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Gebhardt named Pitcher of the Year

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. –Youngstown State senior left-hander Braden Gebhardt (Howland) was named the 2026 Horizon League Pitcher of the Year as one of six Penguins to collect postseason honors when the league office announced its postseason award winners and all-league teams on Tuesday.

Gebhardt was also voted as a member of the All-Horizon League First Team while senior right-hander Jack Messmore and redshirt junior outfielder Brady Shannon (Ursuline) were selected to the All-Horizon League Second Team. In addition, freshmen infielders Alex Jang and Misael Uriepero and freshman left-hander Bryce Palms were named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team.

The Penguins had at least one player named to the All-Horizon League First Team for the sixth consecutive season. The Penguins have also had at least one player selected to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team in nine of the last 10 seasons that postseason awards have been handed out.

Gebhardt becomes the sixth player in YSU history and the first since Matt Brosky in 2022 to be named Horizon League Pitcher of the Year. The Howland, Ohio, native collects all-league recognition for the first time his accomplished career while becoming the fourth YSU pitcher since 2009 to garner First-Team All-Horizon League honors.

Gebhardt has enjoyed one of the most successful seasons on the mound in YSU history as a senior in 2026. The southpaw owns a 5-3 record, a 2.82 ERA and 99 strikeouts in 83 innings pitched over 14 starts. Gebhardt was named the Under Armour Horizon League Pitcher of the Week a record six times during the 2026 season, and he was named as one of 43 semifinalists for the 2026 College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Award on April 22. He is slated to match the YSU single-season school record with his 15th start of the season on Wednesday against Oakland in the 2026 Horizon League Baseball Championship.

With his fifth weekly HL honor of the 2026 season on May 11, Gebhardt became the first pitcher in Horizon League history to win the league’s Pitcher of the Week award five times in a single season. He is just the second pitcher to win the award on four or more occasions in season, and he became the sixth pitcher to win the award at least five times in a career. With this sixth weekly award of the campaign, Gebhardt became just the third pitcher in Horizon League history to win the award at least six times in a career. He was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week three times in as many weeks to begin the 2026 season. Gebhardt allowed his first earned run of the 2026 season during his 30th inning of work in his fifth start against Oakland on March 13.

Through games completed on May 17, Gebhardt leads the Horizon League while ranking 31st nationally with 99 strikeouts and 11th in the country with 14 games started. He also paces the league in ERA (2.82), innings pitched (83.0), WHIP (1.16) and strikeouts per nine innings (10.73). Gebhardt’s 99 strikeouts currently rank as the fifth most in a single season in program history. With one more punchout, he would become the first Penguin since Matt Brosky in 2022 to record 100 or more strikeouts in a season. The senior southpaw became just the ninth pitcher in YSU history to reach 200 career strikeouts in the series opener with Wright State on April 10. Gebhardt currently ranks sixth in program history with 235 career strikeouts, and he ranks 11th in school history with 242.0 career innings pitched.

Shannon is batting .250 while leading the Horizon League with 15 home runs and ranking seventh in the league with a .564 slugging percentage. The Youngstown, Ohio, native leads YSU with 15 homers, 38 runs scored, 35 RBIs and 97 total bases. Shannon went 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double and four RBIs in the series opener at NKU on March 27. He hit a go-ahead three-run blast in the top of the eighth inning in YSU’s 5-2 series-opening victory at Wright State on Thursday for his 15th homer of the season.

YSU will open the 2026 Horizon League Championship against Oakland today at 5 p.m. at Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

Kidd out as Mavericks head coach

DALLAS — Jason Kidd is out as coach of the Dallas Mavericks after five seasons, and two weeks after the club hired former Toronto Raptors executive Masai Ujiri as team president and governor.

The team said Tuesday it was parting ways with Kidd, describing the move as a mutual decision. The Hall of Fame point guard led the franchise to its only championship as a player in 2011.

When asked about the future of Kidd at his introduction on May 5, Ujiri was noncommittal, saying he would talk to Kidd while evaluating all aspects of the team.

“As we evaluate the future of our basketball program, we believe this is the right moment for a new direction for our team,” Ujiri said in a statement. “We have high expectations for this franchise and a responsibility to build a basketball organization capable of sustained championship contention.”

Kidd made two deep playoff runs with Luka Doncic, reaching the NBA Finals in 2024, two years after a loss to Golden State in the Western Conference finals.

Kidd finished with a .500 regular-season record (205-205) with the Mavericks, an appropriate illustration of the up-and-down nature of his tenure.

