YOUNGSTOWN — If there’s one thing Ethan Faulkner has learned during his first two years as head coach at Youngstown State, it’s the importance of building a connection amongst the players on the team. With almost an entirely new roster this season, it magnifies the significance of ...
If Ryan Blaney’s analysis of the NASCAR Chase is accurate, then his championship bid is already over after only three of 10 races in the run to the title. “I just don’t see that you can finish outside the top 30 multiple times and have a shot,” Blaney said last week. “It’s just going to be too much to make up.” Three days later, Blaney finished 33rd at Bristol Motor Speedway, the second consecutive finish outside the top 30 for the 2023 Cup Series champion. Blaney has plummeted from second to sixth in the standings since the Chase began, and his frustrations boiled over ...
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 ...
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 ...
CLEVELAND — Gavin Williams threw seven shutout innings, Jo Adell had an RBI infield single and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Athletics 1-0 Sunday to remain atop the AL Central. Steven Kwan added three hits for Cleveland, which posted its seventh series sweep of the season and third at home. The Guardians (81-75) are 1 1/2 games in front of the Chicago White Sox. They finish the season on the road with series against Boston and Kansas City. Williams (14-8) gave up three hits and struck out nine to move into the major-league lead with 244 strikeouts. He has one more than ...
