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WVU Medicine Seeding And Schedule Announced

Top Sports July 30, 2026

WHEELING – The Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club will host the WVU Medicine WV Open July 30 through August 2 at Oglebay’s Horne Family Racquet Center and the Wheeling Park tennis facilities. With about 90 entrants in 15 divisions, some first round matches will need to be played today, Thursday, starting at 4 p.m. The majority of the matches will begin on Friday at 9 a.m., and play will continue all day Friday and Saturday with finals scheduled on Sunday. The men’s open singles division has a draw of 32. The No. 1 seed is Loren Byers, who won the men’s open singles in 2022, 2023, and ...

Manzardo's HR And 2 RBIs, Cantillo's Strong Outing Power Guardians To A 6-1 Over The Reds

Top Sports July 30, 2026

CINCINNATI (AP) — Kyle Manzardo homered and drove in two runs, Joey Cantillo pitched four scoreless innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-1 Wednesday night to claim the season series from their in-state rivals. The Guardians, who took two of the three games from the ...

College NIL Bill Includes $25 Million 'Retention Pool' But Is That Enough To Sway Big Ten, SEC?

Top Sports July 29, 2026

A reworked Senate bill designed to regulate college sports proposes to more than double the amount of money schools could share with players as part of a flurry of revisions designed to win the support of the Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences. Big Ten commissioner Tony Pettiti said Tuesday ...

JJ Bleday's Solo Homer And Dane Myers' Game-Saving Grab Help Reds Beat Guardians 2-0

Top Sports July 29, 2026

CINCINNATI (AP) — JJ Bleday hit a solo home run in the first inning and five Cincinnati pitchers combined for the shutout as the Reds defeated the Cleveland Guardians 2-0 and split a day-night doubleheader Tuesday. Kyle Manzardo hit a grand slam, Chase DeLauter scored the go-ahead run on a ...

Pirates Rally From 6 Down, But Lose In 12th

Top Sports July 29, 2026

PITTSBURGH (AP) — James McCann singled in the winning run in the 12th inning with his fourth hit of the game and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for an 8-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night despite blowing a six-run lead. Brandon Lowe and Bryan Reynolds hit back-to-back home ...

Big Ten: No League Championship Game If College Football Moves To A 24-Team Playoff

Top Sports July 29, 2026

CHICAGO (AP) — The Big Ten Conference would do away with its championship game if college football adopts a 24-team playoff. Commissioner Tony Petitti says that’s a worthwhile sacrifice to get his preferred postseason format. “When we make this decision as a league – are we going to ...