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Cavaliers get 2-game sweep of 76ers

PHILADELPHIA — Jaylon Tyson scored a career-high 39 points, Evan Mobley’s dunk with 4.8 seconds left was the winner and the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers completed a two-game sweep of the 76ers in Philadelphia with a 117-115 victory on Friday night. Donovan Mitchell added 13 points, 12 ...

Seahawks don’t expect surprises when they host 49ers in playoffs

RENTON, Wash. — For the Seattle Seahawks to host another playoff game and move closer to the fourth Super Bowl appearance in franchise history, they will have to dispose of a familiar foe. Very familiar. The top-seeded Seahawks (14-3) host the San Francisco 49ers (13-5) in the NFC’s ...

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Campbell to speak to Curbstone Youngstown State softball coach Brian Campbell 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 noon and the public is welcome to attend. ...

Ex-Phantom Trevor Kuntar working to get back to NHL after debut

Former Youngstown Phantoms forward Trevor Kuntar grew up watching the Buffalo Sabres teams of the mid-to-late-2000s. Players like Ryan Miller, Danny Briere, and Jason Pominville gave him some of his earliest and fondest hockey memories. In December, Kuntar got to wear the same jersey as those ...

Gunther, Bell duo powering Ursuline’s strong start

YOUNGSTOWN — Over the past three years, Ursuline has seen players come and go through the program. Some players have graduated, and new players have come up, while some players have transferred in and other players have transferred out. But two players have remained a constant since the ...

YSU men fall to Wright State, 93-83

The Youngstown State men’s basketball team’s losing streak in Horizon League play extended to six games on Thursday. Despite leading by one at halftime, the Penguins struggled to stop the Raiders, falling on the road 93-83 at the Nutter Center in Dayton. YSU trailed the majority of the ...