ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael Wacha came close, again. The St. Louis righty lost a no-hit bid in the ninth inning for the second time in his career, denied when pinch-hitter Colin Moran led off with a single Sunday in the Cardinals’ 5-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. “It’s just a ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After suffering through a historic streak of walk-off losses, the Minnesota Twins were only too happy to reverse the trend. Eddie Rosario hit his third homer of the game, launching a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Twins over the Cleveland ...
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. had his car parked on the White House lawn and was feted with a day in his honor in his home state of New Jersey. Nearly seven months after winning his first NASCAR Cup championship, Truex’s whirlwind victory tour remains on a barnstorming ...
DETROIT (AP) — Ryan Hunter-Reay won his first IndyCar race since 2015, prevailing at Belle Isle after teammate Alexander Rossi slid off the track at a turn with about seven laps to go. Rossi, the pole winner, was struggling to hold off Hunter-Reay before the mishap at a right turn on lap 64 ...
COLUMBUS — Just as was the theme all season long, the Steubenville track and field boys team, along with the Indian Creek girls squad, brought home more hardware after the second and final day of the state tournament on Saturday in Columbus. Big Red’s Jonathan Blackmon received two ...
STEUBENVILLE — The focus for the new-look Jefferson County Teramana Post 33 squad and coach Anthony Pierro in Saturday’s season opener was to get different guys on the field and start the process of coming together as a team. That process resulted in a 11-1 season-opening, 10-run rule ...
CHESTNUT HILL — Joanna Bernabei McNamee continues to ascend the collegiate coaching ladder. McNamee was named head women’s basketball coach at Boston College on April 10. The Beantown appointment comes on the heels of her impressive two-year stint at the University of Albany. “It was ...
ST. LOUIS — Kolten Wong has a flair for the dramatic. Wong led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a home run off Richard Rodriguez, giving the Cardinals a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. “You see guys that in those big situations tend to have the ability to get it ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — All the chatter is that underdog Cleveland could be completely deflated from the way it flopped in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Determined and as motivated as ever might be more appropriate and fitting whenever LeBron James is in the mix. “It’s one of the toughest ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Two days later, there is still no clarity on what J.R. Smith knew when he grabbed that offensive rebound in the final seconds of regulation of Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Not even in Smith’s own mind. “I can’t say I was sure of anything at that point,” Smith ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lance Lynn made this start harder on himself with five walks and one hit Cleveland batter. The recently revived Minnesota lineup made it a lot easier. Eddie Rosario hit a two-run homer and Brian Dozier drove in two runs to support Lynn’s third straight victory, ...
WEIRTON — When Jason Swartzmiller inherited the Weirton Post 10 American Legion baseball team two years ago, he had a bunch of young players that scrapped and played hard, but basically found it difficult to compete with the more experienced teams. In 2017, Swartzmiller’s club went to the ...
COLUMBUS — The track and field season began in early March with thinclads dreaming of making the trip to Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium for the annual OHSAA State Track and Field Championship. Once that goal is achieved, like it was for 29 area competitors, the ...
TORONTO — The game was closer than the final score indicated. The Toronto Post 86 Legion baseball team took the lead, but Tuscarawas County Post 205 plated multiple runs in three innings en route to pulling away for an 8-3 victory in the season-opening game for both teams Friday evening at ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — J.R. Smith’s blunder, a disputed replay overturn and a key missed free throw dealt the Cleveland Cavaliers an emotionally crushing loss in an opener of the NBA Finals that was ripe to be taken away from the defending champion Golden State Warriors. The Cavs spent the off ...
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James’ face said it all. J.R. Smith messed up. And the Cleveland Cavaliers paid for his mistake as they lost Game 1 of the NBA Finals 124-114 to the Golden State Warriors in overtime. The score was tied at 107 with 4.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Cleveland ...
BAY VILLAGE (AP) — Hue Jackson surfaced from the chilly water soaked and smiling before he raised both arms in triumph. Cleveland’s coach hasn’t had many moments to celebrate during two miserable seasons with the Browns, so this felt like a victory over the dreaded Steelers. A very ...
WHEELING — Right before it came to bat in the sixth inning, Edison’s Spencer Bendle, coaching Ohio in the OVAC Tom Bechtel All-Star Softball Game, told St. Clairsville’s Amaya Smith and Maddy Vickers they were going to be the first two players to score for their team. Sure enough, ...
CADIZ — One local team has its new head football coach, and another has to begin a new search. Anthony Hayes, a former Harrison Central assistant who was hired to take over Toronto’s football team in February, is coming home to Cadiz to guide the Huskies instead. The Harrison Central ...
TORONTO — Toronto Post 86 begins another season of American Legion baseball tonight, and according to coach Steve Sninchak, the expectations for this version of his club are higher than in recent years. The focus for Post 86 is being at its best when the tournament rolls around. “The ...