Nashville will host 2030 Super Bowl

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL is taking the 2030 Super Bowl to Nashville and the Tennessee Titans’ new Nissan Stadium after team owners voted Tuesday to hold the league’s championship game in the Music City for the first time.

Once the Titans broke ground on the $2.1 billion enclosed stadium, a Super Bowl being played in Nashville appeared to be only a matter of time. Commissioner Roger Goodell said in November that Nashville lacked only the stage after setting a new standard for the league with record attendance at the 2019 draft.

The Titans are on schedule to finish the new stadium directly across from the current Nissan Stadium in February, completing the three-year construction. Critics worried the planned capacity wasn’t big enough to host a Super Bowl, though league officials were updated throughout the process.

Awarding the 2030 Super Bowl to Nashville gives the Titans three full seasons to work out any kinks.

Controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk said the Titans are thrilled Nashville’s first Super Bowl is coming and thanked Goodell, her fellow NFL owners and the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp for their partnership.

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Curbstone to honor YSU runners

At Monday’s luncheon meeting of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township, they will honor the following Youngstown State Horizon League Champions:

• The 2025 Women’s Cross Country Champions

• The 2025 Men’s Cross Country Champions

• The 2026 Women’s Indoor Track and Field Champions

• The 2026 Men’s Indoor Track and Field Champions

• The 2026 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Champions

• The 2026 Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Champions

The event begins at 11:45 a.m., and the public is welcome to attend.

All sports fans are welcome and you do not need to be a current or former coach.

Chester-Newell catfish tourney set

The Chester-Newell Sportsman Club Ohio River Catfish Tournaments start May 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Participants can sign up at Chaney’s Sunoco in Chester, W.Va. Cost is $10 per fisherman.

There’s a 50% payback for longest catfish and 25% payback for lucky draw fish.

Participants must have a currant fishing license from West Virginia, Ohio or Pennsylvania to collect fishing pools.

Fish measurements will be from 6:30-7 a.m. that Sunay morning at Chester City Park Marina.

Other tournament dates are June 20, July 18, Aug. 15.

For info, call or stop at Chaney’s 3043873982 or Jim at 7402960176 after 5 p.m.

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Former 49er Charle Young, 75, dies

SAN FRANCISCO — Charle Young, an All-Pro tight end who helped the San Francisco 49ers win their first Super Bowl title, has died.

He was 75.

The 49ers said Tuesday they were told of Young’s death by his wife. No cause of death was disclosed.

Young played 13 seasons in the NFL for Philadelphia, the Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco and Seattle, with his greatest individual success coming with the Eagles before he later joined the 49ers and helped launch the dynasty started by Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh.

Young was picked sixth overall out of Southern California by Philadelphia in 1973 and made the Pro Bowl his first three seasons with the Eagles. He was an All-Pro as a rookie when he had 55 catches for 854 yards and six TDs and was a second-team All-Pro the following two seasons.

He then played for the Rams from 1977-79, helping Los Angeles reach the Super Bowl his final season there when he had three catches for 39 yards in the NFC title game win against Tampa Bay.

He then joined the 49ers the following season when Joe Montana took over as starting quarterback in Walsh’s second season as coach. Young had 37 catches for 400 yards and five TDs in 1981 when San Francisco won its first of five Super Bowls in 14 seasons.

Young scored the first playoff touchdown of that dynasty when he caught a TD pass from Montana in a divisional round win against the New York Giants. He added four more catches in the NFC championship game against Dallas and had another in the Super Bowl against Cincinnati.

He spent one more year in San Francisco before finishing his career with three seasons in Seattle.

Young finished his career with 418 catches for 5,106 yards and 27 touchdowns in 187 games. He ranked seventh among all tight ends in receptions and 11th in yards receiving at the time he retired following the 1985 season.

Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke, 29, dies

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died, the team, his agency and the NBA said Tuesday. He was 29.

Neither the Grizzlies nor Clarke’s agency, Priority Sports, provided any details about when, where or how Clarke died.

“We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke. Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even better person whose impact on the organization and the greater Memphis community will not be forgotten,” the Grizzlies said in a statement. “We express our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones during this difficult time.”

His agents wrote on social media that they were “beyond devastated” by Clarke’s death.

“He was so loved by all of us here and everyone whose life he touched,” Priority Sports said. “He was the gentlest soul who was the first to be there for all of his friends and family.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed sympathies to Clarke’s family and friends and the Grizzlies organization.

