LINCOLN, Neb. — Tom Osborne, who coached Nebraska to three national championships in the 1990s and ended his career with one of the highest winning percentages in college football history, on Wednesday became the first living person voted into the state historical society’s Nebraska Hall ...
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert discussed what more can be done to protect players from online harassment during a virtual meeting with the players’ union executive committee and the union’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The call Tuesday night came at the union’s request. Players have been sharing threats and harassment they’ve received on social media over the last few weeks. Chelsea Gray of the Las Vegas Aces posted a message from a man that included a racial slur. The man was tracked down and fired from his job at Hilton Grand Vacations. “The ...
BETHLEHEM — Charlie Woods failed to reach match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur after falling short in a 14-player playoff for two spots. The son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods was tied for 63rd on Tuesday after shooting rounds of 76 and 70 over two courses at Saucon Valley for a 5-over total. He was eliminated with a bogey Wednesday after being bothered by the clicking sound of a phone camera during his third shot of the first playoff hole, a distraction that would not likely come into play for other juniors. Woods hit his second shot on the par-5 first hole into the rough ...
VOIRON, France — Jasper Philipsen capped a fine team performance Wednesday to win stage 17 of the Tour de France, where defending champion Tadej Pogacar protected his overall lead. Mathieu van der Poel led his Alpecin-Premier Tech teammate Philipsen to his first stage victory of this Tour ...
MH Electric Services led Imler’s Poultry, 3-2, heading into the top of the fifth inning, but Imler’s used a seven-run inning, and ended the game with four more in the sixth, winning 13-3 on Wednesday to tie the teams’ best-of-three Altoona AAABA semifinal series, and force a deciding ...
Both Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Gold and Karpro Tire & Auto Center — an Altoona junior high girls basketball team entry — had to manage a doubleheader as part of the Building II Girls Basketball League playoffs Wednesday night before meeting in its championship — on the same ...
