Sports

DUBLIN — The Memorial has a loaded field, just like always, and that much was evident by pockets of crowds spread around Muirfield Village for the pro-am Wednesday.

BEREA — Deshaun Watson put on a little fireworks display Wednesday in the only organized team activity practice of the week open to the media.

BEREA — Browns kicker Cade York had some choice words regarding the NFL’s new kickoff rule.

PARIS — Like many a kid, Peyton Stearns enjoyed participating in sports and tried her hand at plenty.

Josh Naylor homered, had a career-high four hits and drove in six runs to highlight a rare power display by the Cleveland Guardians in a 12-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.

DETROIT — Jake Rogers hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and Jake Marisnick followed with a run-scoring single in his Tigers debut, leading Detroit over the Texas Rangers 3-2 Wednesday.

Five Michigan football kickoffs were announced by the Big Ten and its television partners Wednesday and three — including the season opener against East Carolina — will start at noon.

BAY VILLAGE – An 8-year-old Ohio BMX rider has signed a sponsorship deal with Huffy, an international supplier of bicycles.

COLUMBUS — The Big Ten Conference released game times and television network carriers for a select group of football games throughout the conference Wednesday. The announcement includes three additional game times and television networks for Ohio State’s 2023 schedule of games. Those are as follows:

NEW YORK — Online voting began Wednesday for starters in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Seattle on July 11.