Clarke was arrested April 1 in Arkansas for speeding and possession of a controlled substance that was reportedly kratom, an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy that becomes illegal in Tennessee as of July 1. He was released on bond a day later.

Clarke was the 21st overall pick out of Gonzaga in the 2019 NBA draft by Oklahoma, which dealt his rights to the Grizzlies, who already took guard Ja Morant second overall. Clarke joined Morant on the NBA’s All-Rookie team in 2020, and the Grizzlies gave him a multiyear contract extension in October 2022.

Clarke averaged 10.2 points and 5.5 rebounds over his seven seasons with the Grizzlies.

NBA’s first openly gay player dies

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.

Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises. He revealed in 2013 that he was gay, an announcement that came toward the end of his playing career.

Collins had been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, which has an extremely low survival rate. He was 47.

“Jason changed lives in unexpected ways and was an inspiration to all who knew him and to those who admired him from afar,” Collins’ family said in a statement released through the NBA. “We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers over the past eight months and for the exceptional medical care Jason received from his doctors and nurses. Our family will miss him dearly.”

Just last week, Collins received the inaugural Bill Walton Global Champion Award at the Green Sports Alliance Summit. He was too ill to attend and his twin brother, former NBA player Jarron Collins, accepted for him.

“I told my brother this before I came here: He’s the bravest, strongest man I’ve ever known,” Jarron Collins said while accepting that award.

Jason Collins averaged 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in his career. He helped the New Jersey Nets reach two NBA Finals and in his best season averaged 6.4 points and 6.1 rebounds for them in 2004-05.

“Jason Collins’ impact and influence extended far beyond basketball as he helped make the NBA, WNBA and larger sports community more inclusive and welcoming for future generations,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “He exemplified outstanding leadership and professionalism throughout his 13-year NBA career and in his dedicated work as an NBA Cares Ambassador. Jason will be remembered not only for breaking barriers, but also for the kindness and humanity that defined his life and touched so many others.

“On behalf of the NBA, I send my heartfelt condolences to Jason’s husband, Brunson, and his family, friends and colleagues across our leagues.”

Jason Collins revealed his sexuality in a first-person account for Sports Illustrated in April 2013. He was a free agent at the time, said he wanted to keep playing, and went on to play in 22 games with Brooklyn the following season.

“If I had my way, someone else would have already done this,” he wrote at that time. “Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand.”

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Thompson to speak at Curbstone

Mahoning Valley Scrappers Assistant General Manager Matt Thompson will be the guest speaker at Monday’s luncheon meeting of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township.

The event begins at 11:45 a.m., and the public is welcome to attend.

All sports fans are welcome and you do not need to be a current or former coach.

Penguins outhit Milwaukee

NILES — The Youngstown State baseball team scored in five straight innings and held on for a 13-11 win over Milwaukee on Friday in the Horizon League series opener at 717 Credit Union Field at Eastwood.

Friday series opener, which was YSU’s annual Akron Children’s School Day Game, featured almost 3,900 area students in attendance to cheer on the Penguins. Youngstown State scored the first nine runs of the game starting with a single tally in the second before posting four runs in both the third and fourth innings.

The Panthers plated four of the game’s next five runs as the Penguins held a 10-4 advantage in the middle of the sixth inning. YSU scored the next three runs to build a 13-4 lead before Milwaukee scored seven times in the top of the ninth for the final margin.

After allowing a two-run single to bring the potential tying run to the plate, YSU reliever Kale Wemer induced a game-ending groundout to earn the save and secure the series-opening win for the Penguins.

The Penguins outhit the Panthers 16-9 to back another strong starting pitching performance from Braden Gebhardt (Howland), who earned his fourth win of the season. The senior left-hander allowed four runs, only one of which was earned, on four hits with eight strikeouts over six innings on the mound. Aidan English (South Range) was responsible for seven runs with four strikeouts over 2.2 innings of relief before Wemer came on to record the game’s final out.

YSU designated hitter Jack Messmore, who will be the Penguins’ starting pitcher on Saturday, finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run and five RBIs to pace the offensive attack. Misael Uriepero and Teddy Ruffner added three hits apiece while Brady Shannon (Ursuline) and Ryan Schummer each had two hits including a home run.

The Penguins took an early edge with a single run on three straight singles in the bottom of the second inning. Uriepero hit a one-out single, moved to second on a single from Ruffner and scored on an RBI single from Messmore to give YSU a 1-0 lead.

