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McCarthy reaches agreement to be Steelers’ next coach

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy is coming home. The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Saturday the club has reached a verbal agreement with McCarthy to replace Mike Tomlin as head coach. McCarthy grew up in the Greenfield neighborhood, just a couple of miles away from the team's practice ...

Fitch fends off Harding comeback

High School Sports

WARREN — Playing for a fallen teammate, Warren G. Harding played with a renewed sense of vigor in the fourth quarter against Austintown Fitch on Friday night. Despite their best efforts, the Raiders’ inspired comeback attempt fell just short, as the Falcons held on late for a 51-45 ...

Several teams still in the hunt for the NE8

High School Sports

“Round one” of the Northeast 8 Conference’s boys basketball season was a battle from start to finish, and “round two” is set to be more of the same as the title chase grows more intense. Through the first half of the NE8 slate, four of its seven teams – Poland, Hubbard, South ...

Struthers comes up short against Red Dragons

High School Sports

NILES — Sports are full of superstitions, and sometimes that’s all it takes to get things going in the right direction. The Niles boys basketball team was on an eight-game losing streak before coach Jesse Hardin changed up his look on Friday night when the Red Dragons hosted ...

Phantoms blow out Team USA U17s

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YOUNGSTOWN — An explosion of scoring in the last two periods, guided by a record-setting performance from Malachi McKinnon, propelled the Youngstown Phantoms to an 12-1 victory on Friday over the US National Team Development Program U17s. “There’s not a whole lot to say,” Phantoms ...