SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The USGA set up a different golf course at Shinnecock Hills to keep it playable in strong wind. And when the wind subsided late Thursday afternoon, Wyndham Clark looked like he was playing in a different U.S. Open. Clark seized on a more gentle course — slightly calmer ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Ask Ronald Shaklee what it feels like to receive a prestigious award, and he will be quick to defer the credit beyond himself. “You work for excellence,” Shaklee, Youngstown State University emeritus professor of geography, said. Shaklee, who joined the university in ...
NEW YORK — The NHL said Thursday it completed a review of Mike Babcock’s tenure in Columbus, cleared him to coach the Edmonton Oilers if they opt to hire him. The league launched an investigation at the request of the NHL Players’ Association in light of the Edmonton Oilers’ interest in hiring Babcock. The league in a statement said even in the least favorable light, there was no basis to restrict Babcock’s employment. It was not immediately clear if or when the Oilers would name Babcock coach. They have been looking for a replacement since firing Kris Knoblauch following a ...
McDONALD — Members of the village administration traveled recently to New Albany to meet with officials there regarding the data centers located in the community near Columbus. Mayor Ray Lewis, Village Councilman Brian Bosheff and Tom Colarich, a member of the board of zoning appeals, visited New Albany and shared the information they learned about data centers at Wednesday’s council meeting. The three went as part of the Lake to River Economic Development, which had a group from Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties traveling to gain information on data centers. ...
NEW YORK — Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations Thursday for a new collective bargaining agreement. The amateur draft for players ...
WASHINGTON — A bill that top lawmakers and athletic leaders have described as the best chance to stabilize college sports cleared a key vote in the Senate on Thursday with bipartisan support after weeks of input from schools, conferences and athletes. The bipartisan Protect College Sports Act aims to regulate payments to players, limit them to one free transfer over their careers and create a rule to restrict coaches from changing jobs during a season. It advanced out of the Senate Commerce Committee on a 19-9 vote and now heads to the full Senate for consideration. Thursday’s vote ...
