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Golf world needs to appreciate the word ‘stymie’

Stymie! Most golfers today will probably recognize the word, but few may realize just how integral stymies were to the game and the important role they played until they were finally banned nearly 75 years ago. As golf first developed in Scotland hundreds of years ago, nearly all ...

Hollidaysburg Legion baseball cruises past Richland

Hollidaysburg Legion Post 516 jumped out to an 8-0 lead after one inning and coasted to a 15-0 three-inning victory over the Richland Legion Post 849 56ers at Mansion Park in Cambria County American Legion action on Thursday. Mason Mierley and Colton Sanders combined on a one-hit shutout for ...

Carrolltown youth will play in junior hockey league in Canada

BRANTFORD, Ontario, Canada — Carrolltown native Xavier Lieb recently signed with the junior ice hockey team, the Brantford Bulldogs, of the Ontario Hockey League. Lieb, a forward, is a Penn State University recruit. “I’m honored to be able to represent the Bulldogs organization and ...

Ohtani’s injured knee not enough to help Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 13th homer of the season before leaving the game due to left knee inflammation and Los Angeles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6 on Thursday night. The reigning NL MVP hit a solo homer in the third inning. He also had a ...

Bucs’ rookie Tyler Callihan hits two home runs to defeat Dodgers

PITTSBURGH — Tyler Callihan hit the first two home runs of his career, a solo shot off Shohei Ohtani in the fourth inning and a go-ahead, three-run blast off reliever Kyle Hurt in the eighth as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-8 on Wednesday night. Ohtani gave ...

Pitchers for Baysox get it done vs. Curve

Through more than six innings of Thursday’s game with the Bowie Baysox, the Altoona Curve were searching for anything positive with no hits. Ivan Brethowr got the first hit on a single up the middle, and the Curve ended up with four hits for the game, but there wasn’t a lot to cheer for ...