Youngstown State pushed its lead to 5-0 with four runs in the bottom of the third inning. Schummer belted a two-run blast to right field before Messmore delivered a two-out, two-run single.

The Penguins put together their second consecutive four-run inning in the bottom of the fourth to extend their lead to 9-0. Schummer and Luke Rossi delivered back-to-back RBI singles and Uriepero followed with a two-run double.

The Panthers got on the scoreboard and cut YSU’s lead to 9-3 with a three-run home run from Charlie Marion in the top of the fifth inning.

Shannon hit a solo blast to left field, his 14th home run of the season, in the bottom of the fifth inning to give the Penguins a 10-3 edge.

Dominic Kibler’s solo home run in the top of the sixth inning brought Milwaukee within 10-4, but YSU countered with a pair of runs in the home half of the sixth to lead 12-4. Messmore brought home the first run of the frame with an RBI groundout while James Carlson drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Messmore’s solo home run to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Guins a 13-4 edge heading into the top of the ninth.

Bradyn Horn and Joey Spence recorded back-to-back RBI singles before two straight bases-loaded walks from John Hadley and Tate Schmidt trimmed YSU’s advantage to 13-8 in Milwaukee’s half of the ninth inning. Connor Bozak scored on a wild pitch while Grant Ross’ two-out, two-run single accounted for the final two runs of the contest.

Ross, Marion and Horn each finished with two hits to lead the Panthers offensively.

MKE starter Gavin Theis surrendered nine runs on 11 hits over 3.1 innings in a losing effort while Aiden Fishnick allowed four runs on five hits over 4.2 innings out of the bullpen.

Youngstown State will go for the Horizon League series win over Milwaukee this afternoon. Game 2 of this weekend’s three-game series at 717 Credit Union Field at Eastwood is now scheduled for 1 p.m. and live audio will be available on 1390 WNIO and the iHeartRadio app.

NFL, refs reach agreement on CBA

The NFL and the NFL Referees Association agreed Friday on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement that avoids a potential work stoppage and use of replacement officials.

The agreement, which was approved by the union’s board of directors and ratified by a vote of the membership, runs through the 2032 NFL season.

The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement with the referees association had been set to expire on May 31, and the two sides began negotiating in the summer of 2024.

The league began the onboarding process for replacement officials last month because negotiations weren’t progressing. But they won’t be necessary.

The league and the union said in a joint statement that the deal covers a wide range of issues including economics, performance and accountability.

“This agreement is a testament to the joint commitment of the league and union to invest in and improve officiating,” said Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of football operations. “It also speaks to the game officials’ relentless pursuit of improvement and officiating excellence. We look forward to working together for the betterment of the game.”

Detailed terms weren’t released.

The NFL had sought increased access to officials in the offseason, a practice squad or bench of officials, a new formal training program and control of playoff assignments based on performance. A person with knowledge of the new deal told The Associated Press those priorities were met in the agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because contract details weren’t publicized.

A stalemate in 2012 resulted in a 110-day lockout and replacement referees were used.

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YSU softball takes home HL awards

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — After winning the regular-season championship by three games, the Youngstown State softball team earned a total of nine Horizon League Softball postseason awards, the conference announced on Tuesday.

Kennedy Kimball was named the 2026 Horizon League Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year, and Brian Campbell was named the 2026 Horizon League Coach of the Year.

The Penguins also placed a program-record six players on the all-league teams, including four on the first team and one on both the second team and third team.

Kimball, who became the first YSU pitcher to win pitcher of the week four times in one season, is the first player in league history to win both the freshman of the year and the pitcher of the year in the same season.

She is the fourth Youngstown State pitcher to win the league’s top pitcher and the first since Elle Buffenbarger in 2021. She is also just the second YSU freshman to earn the honor and the first since Kelly Murphy in 2003. The Windham, Maine native is also the seventh Penguin to be named freshman or newcomer of the year and the first since Jillian Jakse in 2021.

Kimball leads the Horizon League with a 7-1 record, a 3.31 earned run average and a .232 opponent batting average against league foes. Overall, Kimball is tied for the league lead with 11 victories, leads the conference with a 2.97 ERA and four shutouts and ranks fourth with 81 strikeouts.

Campbell, who led the Penguins to their third conference title in the last six years, captured his fourth coach-of-the-year award and the third since 2021. Campbell won the honor in 2012, 2021, 2024 and 2026. He led the Penguins to their eighth 30-win season with 31 victories this season, which marks the seventh time YSU won at least 30 games under his tenure.

