Suggested head: By Mark Altstaetter The dream of every high school wrestler is to compete at the state tournament. All season long, wrestlers are maintaining or cutting their weight, putting in extra mat time and keeping themselves healthy, in hopes they can have a...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — William Byron led the most laps in NASCAR’s first two virtual races and had nothing to show for his gaming skills. The third time out, he got the win. Byron easily won the iRacing event Sunday at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, where...
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Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes is cautiously optimistic that Major League Soccer can still have a full season. But what that might look like is anyone’s guess. MLS was supposed to be celebrating its 25th year, but for now it remains a quiet milestone...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bill Polian simplified the NFL’s draft process years ago. He studied film, relied on medical experts, checked the numbers and interviewed players. With the flurry of pro days canceled because of the new coronavirus, the Hall of Fame...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former NFL kicker Tom Dempsey, who played in the NFL despite being born without toes on his kicking foot and made a record 63-yard field goal, died late Saturday while struggling with complications from the new coronavirus, his daughter said....
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FRESNO, CA — Jim Maloney strove for perfection. He settled for greatness. The pitcher with a .44 magnum for a right arm was on a path to become a member of Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame only to be derailed by injury. But before a ruptured Achilles...
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Kobe Bryant’s resume has yet another entry to prove his greatness: He’s now, officially, a Hall of Famer. And he’s got plenty of elite company in the 2020 class, one that may be as glitzy as any. Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, and...
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What he does when he has the basketball in his hands is pretty special, but maybe what sets George Mangas apart is what he does when he doesn’t have the ball. The 6-foot, 3-inch Shawnee junior is constantly in motion. He looks like he is thinking a play ahead in...
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On the day in 2013 when Mark Triplett was introduced as Shawnee High School’s boys basketball coach he said he wanted his teams to get out and run with the ball on offense. This year’s Indians aren’t the first of Triplett’s team to incorporate...
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Point guards come in all kinds of sizes and possess a variety of skill sets. But three descriptions are usually applied to the really good ones. They’re like a coach on the floor. They make the players around them better. And they’re a leader. Lima Senior...
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COLUMBUS — There was never any doubt Ohio State wanted to get two quarterbacks in its 2020 recruiting class. If there was a surprise, it was that OSU added two quarterbacks as highly rated as C.J. Stroud and Jack Miller, both 4-star recruits and both with offers...
COLUMBUS — Ryan Day doesn’t want to go there. Ohio State’s second-year football coach doesn’t want to get stressed out over the possibility the college football season could be postponed or canceled because of precautions to prevent the spread...
COLUMBUS — At first glance Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s statistics from his senior year of high school football could be mistaken for career numbers. The Ohio State freshman wide receiver caught 109 passes for 2,132 yards and 34 touchdowns as a senior for Rockwall...
COLUMBUS — You might say Denzel Ward, Marshon Lattimore, Gareon Conley, Eli Apple and Bradley Roby recruited Lejond Cavazos to Ohio State. It wasn’t necessarily anything they said. It was what they did. They all played cornerback, the same position Cavazos...
COLUMBUS — As a 3-star recruit who ranks somewhere outside the top 1,000 players nationally, Ohio State freshman offensive lineman Trey Leroux might not seem to fit the profile of the typical Buckeyes recruit. But not fitting the profile is nothing new for a guy...
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