Breaking News

Hornets survive late scare from Meyersdale

ALEXANDRIA — If Friday night’s ICC matchup between Juniata Valley and Meyersdale is any indication, both teams look ready to face a playoff game next week. In the closing minutes, Meyersdale had one last shot to take control of the game for good, but it was the Green Hornet defense who ...

Tigers tune up for the rematch with DuBois

DuBOIS — Hollidaysburg and DuBois have been getting used to playing each other in their regular season finales and then again in a PIAA Class 5A subregional playoff game. They met again in the final game of the regular season on Friday night at E.J. Mansell Stadium and Hollidaysburg ...

Golden State Valkyries hoping to avoid slow start

ATLANTA — There should be no problem with the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream approaching the first WNBA Finals Game 7 in league history with a sense of urgency. Then again, that’s what Golden State coach Natalie Nakase thought about Game 6. She was baffled that her team somehow ...

NYC Marathon celebrating birthday

NEW YORK — Fifty years ago, the New York City Marathon ran through all five boroughs of the city for the first time. There were just over 2,000 competitors in that seventh running of the race, including only 88 women. Now about 60,000 runners will step up to the starting line Sunday with nearly half of them women. Bill Rodgers, a year after winning the Boston Marathon for the first time, won in the debut of the five-borough course and is the only man to win the event four times, from 1976-79. “I remember everything distinctly, it was so intense,” Rodgers recalled Thursday. ...

Antonelli needs top 10 finish to win F1 trophy

MEXICO CITY — If Kimi Antonelli was still feeling the effects of an illness that kept him from a media session, it certainly didn’t show on the track. The 20-year-old Mercedes driver — who is aiming to become the youngest champion in Formula 1 history this weekend — finished second ...

Big 12 boss checking out

IRVING, Texas — Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark is leaving the conference after four years that included transformational change in the league and college sports. The decision comes about a year and a half after Yormark signed a three-year contract extension that was to run through 2030. ...