For the Miami Heat, here's the bad news: They're in the play-in tournament again. And for the Heat, here's also some good news: They're in the play-in tournament again. The play-in — where the final four playoff spots will be decided — has become an unwanted tradition for Miami, which is ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy went from becoming the sixth player with the career Grand Slam to only the fourth player to win the Masters two years in a row. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only other players to occupy both clubs. Elite company, indeed. If joining the first group ...
SHADYSIDE — Local athletes ran, leapt and threw their way through the Mid-Ohio Valley Track Championships on Monday at Shadyside’s Fleming Field, with Shenandoah sweeping the team titles on an evening where six new meet records were set, and another was tied. The Zeps took the boys competition with 202 team points, followed by Caldwell with 98. Shenandoah’s girls took first with 155 team points, followed by Shadyside with 128. One meet record was broken on the boys’ side with five on the girls side. Shadyside’s Jaycob Trigg topped the old meet record in the pole vault, ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Wheeling Park mounted a comeback attempt with four runs in the top of the seventh inning Monday, but the Monarchs were able to close the door on a home win, 7-5, in high school softball action. Lily Dijkstra earned the win, pitching the full seven innings and striking out three. John Marshall leadoff hitter Nora Shock collected four hits including a double, scoring three times and driving in one run. Paislee Babiczuk had two RBI. Aubrey Lilley doubled and had one RBI. Harmony Bittner was saddled with the loss for Wheeling Park. She struck out three in six innings. ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Doc Rivers is stepping down as Milwaukee Bucks coach, capping a tumultuous year in which he was selected for the Hall of Fame while his injury-riddled team fell far short of expectations. “I have truly loved my time in Milwaukee,” Rivers said Monday in a statement ...
WHEELING — Saturday at Wheeling Park High School, several track athletes made their marks in the record books at the 49th Dick Dei Track Classic, where teams across Ohio and West Virginia competed for the gold. There were four meet records set Saturday, and multiple local competitors who ...
