PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers hasn’t lasted 22 years in the NFL out of pure luck. The most sacked quarterback in history knows how to take a hit. So moments after getting drilled by all 231 pounds of New England linebacker Christian Elliss running at full speed in the second quarter of what ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — With uncertainty surrounding the Ursuline High football program last season, forcing its cancellation after just two games, the school needed a calming influence as head coach heading into the 2026 campaign. Tony Stephens has proven to be the firm leader the proud program needed. The first-year coach hit the ground running after his hiring and the fruits of his labor have produced a 3-2 mark at the midway point of the season, currently riding a two-game win streak after a 40-7 drubbing of Warren G. Harding last Friday. “It’s always good to come away with a ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Jesse “Hollywood” Urbina of Toledo scored a unanimous decision over Austin Gibson of Struthers’ Burnside A.C in the main event of Saturday’s Fight Night at the YO #8 all-amateur boxing show at St. Mary’s Byzantine Hall. The 147 pound clash with Gibson, who faced a standing eight-count in the first round, was Urbina’s 100th amateur fight as he ran his record to 58-42 overall with the victory. “I knew that he was a pressure-type fighter so I stuck with my jab, finding the range then using my combinations,” Urbina said after the fight. Despite the loss, ...
BOARDMAN — The running rivals were at it again. The McDonald and Maplewood boys and girls cross country programs both took top-six finishes on Saturday. But they both had first-place finishers as the McDonald girls and Maplewood boys both won their respective Division III and IV races at ...
COLUMBUS — Jeremiah Smith became Ohio State’s career receiving yardage leader, Ja’Kobi Jackson scored twice and the sixth-ranked Buckeyes rolled to a 59-3 victory over Kent State on Saturday. Ohio State (2-1) took immediate control, scoring on its first four drives as it rebounded ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Deshaun Watson outplayed Baker Mayfield and earned at least a few more starts for the Cleveland Browns. Watson threw two touchdown passes, including a go-ahead 17-yard toss to Blake Whiteheart in the fourth quarter, leading the Browns to a 23-19 comeback victory over the ...
