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Golf event upcoming WHEELING — The fifth annual Nick Gaudino Memorial Youth Golf Tournament will be held at noon on Thursda at the Bloch Memorial Golf Course at Wheeling Park. This competition is part of continued efforts to promote youth golf for boys and girls in the Ohio Valley and is offered in cooperation with the Wheeling Park Commission and Dan Ackerman and his staff at Oglebay Resort. The event is coordinated and sponsored by the members of the Gaudino family in memory of Nick Gaudino and his wife Alice who raised four young men (Dave. Tom, Greg and Mike) who have gone on ...

Wimbledon defeat makes Djokovic realize he’s ‘blessed and cursed’

LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic didn't dwell on Centre Court after getting dominated by Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon semifinals. The 39-year-old Djokovic enjoyed a warm, smile-filled embrace with his 24-year-old opponent at the net after the 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 defeat Friday, quickly packed up ...

Same old story: US men’s soccer team has been stagnant for quarter century

SEATTLE (AP) — For all the growth in American soccer over the past quarter-century, the U.S. men's national team remains stagnant. Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie fared no better at the World Cup in 2022 and 2026 than Tim Howard, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore did in ...

Commissioner Yormark talks Monster Energy deal, Sorsby at Big 12 Media Day

West Virginia football doesn't appear until Day 2 of Big 12 Media Day in the afternoon at the Dallas Cowboys practice facility in Frisco, Texas. But that didn't mean there wasn't plenty to talk about when half of the other coaches took the podium, and the Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark took the stand in a lengthy introductory press conference. Yormark made headlines a couple of times in his opening remarks and then with the questions that followed, but the biggest was when he announced the Big 12 had partnered with Monster Energy to be the entitlement partner of Big 12 football and ...

Conor McGregor confident for awaited UFC return

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conor McGregor said he is ready for his return to the Octagon. The 37-year-old Irishman is also convinced he'll have his way with Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 329 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night. The two will meet in a welterweight bout, as McGregor will ...