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YSU prepares for matchups with Toledo, Akron

Local Sports

YOUNGSTOWN — Thanksgiving is on the minds of people across the country, but the Youngstown State women’s basketball team has its sights set on the next couple games. The Penguins have Mid-American Conference opponents Toledo and Akron on the schedule this week. The matchups with regional ...

Balash talks about YSU, changing sports landscape

High School Sports

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — With 16,900 sportscasts (and counting) to his credit, 21 WFMJ Sports Director Dana Balash is the longest tenured sports anchor in the history of the Youngstown market. In a business where news and sports reporters, anchors and weather gurus come and go, oftentimes using ...

Bernie Kosar is discharged from hospital

Local Sports

Bernie Kosar was discharged from the hospital Monday, a week after receiving a liver transplant. The former star quarterback for the Cleveland Browns and the University of Miami received the transplant on Nov. 17 at UH Cleveland Medical Center in University Circle. He identified the donor as ...

Devil is in the details for Steelers

Local Sports

PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin thrives living on the margins. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach loves it when things get “thick,” to borrow one of his favorite words. Things have rarely been murkier during Tomlin’s 19-year tenure than they are right now for the Steelers (6-5). Pittsburgh’s ...

Ingram, Raptors down Cavs

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TORONTO — Brandon Ingram scored 15 of his season-high 37 points in the third quarter, Scottie Barnes had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-99 on Monday night for their eighth straight win. Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 12 points and Immanuel ...