buffaloes 113 miles south of Folsom Field to Fountain Fort Carson High School for a week of workouts, tune-ups and team bonding that featured a stay at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus and a visit to the U.S. Air Force Academy. One thing would make it even better: scrimmaging with or against the Falcons, something Sanders is hoping the NCAA will soon allow teams to do in the offseason as he first suggested a couple of years ago when Syracuse wanted to visit Boulder for a ...
KIRKLAND, Wash. — The West Suburban 14U softball team reached the end of the road in the quarterfinals of the Little League Juniors World Series Thursday night. West Suburban fell to Hudsonville, Mich., 2-1, and was eliminated from the tournament. Teener Minor CM survives Cumming Motors scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and edged Furrer Beverage, 9-8, in the Altoona Teener Minor double-elimination playoffs at Seitz Field on Friday. Trailing 8-7, Dirk Pardee singled in Avery Sowers with one out in the seventh to tie the game. Then, with two outs, Jase Kosicki ...
NASCAR plans to implement a new stage-break procedure for its Cup Series races beginning this weekend at Iowa Speedway and continuing through the remainder of the season. Under the new rules, when a natural caution occurs with 10 or fewer laps remaining in Stage 1 or Stage 2, it will be ...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins made a significant investment in their future on Thursday, signing forward Ville Koivunen to an eight-year contract worth $4 million annually. Koivunen, 23, was a restricted free agent. The deal signals Koivunen is an important part of the franchise as ...
