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LIV Golf begins laying off employees while downsizing to restructure without Saudi funding

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LIV Golf has informed employees their jobs will end next week as the league begins life without Saudi funding, downsizing operations as it pursues an agreement with a lead investor to reshape the league for next year. It was not clear how many or what percentage of employees are being laid off. LIV ended its fifth season last week outside Indianapolis, one week earlier than expected. The staff reduction was not a surprise. LIV Golf learned in April the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia would end financial backing after this season. LIV in July filed a notice under the Worker ...

MLB proposes limiting free agent signings to a few weeks in December and then from February on

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball proposed limiting free-agent signings to several weeks in December and then from early February on each offseason along with a trade ban during the gap in-between, a plan aimed at creating more of an offseason transaction flurry similar to those in the NFL and NBA. The plan offered to the players' association Thursday is contingent on adoption of the salary cap system MLB proposed in May, which the union has vowed never to accept. "A cap-and-floor system would unlock additional opportunities to improve the game for players and fans, creating ...

Steelers center Frazier reflects on early NFL career, talks WVU

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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 ...

Big Red rolls on Legends Night

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STEUBENVILLE — On a night they were honoring legends of the past, the Big Red football team put together a legendary performance. Steubenville scored the first 30 points of the game and did not look back, rolling to a 44-14 running clock win over visiting Dover on Legends Night at Harding ...

Wacha dominates for 8 innings as Royals blank Guardians

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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 ...