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Sorsby gambling addiction casts light on issue that could affect thousands of college athletes

In the eight years since the Supreme Court cleared the way for legal sports gambling across the country, the bad headlines for college sports have picked up. Coaches being tainted by scandals at their programs. The social media pressure on athletes to perform for gamblers. The arrests and indictments of players, former players and associates betting on the outcome of games few remember. The back-and-forth over whether to allow college athletes, who can now earn millions, to bet on pro or college sports. This week, the problems were underscored in a dramatic way: Brendan Sorsby, set ...

Creek erases two deficits, battles past Weir High

WEIRTON — Falling in a six run hole in the second inning, down a key starter and with an OVAC championship game looming, it would have been easy for Indian Creek to simply accept it was not their day and start thinking about the next one. The Redskins, however, did no such thing. Creek ...

Brooke makes most of opportunities to top Big Red

STEUBENVILLE - The Brooke baseball team took advantage of what Big Red gave it. Brooke scored two runs on bases-loaded walks, two on errors and another on a passed ball en route to defeating Big Red, 6-4, on a chilly Thursday evening up at the Crimson Complex. "Walks and errors, that's the whole answer," first-year Big Red (12-6) head coach Justin Banks said. "You cannot spot a team four runs in the first inning and expect to win." The Bruins only had one RBI on a hit, and the Green-and-Gold tallied only three hits - two of which came in the seventh - in the game. "We did take ...

Prep Roundups

SOFTBALL Bruins blank North Marion FARMINGTON — The Brooke softball team went on the road and earned a big victory in what was its last scheduled regular season game on Thursday. The Bruins went to North Marion, a regional opponent, and blanked the Huskies 8-0 to move above the .500 mark at 15-14 ahead of tournament time. After taking a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, the Bruins plated three in the third and four more in the fourth. Eden McKinney had a pair of hits and two RBIs, Gabby Hornick drove in two runs and Aery Rado, Jazmyn Wood and Emma Bober each had two hits ...

Big Red’s Muntz headed to Muskingum

Big Red senior Ja'khi Lucious-Muntz recently signed his letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic careers at Muskingum University. Joining Ja'khi, front, center, for the occasion were, front, from left, Nasari Jackson, MeArah Birden, Marlyn Lucious, Muka McGhee, Matteo McGhee, ...

WVU baseball faces must-win series against Kansas State in hopes of hosting regional

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball's game against Penn State was cancelled. It was the second time the game with the in-state rival was missed this season. Without the game, WVU has just 10 regular-season games left this season. The Mountaineers have a lot of work to do if they want to host an NCAA regional. In terms of the Big 12 Tournament and the NCAA Tournament, WVU should be in good shape barring catastrophe. WVU is 28-12 on the season and 13-8 in the Big 12. The Mountaineers are currently ranked No. 18 in the Division I Baseball rankings. Seems solid. But WVU is 27th in the ...