BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With most of Yukon watching and a loud presence of Maple Leafs fans in the stands, Toronto selected Penn State forward Gavin McKenna with the first pick in the NHL draft on Friday night. The 18-year-old McKenna is from Yukon's capital of Whitehorse and has been a ...
CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Ina Yoon stretched her lead at the Women's PGA Championship with a 3-under 69 that put her five strokes up on the second-place pack after another strong South Korean showing Friday. Yoon, who shot a record 63 in the first round at Hazeltine National Golf Club, had two ...
SHORT GAP — Lanson Orndorf thought he’d already written the perfect ending. The Frankfort senior closed his high school career by throwing complete-game victories in both the state quarterfinals against Lincoln and the Class AA championship game against Logan, powering the Falcons to their second state title in three years. Then came the curtain call. Orndorf was named the 2026 Lowery Award winner by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association, honoring him as the state’s top high school baseball player. The award puts a second exclamation point on a senior season — and a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
