NEW MIDDLETOWN — One overtime is already a relatively rare event in high school basketball. But reaching three extra periods is almost never seen. However, the Western Reserve boys basketball team needed those three overtimes to beat Springfield 56-52 on Thursday at Springfield High ...

SOUTHINGTON — With little time to switch gears after a tough battle the night before, the Maplewood girls basketball team wasn’t sure what to expect going into Thursday’s game against Chalker. While beating them convincingly the first time around, this is not the same Wildcats team they ...

CLEVELAND — James Harden showed in his first two games with the Cleveland Cavaliers that he can come up with the big shot and key defensive play in the clutch. In his Cleveland home debut, Harden showed that he can be a facilitator as other players on the roster rose to the ...

Youngstown State’s two biggest wins in Horizon League play this season have now come on the road after the Penguins knocked off Oakland 86-82 on Thursday night in Rochester, Mich. The Penguins (13-13, 6-9 Horizon) have now won four of their last six games since sustaining a seven-game ...

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Chris Gotterup extended his streak to nine straight birdies over two rounds on two very different courses. He ultimately settled for an 8-under 64 on Thursday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, leaving him two behind Ryo Hisatsune on a day of gorgeous weather and low ...

PITTSBURGH — Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died. He was 97. In a news release Thursday, the Pirates announced they confirmed Face’s death. Team historian Jim Trdinich ...