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With playoffs looming, YSU looking for 1st win at Northern Iowa since 1999

YOUNGSTOWN — The year the Youngstown State football team last won at Northern Iowa, the first Blackberry was released, the first Matrix movie released, music-sharing platform Napster launched, Serena Williams won the first of her 23 Grand Slam titles and the world was worried about the ...

QB Shedeur Sanders to make 1st NFL start for Browns

BEREA — A natural showman, one of the many gifts inherited from his famous father, Shedeur Sanders is already hyping his first NFL start. It will happen on a 100-yard-long stage in America’s entertainment mecca. “You cannot miss this moment,” Sanders said Wednesday. “It’ll be ...

Steelers QB Rodgers misses practice, but hopes to play against Bears

PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers is optimistic but hardly certain his broken left wrist will be good enough for him to play on Sunday when Pittsburgh visits Chicago. There’s no question how the rest of him feels about the potential to get a chance to face the Bears one last time. The ...

YSU men struggle in 92-75 loss at Toledo

TOLEDO — Sean Craig and Leroy Blyden Jr. each had 18 points in Toledo’s 92-75 win over Youngstown State on Wednesday. Craig added 12 rebounds for the Rockets (3-2). Leroy Blyden Jr. shot 5 for 8 (3 for 3 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line and added five assists and ...

Rockets beat Cavs 114-104 for 5th straight win

CLEVELAND — Alperen Sengun had 28 points and 11 rebounds, Kevin Durant scored 20 points, and the Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to five with a 114-104 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. Aaron Holiday scored 14 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter for ...

High School Sports Roundup from Nov. 18

BOYS BOWLING LaBrae 2,349, Brookfield 1,871 LABRAE (2,349): Stats not provided. BROOKFIELD (1,871): Jayden Duncan 312, Andrew Richards 312, Connor O’Brien 309, Micah Groh 303, Jacob Hodge 302. GIRLS BOWLING LaBrae 1,601, Brookfield 1,517 LABRAE (1,601): Stats not provided. ...