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INDIAN CREEK BLANKS BEAVER LOCAL CALCUTTA — The Indian Creek football team continued its playoff push with a big win on the road at Buckeye 8 Conference for Beaver Local on Friday night, 27-0. Bruce Mazar ran for a 2-yard touchdown run and hauled in another score on a 5-yard pass from ...

Toronto earns top seed in OVAC tourney, Oak Glen, Madonna also make cut

TORONTO - The journey is worth it. The Toronto volleyball team wants to finish it. Toronto swept Harrison Central, 25-18, 25-12, 25-21, Thursday night on Senior Night inside the George J. Kunzler Memorial Gymnasium to cap off the regular season with a stellar record of 18-2. As a result of their strong showing so far this season, the Red Knights claimed the OVAC Class 2A regular season championships giving them the No. 1 seed in the upcoming conference tournament. "It's great," second-year Toronto head coach Shannon Bahen said. "It is a credit to the girls. As you know, I am also ...

McCarthy staying the course with uneven Steelers

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy spent the weekend after Pittsburgh's uneven performance in a Thursday night loss to Cleveland poring over tape to find areas where the Steelers could improve. The first-year coach knows he's hardly alone. "You're hard-pressed to find a team or two that ...

Johnson gives Blue Jackets shootout win over Penguins

COLUMBUS (AP) — Kent Johnson scored the only goal in a shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night. Damon Severson had a goal and an assist for Columbus. Mathieu Olivier also scored, and Cole Sillinger added two assists. Cam Talbot made 20 ...

Steelers’ players say tempers a sign of passion, not impatience

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers learned the NFL is a reality show, complete with cameras that rarely miss a thing — particularly anything he does — long, long ago. So forgive the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback if he doesn't get worked up over a little jawing during the course of a ...

NFL urges the Supreme Court to rule on regulation of prediction markets

The NFL is urging the Supreme Court to rule on the regulation of prediction markets after the league accounted for $1.8 billion in trading volume on the first Sunday of this season alone, arguing that states are better positioned to oversee sports-related contracts "given the current landscape." The NFL filed a brief Thursday in support of New Jersey's request for a high court decision on the governing authority for prediction markets, which provide an opportunity to trade — or wager — on the result of future events. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has maintained it ...