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BROOKE STARTS WITH A BIG WIN HAMLIN — The Brooke football team started its season with a big victory, making the four-hour trip to Lincoln County a successful one with a 46-6 win. Kamden Sperringer had huge night for the Bruins, throwing five touchdown passes. His TD tosses went to Micheal Gibson (35 yards), Bryden Horstin (55 yards and 60 yards), Rylan Figgs (12 yards) and Jack Garvey (26 yards). Cole Bolen ran for a 1-yard score for the Bruins, who led 46-0 at halftime, and Kaleb Neilsen returned an interception 45 yards for a score. The Bruins have a bye week next week ...

Cardinals beat Pirates 4-1 as Mathews gets his first MLB win

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Quinn Mathews allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings for his first major league win and Jimmy Crooks hit a two-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Mathews (1-2) threw 102 pitches in the longest of his four ...

Wacha dominates for 8 innings as Royals blank Guardians

CLEVELAND (AP) — Michael Wacha dominated Cleveland's lineup by allowing just four singles over eight innings as the Kansas City Royals stayed scorching hot with a 3-0 win on Friday night to end the Guardians' winning streak at seven games. Wacha (8-8) was in control from his first pitch to ...

Steelers center Frazier reflects on early NFL career, talks WVU

MORGANTOWN — Zach Frazier patiently waited for his phone to ring as the picks went by in the 2024 NFL Draft. Frazier was one of the top center prospects in the class out of West Virginia University. He was a three-time All-Big 12 offensive lineman and a freshman All-American during his Mountaineer career from 2020 to 2023. There was a team Frazier had his eye on. He’s from Fairmont, West Virginia, which was just an hour and a half from Pittsburgh, so his favorite teams growing up were the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the second round, the Steelers had the 51st pick, so if he was going to ...

Texas judge puts SEC’s new eligibility rule on hold

Two days after the Southeastern Conference passed a rule barring players from returning to the league from the pros, a Texas judge put that rule on hold Thursday in a case involving more than 40 players. It was the latest piece of news in what has turned into a breakneck week of legal ...