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Saint Francis golfer Trent Meyers, PSU Altoona athletes honored

Local Sports

LORETTO — Altoona Area High School graduate Trent Meyers, a member of the Saint Francis men’s golf team, was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large team. Meyers, a rising junior, boasts a 3.87 grade-point average with a finance major. Meyers averaged 80.8 ...

Buss family to sell Lakers

National Sports

The Buss family has agreed to sell the controlling stake of the Los Angeles Lakers to TWG Global CEO Mark Walter, doing so with a franchise valuation of $10 billion — the most ever for a professional sports franchise, a person with knowledge of the agreement said. As part of the deal, Jeanie ...

NCAA transfers see irony in loyalty criticism

National Sports

Hailey Van Lith was one year away from tying a bow on a traditional college career at Louisville and being cemented as one of the most decorated four-year starters in Cardinals history. She had just led her team to its third straight Elite Eight appearance and put up career-high numbers, ...

Javier Baez, Detroit Tigers power past Pittsburgh Pirates

National Sports

DETROIT — Javier Báez hit two of the Detroit Tigers’ four home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Báez hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings on the day he reached 10 years of major league service. Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also homered ...

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds’ wife goes into labor

National Sports

DETROIT — Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds left Tuesday night’s loss to the Detroit Tigers in the second inning when his wife went into labor. Reynolds struck out to end the top of the first and didn’t make a play in the field in the bottom of the inning. He was replaced by ...

Florida Panthers capture second straight Stanley Cup

National Sports

SUNRISE, Fla. — Stanley’s stay in South Florida is getting extended. The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL’s first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ‘21 and the ...