Johnny Franco once dreamt of being a professional football player when he was just a boy growing up in Altoona. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, but he still left his mark in Blair County on the scholastic level, and at the collegiate level at IUP. He will have a Hall of Fame credential ...
INDIANAPOLIS — The FBI is teaming with the NCAA to start a program to combat sexual exploitation of college athletes whose private images are increasingly found and targeted online in an era when they use their name, image and likeness to enhance their own marketability. The FBI, which unveiled the collaboration Monday, said bad actors typically target athletes through phishing, and also by password and PIN targeting and by portraying themselves as social media customer service representatives with urgent requests to reset passwords. “Athletes have large social media followings, ...
DALLAS — SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings has a jammed finger on his throwing hand that will limit him in fall camp for the next week or two, though there are no concerns about his availability for the season opener. Coach Rhett Lashlee said Monday, four weeks before the Mustangs open at ...
CRESSON — Quintin Dziabo won the championship flight at Summit Country Club in this past weekend’s stroke-play club championship. Dziabo shot a two-day total of 144, besting runner-up Collin Reese by seven strokes. Cody Trabert was third one stroke back of Reese. Adam Moreland won the ...
Cumming Motors failed to capitalize on a bevy of scoring opportunities over the first five innings in its Altoona Teener Minor 13U Baseball League championship game with J.P. Auto Mart Monday night at Seitz Field, stranding a total of 10 baserunners and trailing 7-4. But the bottom of the ...
LOYSBURG — A year ago, Juniata Valley and Claysburg-Kimmel met in the District 6 Class 1A semifinals with a shot at playing at Mansion Park for a district title on the line. That won’t happen in 2026. A major shakeup in Class 1A within the district added Bishop McCort Catholic Academy to ...
