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YSU's Phillips to speak at Curbstone Doug Phillips, Youngstown State University football head coach, 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 11:45 a.m., and the public is welcome to attend. All sports fans are welcome and you do not need to be a current or former coach. Curbstone Hall of Fame Plans are underway for the Curbstone Coaches 58th Hall of Fame Induction ceremony that will be held on May 2. This event is sponsored by Briarfield ...

All eyes on Rodgers vs. Bowles when Steelers visit Bucs

TAMPA, Fla. — Todd Bowles will have to be quite creative to surprise Aaron Rodgers. Known for his complex defensive schemes and disguising his blitz packages, Bowles and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers are facing an elite quarterback who has seen everything in a distinguished NFL career. Rodgers ...

Browns coach Monken faces his old team as Ravens visit Cleveland

Browns coach Todd Monken and Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley won't be in a sentimental mood when Cleveland hosts Baltimore in an AFC North matchup on Sunday. Monken, in his first season leading the Browns, was Baltimore's offensive coordinator for the previous three seasons. Huntley will ...

NCAA sues DeWine over eligibility executive order

The NCAA sued the governor of Ohio on Friday, three days after he signed an executive order giving state universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in college in defiance of the NCAA’s new eligibility rule. NCAA President Charlie ...

Fitch, Boardman get ready to renew rivalry

Friday night’s game between Austintown Fitch and Boardman, Falcons head coach TJ Parker admitted, will not be like every other football game. As a Fitch alumnus, Parker has been a part of the rivalry as both a player and a coach, but this year’s game, the 80th such contest all-time, does ...

Valley high school kickers are excelling

Steven Gutierrez has become Mr. Automatic for the Mineral Ridge High football team. Gutierrez, a senior kicker, has established a school record this year by booting 45 successful point-after kicks through eight games. It’s the most PATs in a single season in school history. He is also in the midst of another school record, having made 63 consecutive PATs dating back to last season. Gutierrez has kicked at least one field goal in each of Mineral Ridge’s eight wins this year, missing just one field goal all year long. At Warren G. Harding High, Jaron Edmonds is also having a ...