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Sheetz rallies to oust Cumming Motors from Teener playoffs

Sheetz overcame a 10-0 deficit and scored 18 unanswered runs to beat Cumming Motors, 18-10, to sweep a best-of-three Altoona Teener Major League semifinal series at Seitz Field on Thursday night. Shane Gority drove in five runs on three hits, including a triple, for Sheetz — which had 19 ...

Carmichael hits 2 HRs in victory for Curve

The Altoona Curve continued their season-long home run display Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field in a 14-10 win over Chesapeake with five long balls. Those home runs brought Altoona’s total for the season to 108 through 99 games. Coming into Thursday’s game, 20 different players ...

Europe will boycott World Cup over Infantino

GENEVA — European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors. The North American soccer body rejected his plan later the same day. “UEFA ...

Steelers' Jones thinks about health more than future

LATROBE — At the time, Broderick Jones thought it was no big deal. Walking off the field in Chicago last November after taking an awkward hit from Bears defensive end Dominique Robinson — whose chest smacked into the top of Jones’ helmet after trying and failing to knock down a pass — ...

Hole-in-one

Jeff Maier made a hole-in-one while playing golf at the Sinking Valley Country Club. Maier hit the shot on No. 10 from the gold tees. It was witnessed by John Frederick and Joey DeAntonio.

Big Ten commissioner seeks college football expansion clarity

CHICAGO — The Big Ten appears to be in no hurry to change its status as the only major conference that doesn’t require its schools to schedule at least one nonconference game against another Power Four member each year. Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said this week at the Big Ten ...