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Confederate flag ban prompts obscure NASCAR driver Ray Ciccarelli to announce retirementVideo
While some NASCAR fans took to social media to disavow the sport over its ban on the Confederate flag, an obscure, part-time series driver did them one better. He announced he’s quitting. Ray Ciccarelli drives the No. 49 truck in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck series, according to...
NCAA football committee expected to approve extended preseasonVideo
The NCAA football oversight committee finalized a plan for an extended preseason that would include an additional two weeks for teams to hold walk-throughs. The proposal goes to the Division I Council, which meets Tuesday, and is expected to be approved. With the pandemic wiping out spring practice for most...
NASCAR braces for potential fallout after banning Confederate flagVideo
NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag from its races and venues grabbed headlines, and stars such as actress Reese Witherspoon and New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara were quick to praise the stock car series for ridding itself of a symbol long associated with slavery and racism. Now...
Baseball card set honors 100th anniversary of Negro Leagues
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, which produced sports legends from Hank Aaron to Jackie Robinson, a centennial set of baseball cards has been released featuring 184 members of the league. Created through a partnership between Dreams Fulfilled, which operates the NegroLeagueHistory.com website, and the National...
X Games star Sara Price joins Ganassi
Sara Price needed less than two days in an off-road truck to complete an 800-mile solo race in Mexico. But to escape in a dune buggy from an entire flock of CGI ostriches? That daring drive in the desert took about nine days. Price has her own IMDB page, in...
Former Mars pitcher Will Bednar making most of time at home after successful start at Mississippi State
Throughout his baseball career, Will Bednar has created countless memories, which has made his past two seasons quite different. First, as a senior at Mars, Bednar was able to pitch only three innings because of biceps tendinitis. During his junior year he went 8-0 with a 0.64 ERA and 120...
Truex ends 2020 winless skid with victory at Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. cruised down the stretch and won his first NASCAR Cup race of the season Wednesday night in the first race under the lights at Martinsville Speedway. Truex, the 2017 Cup champion, has been one of NASCAR’s biggest winners over the last three years, but...
US Soccer repeals rule that banned kneeling during anthemVideo
U.S. Soccer’s board of directors voted to repeal a 2017 policy that required national team players to stand during the national anthem, a rule adopted after Megan Rapinoe kneeled in support of Colin Kaepernick. The board made the decision during a conference call, U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday. Policy 604-1 states:...
Women sue USA Swimming over sexual abuse by coachesVideo
Six women have filed civil lawsuits against USA Swimming, its local associations in California and three now-banned coaches claiming the national governing body failed to protect them from abuse by those coaches. Debra Grodensky, Suzette Moran and Tracy Palmero, along with three other women who remain anonymous, filed three lawsuits...
Golf passes initial test with no positive results from virusVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — The PGA Tour is not simply picking up where it left off. Very little about the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial resembles the opening round of The Players Championship on March 12, the last professional golf played before the covid-19 pandemic shut down golf and most...
NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races and propertiesVideo
NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its races and venues Wednesday, formally severing itself from what for many is a symbol of slavery and racism. The move comes amid social unrest around the globe following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis while being...
Former Kiski Area wrestler leads Penn in pins as a freshmanVideo
Former Kiski Area wrestler Cam Connor always has had high expectations for himself. When he was a Cavalier, it helped him produce a 162-32 career record, two individual WPIAL championships, a 49-3 record as a senior and a state runner-up finish at 152 pounds. He finished his high school career...
On the Fringe: PGA Tour returns to a new normalVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson were together on the first tee Tuesday morning, just like they were three weeks ago at Seminole for a charity match that was the first live golf on television in 66 days. This was different. They were not wearing microphones, and...
NASCAR appears nearer to banning Confederate flag on its propertiesVideo
The familiar scene of Confederate flags waved by fans at NASCAR tracks soon could be a relic of racing’s good ol’ boy roots. Bubba Wallace, the lone black driver in the sport, wants the stock car series with deep ties to the South to ban the flag at its properties...
NASCAR to allow limited number of fans for upcoming events at Homestead-Miami, TalladegaVideo
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR is set to allow fans back at the track for races this month at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. NASCAR will allow up to 1,000 Florida service members, representing the Homestead Air Reserve Base and U.S. Southern Command in Doral, to attend the Cup Series...
LPGA cancels Evian Championship major for 2020Video
The LPGA Tour lost its first major because of the covid-19 pandemic when it announced Tuesday the Evian Championship in France has been canceled this year. The LPGA Tour cited ongoing travel and border restrictions, along with government quarantine requirements for not holding the tournament Aug. 6-9. It will return...
Questions remain regarding U.S. Open tennis — if it is played as scheduledVideo
Novak Djokovic is fretting about “harsh” restrictions on players’ entourages and other “extreme” changes proposed for the U.S. Open, if it is played starting in August. As things stand, defending champion Rafael Nadal would not want to be in Flushing Meadows. While the tennis world awaits a decision, which could...
PGA Tour to leave 8:46 tee time vacant at Colonial in tribute to George FloydVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — The PGA Tour is leaving the 8:46 a.m. tee time vacant this week at Colonial as part of a tribute to George Floyd and to support efforts to end racial and social injustice. In a memo to players Tuesday, vommissioner Jay Monahan said there would be...
Sewickley Academy grad Summer Thorpe to finish track career at Texas A&M
It has been four years since Summer Thorpe left Sewickley Academy, but she feels like she is coming out of high school again after signing with the Texas A&M women’s track and field team as a graduate transfer. Thorpe, 21, of Ohio Township, said the recruiting process was the same....
CBS pushing for players to do their part to boost broadcastVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jim Nantz will be alone in the broadcast booth when the PGA Tour resumes its schedule Thursday. That’s not the only voice CBS Sports wants to hear at Colonial. In announcing the broadcast and productions plans for the return to golf, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus...
Spurs’ LaMarcus Aldridge out for season after shoulder surgeryVideo
Seven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of San Antonio’s season while he recovers from surgery on his right shoulder, a major blow to the Spurs’ postseason chances, assuming the season continues as planned. The Spurs announced Monday that Aldridge had the surgery on April 24, stemming from an...
Fury-Wilder III by end of the year, promoter saysVideo
The U.S. promoter of Tyson Fury is hoping to stage a third heavyweight fight between the British boxer and Deontay Wilder by the end of the year, potentially in the Chinese enclave of Macau. Bob Arum told the Associated Press that Fury “owes” Wilder a third fight after claiming the...
Kevin Harvick cruises with another dominant performance in Atlanta
HAMPTON, Ga. — Kevin Harvick turned in another dominating run at Atlanta Motor Speedway, cruising to victory over Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. in the NASCAR Cup race Sunday. Competing again in front of empty grandstands, Harvick won for the second time since NASCAR returned from the shutdown caused...
NASCAR vows to do better job addressing racial injusticeVideo
HAMPTON, Ga. — Bubba Wallace donned a black T-shirt with the words “I Can’t Breathe,” and NASCAR paused before Sunday’s Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway to acknowledge the country’s social unrest. The governing body vowed to to do a better job of addressing racial injustice in the wake of...
Former Kiski Area wrestler continues success at Bucknell
After an illustrious career at Kiski Area, Darren Miller already is starting make a name for himself at the collegiate level. The Bucknell freshman went 19-15 in his first season on the mat for the Bison and was also one of three wrestlers who started every dual while producing a...
