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YSU motivated to return to form after down season

YOUNGSTOWN — Coming off a down year by recent standards, the Youngstown State men’s basketball team is looking to return to form for the 2026-27 season. Last year, the Penguins started off with high hopes. But a seven-game losing streak early in Horizon League play put YSU in a hole that ...

MLB testing outfield positioning rules in minors

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Minnesota Twins prospect Kyle DeBarge walks a few steps to a worn-out patch of grass while playing center field during a recent Arizona Fall League game at Salt River Fields, glancing up at a small video board that lets him know if he's in the right spot. A few steps to ...

AP Top 25 reflects season's craziness

Three unbeaten teams remain in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the fewest at this point in a season in 49 years, and a run of upsets have caused The Associated Press Top 25 to undergo major revisions the last three weeks. No. 1 Miami was the only team in this week's poll to hold its spot from ...

Cavaliers rally, defeat T'wolves in OT

CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell had 26 points, including five points in overtime, and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 127-125 despite 47 points from Anthony Edwards. James Harden added 19 points, including a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left, and Evan Mobley scored 18 for the Cavaliers, who have won their last four home games against the Timberwolves. Meleek Thomas, the 34th overall pick in June’s NBA Draft, scored 16 in his NBA debut. It is the seventh time in Edwards' five-year career he has had at least 47 points in a game. It is the most he has ...

Steelers are winning games they're supposed to win

PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers knows what a playoff team looks like. And while the Pittsburgh Steelers are certainly contenders in the standings after a workmanlike 16-10 win over New Orleans on Sunday in Paris kept them tied atop the AFC North as the halfway point nears, the four-time MVP ...

USC's title hopes soar in talented Big Ten

JuJu Watkins is back on the court for third-ranked Southern California, and with her return, the Trojans' national championship aspirations are soaring. The preseason Big Ten Player of the Year who missed last season while recovering from a torn ACL takes the helm of a stacked roster that ...