PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes kept the American League’s top team in relative check for six innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of some sloppy play by the Toronto Blue Jays to pull away for a 5-2 victory on Monday night. Skenes bounced back from a rare shaky performance in ...

COLUMBUS — When Ryan Day announced Monday that Julian Sayin will be Ohio State’s starting quarterback in its opener against Texas on Aug. 30 he portrayed the competition between Lincoln Kienholz and Sayin for the No.1 quarterback’s job at OSU as very close. Many people on the outside ...

West Virginia nickels and Sams coach Henry Weinreich went to Rhodes College in Memphis to play Division III football. At the DIII level, there are no scholarships, so the goal realistically isn’t to play football, but to pursue a career in a certain field. Weinreich’s mom, who moved from ...

erged as the winner of the Cleveland Browns’ four-way quarterback competition. The Browns announced on Monday that Flacco will get the start when the Browns host AFC North rival Cincinnati in the Sept. 7 opener. Coach Kevin Stefanski indicated over the past week that decision was coming. ...

CHICAGO — Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday in the rubber game of the weekend series. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ian Happ each had two hits for Chicago, which had dropped four of five before a 3-1 ...

STEUBENVILLE — Catholic Central battled visiting Bishop Rosecrans Saturday afternoon through four sets, but ultimately, came up on the losing end of a 25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 25-23 verdict. The loss drops the Crusaders to 0-2, but new head coach Kaylyn Cochran, the match held plenty of ...