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Half-dozen college football coaches in hot spotlight

Patience for poor performance is a rarity in college football and that’s only become more clear in recent years. Eight power four coaches were jobless by November in 2025, and fifteen Bowl Subdivision coaches were fired throughout the season, totaling a record $270 million in buyout ...

Penn State position series: Quarterback

Following is a preseason series on Penn State’s position groups and a key player to watch from each: POSITION: Quarterback Player to watch: Alex Manske (No. 7) Class: Redshirt freshman Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 210 pounds Career to this point: Played in three games as a true freshman ...

Building II girls champions

Hollidaysburg won the Building II Athletic Club 5th-6th grade girls basketball league. Team members include (from left): Front row—Riley Miller, Hannah Stultz, Jocelyn Zimmerman, Brooklynn Bender. Second row—League director Mark Bennett, Coach A.J. Bender, Caroline Parrish, Addlyn Klock, ...

Building II boys champions

Altoona beat Hollidaysburg, 39-34, to win the Building II Athletic Club 7th-8th grade boys basketball league. Team members include (from left): First row—Branson Trostle, Landon Connolly, Brayden Kaack, Kason Gamber, Jaxon Wagner. Second row—Kam Hall, Cole Taneyhill, Camden Cobler, Kade ...

Lakemont junior high champs

Hollidaysburg’s ninth-grade team won the CBRC Lakemont Park’s Junior High championship. Team members include (from left to right): Josh Montrella, Andrew Albarano, Matthew Bonin, Maddux McKee, Nik Peppetti, Dom Vyborny, Nico Weigering, Holden Schneider, Brennan Kirsch, Coach Don Ellis.

Infantino, FIFA ‘deceptive’

UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC believe that FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s recent plan to sell an interest in the World Cup was a “fundamental breach of trust” with the institutions world soccer’s governing body serves. In an “open letter to the football family” revealed on Monday, UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC also said that “when trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned.” UEFA runs soccer in Europe, CONCACAF does the same for North, Central America and the ...