Following Friday’s 4-3 victory over the Des Moines Buccaneers, Youngstown Phantoms defenseman Jack Willson had a surprise waiting for him in his Instagram messages. Among them was a video message sent by former Phantom Kyle Connor congratulating him. Earlier that night, Willson surpassed ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Canfield 55, Howland 54 (2 OT) — Jace Ricardo scored 25 points to lead Canfield (11-2) in a tightly contested matchup. The game was tied at 41 going into overtime. Landon Shina added 11 for the Cardinals. For Howland, Luca Naples led the way with 15 points and Darren Douglas ...

COLUMBUS — Rick Bowness was enjoying time on his boat in Florida when he received a call from Don Waddell on Monday afternoon. Bowness thought the call from the Columbus Blue Jackets president of hockey operations and general manager was about a player Bowness once coached. It turned out ...

COLUMBUS — Boone Jenner scored with 1:34 remaining, Charlie Coyle had two goals and an assist, and Rick Bowness won his debut as Columbus’ coach as the Blue Jackets defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Tuesday night. Jenner, Columbus’ captain, ripped a snap shot from the left faceoff ...

PITTSBURGH — Nikita Kucherov scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night for their 11th straight win. J.J. Moser scored in regulation and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 26 saves for the Lightning, who have not lost a 2-1 ...

Former Pirate Dave Giusti, 86, dies PITTSBURGH — Dave Giusti, a reliable reliever who spent 15 years in the majors and helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1971 World Series title, has died. He was 86. The club, citing Giusti’s family, said he died on Sunday. The right-hander went ...