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Dream defense smothers Golden State

National Sports

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Dream have imposed their will defensively on Golden State in the WNBA Finals so far, using their size and strength to dominate the Valkyries. That's helped them take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series after Wednesday night's 97-71 victory. Game 4 is on Saturday. Golden State has averaged only 68 points in the Finals — 14 below their regular season mark. After only forcing 10 turnovers in the Game 1 loss, Atlanta has turned up its pressure and that's led to easy points off its opponents miscues. Rhyne Howard, who has had back-to-back games with at least ...

Pens blank Black and Panthers

Local Sports

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh's Arturs Silovs stopped 25 shots to spoil the history-making debut of Florida counterpart Cooper Black as the Penguins beat the Panthers 4-0 on Thursday. Black, who at 6-foot-9 became the tallest goalie ever to appear in an NHL regular season game, made 18 saves but it wasn't enough to stop the Panthers from dropping their second game in as many nights. Nick Robertson scored twice for Pittsburgh. Hendrix Lapierre and Evgeni Malkin both finished with a goal and an assist as the Penguins shook off a miserable Western Conference road trip in which they were badly ...

Boardman opens playoffs with victory

High School Sports

BOARDMAN — As expected, Boardman had little trouble taking care of Cleveland St. Martin de Porres on Thursday to open the postseason. The fifth-seeded Spartans breezed past the 40th-seeded Lions in straight sets (25-3, 25-6, 25-8) to advance to the Division III, Northeast 4, district ...

Italian farm has Paris ready for NFL

National Sports

PARIS — Work on preparing the grass field for Sunday’s NFL game at Stade de France began months ago at an Italian farm near Milan. So when the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints run out of the tunnel, the hope is that the surface will feel much like those back home. “A new ...

High School Sports Roundup from Oct. 22

High School Sports

BOYS SOCCER LATE WEDNESDAY Howland 8, Villa Angela-St. Joseph 0 – The Howland trio of Niko Hazimihalis, Peyton Musser and Bradyen Heath scored a pair of goals each, as the Tigers got a shutout to open tournament play. Hazimihalis also had an assist and Manny Hazimihalis led the Tigers with three assists. Jackson Mickel and Nathaniel Irizarry added a goal each. Poland 8, Hubbard 2 - Salvi Carramusa found the net four times for Poland and assisted on another goal for the Bulldogs. Lucas Henn led with two assists and Luka Milosevic had a pair of goals for Poland. Connor Henderson ...

Youngstown earns first tournament win over Tigers

High School Sports

YOUNGSTOWN — On Thursday night, the Youngstown volleyball team made school history. Not only did the Defenders win their first tournament game, but the squad became the first Youngstown team since the merger to win a postseason game. The Defenders beat Cleveland Heights 3-1 in their ...