YOUNGSTOWN — With a new mayor starting next month, city council voted down a request from the current administration to create a new job in the community planning and economic development department. Council voted 5-2 Wednesday against legislation, sponsored by outgoing Mayor Jamael Tito ...

TAMPA, Fla. — South Florida has hired Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline to become the program’s seventh head coach. Hartline replaces Alex Golesh, who left for Auburn last week. “Brian Hartline was our clear-cut first choice to lead our football program into the most ...

CLEVELAND — Deni Avdija scored 27 points, Caleb Love and Shaedon Sharpe added 20 apiece off the bench and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a three-game losing streak, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-110 on Wednesday night. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 33 points, and Evan Mobley ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin and Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza each have one prize in mind for their showdown this weekend in Indianapolis: a Big Ten championship. It’s another one — Heisman Trophy winner — that will consume most of next week’s ...

Youngstown State released a list Wednesday of the 19 Class of 2026 football players who signed with the program. Of the 19, 11 are defensive players, while there are seven offensive players and one long snapper. The players who have signed are as follows: Bray Adams, DB, St. Edward; Caleb ...

YOUNGSTOWN — There’s an extra layer that comes once Horizon League play begins. The games have more significance for postseason hopes come March, plus there’s an added physicality and grittiness required against teams that have plenty of familiarity with one another. Youngstown State ...