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Monken says Browns' offense could be 'smoother'

CLEVELAND — Todd Monken didn't expect there would be as many growing pains with the Cleveland Browns' offense as there have been through six games. Then again, hardly anyone expected the Browns to be 4-2 and leading the AFC North in Monken's first season as their coach. That's where they ...

NBA tips off with many contenders

LeBron James went to Philadelphia. Giannis Antetokounmpo moved to Miami. Kawhi Leonard returned to Toronto. A dozen or so former All-Star selections, the majority of them being former All-NBA picks, changed addresses this offseason as well. And they’re all chasing the New York Knicks. The ...

Florida is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 men's poll

Florida will start the men's college basketball season where it ended it two seasons ago: No. 1. The Gators were the overwhelming pick to top the preseason AP Top 25 on Monday, receiving 47 of the 59 first-place votes from a panel of national media. It is the first time that coach Todd ...

Rays beat Guardians to go to World Series

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Freddy Peralta threw 5 1/3 gritty innings, Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz each hit a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night to advance to the World Series for the third ...

Phillips talks YSU football ahead of bye week

BEAVER TOWNSHIP – With their 35-22 victory over Northern Iowa this past weekend a fading memory, Youngstown State head football coach Doug Phillips will do anything but rest over the next 11 days during a much welcomed bye week. Currently 6-2 through eight games, the Penguins are in sole possession of the top spot in the Missouri Valley Football Conference at 4-1 with three league games remaining. Saturday’s win over the Panthers vaulted YSU into the No. 4 spot in this week’s FCS rankings, up two spots after No. 1 South Dakota State and No. 4 Lehigh suffered losses in their ...

MLB qualifying offer price rises to $23.15 million

NEW YORK — The price of a qualifying offer for this year’s major league free agents rose 5.1% to $23.15 million from $22,025,000. The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year. The price dropped by $100,000 to $17.8 million in 2019, then rose to $18.9 million in 2020, fell $500,000 in 2021 and rose to $19.65 million in 2022, $20,325,000 in 2023 and $21.05 million in 2024. Qualifying offers began after the 2012 season, and only 18 of 157 offers have been accepted. A free agent can be made a qualifying offer only if he has been with the same ...