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NHL will help with TV deals

National Sports

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes are one of four teams that will have their game telecasts produced and distributed by the NHL for the upcoming season. The league announced Tuesday that the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues will also have local broadcasts done by NHL Productions when the season begins in late September. The NHL is branching out into centralized production of local telecasts because regional sports networks are disappearing. Seven franchises had agreements last season with Main Street Sports, which went out of business at the end of ...

Season comes to an end for Claysburg Legion baseball team

Local Sports

CLAYSBURG — Claysburg Legion Post 522 led by one until Philipsburg Phils Post 437 put up eight runs in a 10-4 loss that ended its season in the American Legion Region 7 action at Claysburg-Kimmel High School Tuesday. Troy McNichol blasted a three-run homer in the top of the third to give ...

NFL training camps ready to open around the country

National Sports

The countdown is over. NFL training camp has arrived. Every team is 0-0 so there’s hope in each city that this season ends with a championship parade. Bryce Young and the defending NFC South champion Carolina Panthers report Wednesday. So do the Arizona Cardinals, led by rookie head coach ...

Clark, Ravech part of ESPN’s layoffs

National Sports

ESPN is undergoing a significant round of layoffs for the first time in three years after taking over NFL Network in April. Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo to employees Tuesday morning, obtained by The Associated Press, that most moves are the result of ESPN’s acquisition of NFL ...

New SEC college football schedule to cancel some rivalries

National Sports

TAMPA, Fla. — It used to be the biggest rivalry game of the week, the month — maybe the entire season. In 2026, Florida and Tennessee will be complete strangers. Their once-a-year matchup that, back in the day, featured Steve Spurrier, Peyton Manning, Phil Fulmer and snark that sometimes ...

Players propose expanding MLB draft

National Sports

NEW YORK — Baseball players proposed expanding eligibility for the amateur draft rather than decreasing it, maintaining 20 rounds of selections and moving it back to June in a signal the sport is heading to a labor confrontation this offseason. During a two-hour bargaining session Tuesday ...