ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Freddy Peralta threw 5 1/3 gritty innings, Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz each hit a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night to advance to the World Series for the third ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP – With their 35-22 victory over Northern Iowa this past weekend a fading memory, Youngstown State head football coach Doug Phillips will do anything but rest over the next 11 days during a much welcomed bye week. Currently 6-2 through eight games, the Penguins are in sole possession of the top spot in the Missouri Valley Football Conference at 4-1 with three league games remaining. Saturday’s win over the Panthers vaulted YSU into the No. 4 spot in this week’s FCS rankings, up two spots after No. 1 South Dakota State and No. 4 Lehigh suffered losses in their ...
NEW YORK — The price of a qualifying offer for this year’s major league free agents rose 5.1% to $23.15 million from $22,025,000. The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year. The price dropped by $100,000 to $17.8 million in 2019, then rose to $18.9 million in 2020, fell $500,000 in 2021 and rose to $19.65 million in 2022, $20,325,000 in 2023 and $21.05 million in 2024. Qualifying offers began after the 2012 season, and only 18 of 157 offers have been accepted. A free agent can be made a qualifying offer only if he has been with the same ...
PITTSBURGH — Shortly after hearing their names called in front of record-setting crowds on Pittsburgh's North Shore at the 2026 draft, the Steelers' rookie class did what some do when they find themselves thrust together by circumstance: they started a group chat. Over the past six months, ...
GIRARD — Girard spent the first half playing timidly. While on their home field, the Indians were officially considered the road team and played like it. However, they came alive in the second half, scoring twice to down Kennedy, 2-1, in a first-round Division IV tournament matchup. “I ...
Chuck Amato, the longtime Florida State assistant football coach who went on to lead his alma mater at N.C. State for seven seasons, has died at the age of 80. Amato died early Monday at his Raleigh home under hospice care, the school announced on its athletics website. Amato had previously ...
