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Jays unhappy with Santander

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TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays say a series of anti-Muslim videos posted by Anthony Santander on the right-fielder’s social media account do not represent the team’s values and beliefs. The team issued the statement after Santander posted the videos in the aftermath of the U.S. midterm elections. He deleted them on Thursday. The videos included a Christian preacher saying, “There is no such thing as kind Muslims,” with another suggesting Sharia law would be imposed on the U.S. after Abdul El-Sayed was elected to the senate in Michigan. El-Sayed is the son of Egyptian ...

Hockey sets high bar for toughness, class

Sports

George Carlin had a famous bit where he contrasted the differences between baseball and football. With all due respect to one of my favorite comedians, I want to compare all sports to hockey. First, hockey players play. It’s not uncommon for a hockey player to come off the ice, head to the locker room for 15 stitches and miss maybe one shift. Same with broken bones and ligament tears. Basketball players with hangnails miss more time than college kids with 8 a.m. biology classes. Except for linemen, is it my imagination or does every football team have a player or two wearing ...

There’s room on Brewers’ bandwagon

Guest Columns

My brother Seth and I are the only Milwaukee Brewers fans we know. Growing up in Altoona in the 1990s, Seth cheered for the Indians, and I rooted for the Red Sox. We both liked Richie Sexson, Cleveland’s 6-foot-8 first baseman who sometimes played left field. When he got traded to ...

High School Football Live Scoreboard — Week 11

High School Football

DISTRICT 6-8-10 PLAYOFFS CLASS 6A SEMIFINALS State College 55, Erie 0 — FINAL Altoona 41, McDowell 34 — 4th DISTRICT 2-6-9 PLAYOFFS CLASS 5A SEMIFINALS Hollidaysburg 42, DuBois 22 — FINAL Abington Heights 40, Pittston Area 7 — FINAL DISTRICT 6 PLAYOFFS CLASS 3A ...

State delivers funds to improve state parks

Outdoors

The Shapiro Administration recently marked the opening of the North Pocono Trail, highlighting a combined $3.5 million investment in expanding outdoor recreation and improving transportation infrastructure in Lackawanna County. The event marks the official opening of 3.2 miles of new ...

Striped bass could be facing collapse

Outdoors

MONTAUK, N.Y. — Striped bass fishing has been Bill Jakob’s passion for more than 60 years, and he remembers an era when he’d spend all night casting his line into the crashing waves off Montauk and get eight or nine fish ranging up to 40 pounds, a big catch by anyone’s ...