Ohio State and Oregon were 1-2 in The Associated Press Top 25 released Monday, giving the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years and just the second time ever. The Buckeyes received 40 first-place votes and Oregon received 14 in voting ...
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson made the most of his opportunity this past week to show he should be the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback when the season opens on Sept. 13 in Jacksonville. The upcoming week will be Shedeur Sanders’ turn. “I did feel going into last game that it ...
NILES — Playing on the road is a losing proposition for teams in the MLB Draft League. Entering Monday, all six of the Draft League teams owned a sub-.500 record on the road. Even Williamsport, with its dazzling 39-21 overall record, was just 12-13 away from home. The Mahoning Valley Scrappers have had an especially tough summer away from 717 Credit Union Field. They own a dismal 5-26 road record. Over the weekend they were swept at Williamsport. At home, the Scrappers have had better fortunes, including a 5-4 walk-off win on Monday over West Virginia. The Victory lifts the ...
PITTSBURGH — Kevin McGonigle hit a two-run homer, and the Detroit Tigers held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 on Monday night and moved into a three-way tie for the final AL wild-card spot. Brett Callahan and Hao-Yu Lee also drove in two runs as the Tigers built an 8-1 lead before Pittsburgh scored four times in the sixth. Zach McKinstry and both hit RBI singles in the first, and McGonigle’s two-run shot in the second, his 13th of the season, made it 4-0. McGonigle singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch in the sixth. Pirates reliever Yohan Ramirez walked the next three ...
PITTSBURGH — Bryan Reynolds, Brandon Lowe, and Nick Yorke each had two RBIs to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Red Sox 8-3 after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay on Sunday. The tarp came out after the sixth inning at 3:35 p.m. local time, and play resumed at 6:05. The Pirates won their franchise-best eighth consecutive home series against an AL opponent, a streak extending back to a three-game sweep of Detroit from July 21-23, 2025. Reynolds got Pittsburgh on the board first with an RBI double in the first, and scored when Lowe added a single. Reynolds singled in a run to spark ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The sunshine occasionally fought through the cloud cover, the wind was weak and the temperature and humidity were in mid-August form on Saturday, as the cheers and communication normally heard inside of a gym filled the air at Rominger Athletic Complex. The Mahoning ...
