COLUMBUS — After leaving last year's state championships with a third place finish, Big Red's Bri Hudson had a clear mission this season — get back to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium and stand atop the podium. Thanks to a throw of 140 feet, five inches in Sunday's Division II discus ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Harris II hit a three-run double in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 to complete a three-game sweep Sunday. Reynaldo López (3-1) earned the win with a scoreless seventh, and Tyler Kinley ended a bases-loaded threat in the ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Five people were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained when a strong wind tore through an area occupied by fans at the Morgantown Super Regional NCAA baseball tournament game between West Virginia and Cal Poly on Saturday, according to the university. Video from the storm showed rain and wind that reached speeds of 40 mph tearing up a tent, with one person flying through the air while trying to hold it down as another person rolls uncontrollably down a hill. Other fans scrambled for safety from an area known as Randy's Ridge near the ...
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — There were no boos for Denny Hamlin after this winning burnout at Michigan International Speedway. Holding a black No. 18 flag out the window, the Joe Gibbs Racing star celebrated his 63rd career victory by smoking the tires of his No. 11 Toyota down the straightaway in honor of Kyle Busch, his late teammate whom he tied for ninth on the all-time win list in the NASCAR Cup Series. "Truthfully, I had to outlive him to tie him," said Hamlin who radioed "We love you, KB" on his victory lap. "He was an amazing teammate. He taught me so much at tracks like this. I ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are making a big investment in tight end Darnell Washington. The club signed the 6-foot-7, 264-pound Washington to a new five-year contract that will keep him in black and gold for the rest of the decade. Washington, who had a career-best 31 ...
GRANVILLE — His WVU teammates may get a handshake or sometimes a hi-five out of Chansen Cole from time to time. Don’t expect much more than that, at least not when the sophomore is busy on the mound. “I’ve been told my whole life I’m a pretty boring person,” Cole said Friday, ...
