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NCAA Cabinet tweaks college football calendar with 14-week season and bowl rule change

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Division I Cabinet has approved a series of changes to the college football calendar, including standardizing the Bowl Subdivision regular season at 14 weeks, and a proposal surfaced to further tighten the January transfer portal window. Beginning in fall 2027, teams will be able to schedule up to 12 regular-season games for the 14-week season that ends following Thanksgiving. It allows for two bye weeks as well as "standalone weekends" for conference championship games and the Army-Navy game. The cabinet this week also cleared the way for teams ...

Nailers in jeopardy of losing longtime affiliation with the Penguins

The Wheeling Nailers may be losing their nearly three-decade long affiliation with the Pittsburgh Penguins. On Thursday, David Hoffman, founder and chairman of the Hoffman Family of Companies, the new principal owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins and also the owner of the ECHL’s Florida ...

Lowe, Davis homer to lead Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Thursday. Lowe's homer was a solo shot off Bryce Miller with one out in the bottom of the first inning to open the ...

Class AAAA All-State teams announced

In Old English, the surname "Fala" meant "fall." That's certainly a misnomer when it comes to the 2026 West Virginia Class AAAA all-state high school baseball team. George Washington second baseman Jon Fala rose to the top of the squad, being named captain as a sophomore. Fala played errorless ball to help the Patriots to a 32-5 record and a state championship. He led GW with a .529 batting average, a .594 on base percentage, a .959 slugging percentage, stolen bases with 14, hits with 64, runs with 61 and triples with six. "Jon is one of the most gifted baseball players I have ...

Cole opens with a 63 at the Travelers Championship to lead by 1

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Eric Cole returned to the TPC River Highlands in much better shape than he left last year, pitching in for eagle from 65 yards on the par-5 13th and posting a 7-under 63 to take a one-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler and five others Thursday in the Travelers ...