BEREA (AP) — Jimmy and Dee Haslam purchased the Cleveland Browns in 2012. After five coaching changes and zero winning seasons, both are confident this is finally their year. “I think the expectation is to win,” Dee Haslam said. “I think that is everybody’s expectation. We feel like ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — Mr. Money, who has won three consecutive graded stakes with authority, looms the probable favorite for the $500,000, Grade III West Virginia Derby Saturday at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort. The 1 1/8-mile Derby for 3-year-olds attracted a field of 10. It is the ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — The West Virginia Derby, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, has had its share of stops and starts, as well as venue changes, during the course of a history that spans 1923 to 2018. The fixture for 3-year-olds was first run in 1923 at Tri-State Park near ...
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — James Washington needed a hard reset. His rookie year with the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t go as planned. And he knew it. So fresh off a frustrating indoctrination into the NFL in which the speedy but occasionally erratic wide receiver struggled to develop a rapport ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jose Iglesias’ grand slam completed Cincinnati’s 10-run second inning and the Reds beat the Pirates 11-6 Monday night after Pittsburgh traded scheduled starter Jordan Lyles to the Brewers. The last-place Pirates lost their ninth straight, their longest skid since they ...
STEUBENVILLE — The way Reno Saccoccia sees it, Big Red’s 2019 football season will be all about the grind. “We’ve had a good summer, but all you can grade your kids on right now is just what’s happened to date,” Saccoccia said Sunday during the 23rd-annual Lew Giammarco ...
WHEELING — Andrew Connor was like a kid in a candy store last week. The personable and highly successful Indian Creek head football coach says he has waited 17 years to coach in the OVAC Rudy Mumley Charity Football Classic. Connor got his chance Saturday night at Wheeling Island Stadium ...
NEW YORK — Jason Vargas was reading in front of his locker in a corner of the Mets clubhouse Sunday morning while Noah Syndergaard and Zack Wheeler were relaxing on opposite sides of the new pingpong table in the center of the room. Whether the three pitchers will be back when the team ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Back in the clubhouse, Trevor Bauer calmly and profusely apologized. It was quite the contrast from his emotional outburst earlier in the game. In a startling scene, Bauer suddenly heaved the ball from just past the mound over the center field wall while being taken out ...
LONG POND, Pa. — Denny Hamlin had enough speed in his Toyota, enough confidence in his crew chief, and just enough fuel to reach the finish line. Hamlin got the win Sunday at Pocono Raceway — his fifth at the tri-oval track nestled in the mountains — but so much more could be on the ...