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YSU men’s, women’s basketball announce new signings

Local Sports

YOUNGSTOWN — Both the Youngstown State men’s and women’s basketball programs announced the signings of two players for the Class of 2026 this week. The YSU men signed 6-foot-2 shooting guard Jacob Spurlock from Ashland, Kentucky, and 6-foot combo guard Kaelen Destin from the Bronx, N.Y ...

Area teams get taste of football weather ahead of Week 13

High School Sports

When the 2025 high school football season began with conditioning back in July, coaches and players were met with temperatures which, at times, reached past 90 degrees with high humidity. When area playoff teams took to the practice field earlier this week, they did so while the Mahoning ...

Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase pleads not guilty to charges

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NEW YORK — Cleveland Guardians star pitcher Emmanuel Clase pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he took bribes to help gamblers win bets on his pitches. The 27-year-old reliever was released on $600,000 bond following his appearance in Brooklyn federal court. Clase also surrendered ...

Browns OC Tommy Rees hopes to help with Dillon Gabriel’s accuracy

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BEREA — Browns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees accomplished some of his goals in his first game calling plays last week, a 27-20 loss to the New York Jets. However, one area where Rees needs to make progress is helping Dillon Gabriel improve his accuracy. Ahead of Cleveland’s game Sunday ...

Ex-Cleveland State basketball coach Kevin Mackey dies at 80

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CLEVELAND — Kevin Mackey, who coached Cleveland State to an improbable victory over Bob Knight-led Indiana in the 1986 NCAA Tournament on the way to a berth in the Sweet 16 but whose college coaching career ended abruptly under the cloud of drug abuse, has died. He was 80. Mackey died of a ...