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Fink reflects on experience of playing in Senior golf event

Ever wonder what it would be like to play in one of golf’s major championships? That’s exactly what Altoona’s Artie Fink Jr. experienced last week when he was one of 156 golfers who competed in the 2026 U.S. Senior Open at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio. A lengthy 7,170-yard ...

France on to Cup semis

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Kylian Mbappe had a goal and an assist after missing a first-half penalty kick, Ousmane Dembele scored the other goal and France beat Morocco 2-0 Thursday in the World Cup quarterfinals. Mbappe’s goal in the 60th minute was the 20th of his World Cup career and came in his 20th match at the tournament, moving him one behind Argentina captain Lionel Messi. Dembele scored his fifth goal of the tournament in the 66th. Mbappe was taken down in the 76th minute and was taken off for a substitute a minute later. He was then shown sitting on the bench with an ice pack ...

‘Ferytale’ rolls on at Wimbledon

LONDON — If he keeps playing like this, Arthur Fery might just become Wimbledon royalty. Fery grew up five minutes from the All England Club and now the 114th-ranked player is a semifinalist at the grass-court Grand Slam. The 23-year-old British player, who needed a wild-card invitation to ...

Power clubs big part of quarterfinals at World Cup

Eight teams are left in the World Cup, and the quarterfinals feature the top four countries in FIFA’s pretournament men’s world rankings plus two others in the top 10. France looks like a juggernaut and is the betting favorite at just under 2-1, followed by Spain and defending champion ...

Curve put together big fourth inning in victory

There is plenty of optimism in the Altoona Curve clubhouse as the team feels it has what it takes to make a run in the second half of the Eastern League season. On Wednesday night, in the second game of the series against Richmond, the Curve took an early lead, allowed the Flying Squirrels to ...