Kimball, who is the first Youngstown State freshman pitcher named All-Horizon League First Team since Murphy, is joined on the first team by seniors Kennedy Dean and Emma Gilkerson and junior Lydia Wilkerson. Junior Tai Turner earnred All-Horizon League Second-Team honors while junior Selah Moyer was named to the third team.

Dean posted a breakout senior campaign leading the Penguins with a .374 batting average, 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 65 runs batted in. Her 65 RBIs set the YSU single-season RBI record and she is two home runs shy of setting the single-season home run record. Dean boasts a slugging percentage of .741, which is the third-highest in school history, and a 1.188 OPS.

Gilkerson, a two-time All-Horizon League selection, is making her second appearance on the first team after earning the honor in 2025. She was also a second-team selection in 2024. Gilkerson finished the regular season with a .359 batting average with seven doubles, 12 home runs and 43 runs batted in. She is tied with Dean for the team lead in home runs and ranks second on the squad with a .662 slugging percentage.

Wilkerson, a two-time All-Horizon League selection 2024 and 2025, closed out the regular season with a .364 average with 11 doubles, two triples four home runs and 27 runs batted in. A career .360 hitter, Wilkerson owns a .567 slugging percentage and a 1.005 OPS this season.

Turner and Moyer are both in their first seasons with the Penguins and have made a huge impact. Turner is second on the squad with a .368 batting average and has a team-high three triples. She also has a team-high 56 runs scored and needs three more to break the YSU single-season runs scored mark of 58 set in 2016 by Miranda Castiglione.

Moyer closed out the regular season with a .336 average with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 49 RBIs, and she owns a .647 slugging percentage and a 1.112 OPS. Her 49 runs batted in are tied for second on the single-season list and match the old program record.

Youngstown State will face the winner of the No. 4 Oakland-No. 5 Green Bay game on Thursday. First pitch is slated for 12 p.m. at the Covelli Sports Complex.

Taylor is released from hospital

NEW YORK — New York Giants Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor was discharged recently from the hospital following a stint for a stomach-related issue, his attorney said Tuesday.

Mark Eiglarsh said in an email to The Associated Press that Taylor is returning home to Florida after being hospitalized in Morristown, New Jersey, since April 20.

“He is grateful to now be on the road to recovery and hopes to be back on the golf course soon,” Eiglarsh said, adding that the 67-year-old expressed appreciation to the staff at Morristown Medical Center.

“Mr. Taylor would also like to sincerely thank everyone for the outpouring of love, support and prayers. Knowing that so many people were thinking of him and praying for his recovery gave him strength and helped carry him through a very challenging time.”

Taylor spent his entire 13-season NFL career with the Giants from 1981-93 and helped them win the Super Bowl twice while being an eight-time AP All-Pro selection and earning MVP honors in 1986. His No. 56 is retired by the organization, and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in 1999.

After his football career, Taylor pleaded guilty in New York in 2011 to misdemeanor criminal charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing an underage prostitute. He was sentenced to six years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender, and in 2021 and 2024 he was charged in Florida with failing to update his address on the state’s registry.

WNBA GMs: Wilson likely to repeat

NEW YORK — WNBA general managers voted Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson as the favorite to be named the league’s Most Valuable Player, according to an annual survey released Tuesday.

The Aces were also voted the favorites to repeat as league champions, according to the survey of all 15 general managers.

Wilson, who was last season’s MVP, received 60% of the votes, followed by the New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart with 27% and the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Atlanta Dream’s Allisha Gray with 7% each.

The Aces garnered 40% of the votes to win the WNBA title, followed by New York with 33% and Atlanta with 27%.

Olivia Miles, taken with the No. 2 pick in the draft by the Lynx, was voted the player most likely to win rookie of the year honors (73%) followed by top pick Azzi Fudd, who went to the Dallas Wings (20%).

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Curbstone idle on Monday

The Curbstone Coaches will not be having their weekly luncheon on Monday.

The 57th annual Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will be held this coming Sunday at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. The keynote speaker will be former Pittsburgh Steelers stand out wide receiver Louis Lipps.

This year’s event is sponsored by Briarfield Health Care Centers and Ed and Diane Reese.

The cost of each ticket is $60 and $480 for a table of 8.

The doors will open at 4:00 with dinner at 4:45 and the program will start at 6:00.

If you have any questions about the banquet or Curbstone Coaches please call 3305066774.

Metcalf will not face charges

DETROIT — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf will not face any charges stemming from an incident with a Detroit Lions fan during a game last December.

