COLUMBUS – The Ohio Valley contingent of qualifiers for Friday’s portion of the 119th annual boys and 51st annual girls Ohio High School Athletic Association’s Jesse Owens state track and field championship meet wasn’t as large as in past years, but eight individuals are returning from ...
Two All-Ohio football standouts from 85 years ago and a three-sport athlete from the 1970s launch the selections for the Martins Ferry Athletic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026. The first three individuals in the Class of 2026 are Harry Johns (Class of 1941), Walter J. Veloski (Class of 1941) and Frank Twardoski (Class of 1973). Those three and six other selections yet to be announced will be inducted on Friday, August 28 with an afternoon luncheon at the MFHS cafeteria and they will be introduced at halftime of the Purple Riders’ home football game against Columbus Mifflin. Two ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Mauricio Dubón homered for the third straight game and the Atlanta Braves opened another home series with a victory, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Friday night. Dubón was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs. It is the first time in his eight-year career he has ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia athletics announced Friday morning that it will retire former Mountaineers quarterback and current assistant quarterbacks coach Pat White's No. 5 jersey this fall at a home game this season. The game is to be determined later this summer. He becomes the seventh ...
Before the Carolina Hurricanes made their comeback, before the Vegas Golden Knights needed a goal with 81 seconds left in regulation to tie it and before Seth Jarvis scored in overtime, the sound of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final was silence. The same crowd that roared at the start of the ...
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — J.T. Poston stepped onto the putting green Friday at the Memorial just in time to feel the first gust of wind, knowing a tough course was about to get even harder. Part of him was eager to see how a new golf ball to help with the wind was going to perform. It's safe to ...