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday that it will not pursue a criminal complaint against Metcalf following an investigation into the incident between Metcalf and Ryan Kennedy.

CBS cameras caught Metcalf and Kennedy, a Lions fan wearing a blue wig and a blue and black shirt that aligned with Detroit’s colors, having an exchange along the rail in the second quarter of Pittsburgh’s 29-24 victory on Dec. 21.

Kennedy leaned over the railing during the exchange, and the blue wig fell forward to cover his face. The interaction ended with Metcalf reaching toward Kelly’s head with his right arm, though he didn’t appear to make much, if any, contact.

The NFL suspended Metcalf for the final two games of the regular season, though he did return for Pittsburgh’s first-round playoff loss to Houston.

Officials spent months reviewing a warrant request, including going over videotape of the incident and interviewing Kennedy, security and fans who sat near Kennedy during the game.

The officials ultimately denied the warrant request, noting that Kennedy “did not appear to be injured, nor did he seek medical attention at the game.”

Mitch Schuster, an attorney for Metcalf, applauded what he described as a “just result.”

A defamation lawsuit filed by Kennedy against Metcalf is still pending.

Gophers’ QB, 20, caught drinking

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Minnesota quarterback Drake Lindsey was arrested early Friday in his native Fayetteville, Arkansas, for alleged underage possession of alcohol and carrying fraudulent identification.

According to Washington County Sheriff intake records, Lindsey was booked shortly after 1 a.m. and released on bond about seven hours later. According to multiple media reports, citing Fayetteville police, a staff member at a bar near the University of Arkansas campus flagged Lindsey for possession of a possible fake ID, which he admitted to police he’d used.

The 20-year-old Lindsey has court dates scheduled for June 1 and June 29. Gophers players are on a break after their spring practice sessions concluded last weekend.

The Minnesota athletic department said it was aware of the situation and will “address it internally.”

Lindsey, who was not recruited by his hometown team the Razorbacks, picked the Gophers and had a strong debut season in 2025 as a redshirt freshman. Lindsey started all 13 games and set the freshman program record for wins as the Gophers finished 8-5. Lindsey completed 249 of 386 passes for 2,382 yards and 18 touchdowns against only six interceptions.

Young takes 5-stroke lead at Doral

DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young finally made his first bogey of the week at the Cadillac Championship. It barely put a dent into his lead going into the weekend.

Young shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to get to 13 under and take a five-shot lead at the midway point of the $20 million signature event at Trump International Doral.

Young’s lone blemish: a bogey at the par-4 14th, where his chip from an awkward sidehill lie didn’t reach the putting surface. Otherwise, he was flawless — just as he was Thursday when he had a bogey-free 64 to grab the lead.

He got the stroke he dropped at the 14th back two holes later, when he drove the green at the par-4 16th and coolly two-putted for his 14th birdie of the week.

Young played with Scottie Scheffler; the world’s No. 1 player had a bogey-free 67 but ended the day exactly where he started it — seven shots off the lead.

Nick Taylor (70), Alex Smalley (71) and Jordan Spieth (71) were tied for second. Gary Woodland (69) was alone in fifth at 7 under and Scheffler was in a logjam of players — Alex Fitzpatrick among them — at 6 under.

Young even had mistakes work out for him. He hated the birdie putt he hit on the par-4 13th, starting to walk toward the hole with the ball about halfway there.

Some guys do that when they know they’ve just made a putt.

Young wasn’t in that mindset. He gave an almost-apologetic wave when the ball wound up dropping into the cup.

Spieth rolled in a birdie at the par-4 18th, an absolute rarity through the first two rounds at Doral. The 18th on the Blue Monster course is a serious test, with water lining the left and seriously narrowing the fairway for all but the biggest hitters.

Spieth’s birdie was the sixth on the 18th through the tournament’s first two days.

The 18th even gave Young some trouble. Or tried to, anyway.

Young’s second shot at the finishing hole bounced off the base of the bleachers, coming to rest in the middle of a nest of cables on the ground well behind the green. He took a drop, didn’t get a great lie of out that, and still chipped to veritable tap-in range to save his par.

Kurt Kitayama and Sudarshan Yellamaraju — the first group off the tee Friday morning — took full advantage of very calm conditions. They both soared up the leaderboard; Kitayama had the round of the day with an 8-under 64 (which included a bogey on 18) and Yellamaraju was 9 under for the round through 16 before dropping three shots on his final two holes and finishing with a 66.

They’re both at 4 under for the week.

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