Hannon hired as Titans’ assistant

Former Girard basketball coach Craig Hannon was hired as an assistant coach for the Westminster College men’s basketball team. The university’s athletic department announced the addition.

Hannon became the Indians’ head coach in 2012 before leaving following the 2024-25 season.

Westminster head coach David Richards and Hannon had a prior connection. The two played together at Westminster for three seasons.

“This is an exciting opportunity for my family and me, especially getting to do it alongside Coach Richards,” Hannon said in a press release. “I look forward to working with him, helping to achieve our goals for the program and bring Westminster basketball back to its place as one of the flagship programs in the PAC.”

YSU’s Fossum named All-American

Youngstown State senior outfielder Kyle Fossum was voted a Third-Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association when the organization announced its 2025 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams on Friday.

Fossum becomes just the third player in YSU history to garner All-America honors. The Seattle, Wash., native is the first Penguin to collect All-American recognition since Jim Lipinski earned honorable mention honors in 2001.

Fossum was also selected to the ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region First Team by the American Baseball Coaches Association on Tuesday. He became the first Penguin since 2021 to earn first-team all-region honors. ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first team selections were eligible for All-America honors.

Fossum enjoyed one of the most prolific and productive seasons at the plate in program history in 2025 after spending the first three years of his career at Washington. The senior batted .382 with 84 hits while setting new single-season school records for home runs (23), RBIs (62), runs scored (67), slugging percentage (.777) and total bases (171). Fossum also recorded 18 doubles, 46 walks, a .496 on-base percentage, a 1.273 OPS and nine stolen bases while starting all 57 games. He ranked in the top 10 in the Horizon League in batting average, hits, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, RBIs, runs scored, home runs, doubles and walks.

Fossum became the second YSU player and the first since Tom Clayton in 2010 to be named Horizon League Player of the Year. He was also named First-Team All-Horizon League to become the first YSU outfielder to garner first-team all-league honors since Trey Bridis in 2018. Fossum batted .423 and slugged .902 with 52 hits, 14 doubles, 15 home runs and 36 RBIs over 30 games in Horizon League play. In Horizon League games only, he led all players in batting average, hits, runs scored and doubles. Fossum was twice named the Horizon League Batter of the Week during the 2025 season.

Rams sign D.J. Humphries to deal

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams signed veteran offensive tackle D.J. Humphries to a one-year deal on Friday.

Humphries, a longtime starter for the NFC West rival Arizona Cardinals, will provide depth and insurance on the Rams’ offensive line behind starting left tackle Alaric Jackson.

Jackson agreed to a three-year, $57 million free agent deal to return to Los Angeles this spring, but the NFL Network reported this week that Jackson is dealing with a reoccurrence of the blood clots that ended his 2022 season.

Humphries spent his first eight NFL seasons with the Cardinals, who drafted him in the first round in 2016. He started 98 games, mostly at left tackle, and was selected for the Pro Bowl in 2021.

Humphries was out of the NFL last season while recovering from a torn knee ligament from 2023. He also missed much of the 2022 season with a back injury.

Humphries’ agents announced on social media in late April that he had signed with the San Francisco 49ers, but that deal was never completed.

Aces’ Wilson in concussion protocol

HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson is in concussion protocol and will miss Friday night’s home game against the Dallas Wings.

The three-time WNBA MVP was injured in Wednesday’s 97-89 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.

Wilson also could miss Sunday’s home game against Phoenix. The Aces then play at Minnesota on Tuesday before returning to Las Vegas to face Seattle on June 20 and open a four-game homestand.

The loss of Wilson deprives what would have been a marquee matchup between the reigning MVP and this year’s top WNBA draft pick in Dallas’ Paige Bueckers, who this week also returned from a concussion as well as an illness.

Wilson averages 20.9 points, 9.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists this season.

Westbrook won’t exercise option

Russell Westbrook will not be exercising his $3.5 million player option with the Denver Nuggets for next season and will instead become a free agent, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday.

The decision doesn’t necessarily mean that Westbrook won’t be back with the Nuggets, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because neither side revealed the decision publicly.

NBA reporter Marc Stein first reported Westbrook’s decision, which was later confirmed by ESPN and The Denver Post, among others.

Westbrook averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists for the Nuggets this season — his 17th in the NBA — and helped Denver reach the second round of the playoffs, falling in seven games to eventual Western Conference champion Oklahoma City.

He underwent surgery after the season to repair multiple ligament tears in his right hand, an issue he played through during the season. At that time, Westbrook posted in his newsletter than he was “grateful for everyone’s support all year and I can’t wait to be back out there at 100% soon. The comeback is already in motion.”

That would indicate that he is planning to play somewhere next season.

Westbrook is a nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA selection and won the MVP award after the 2016-17 season. He’s also part of the NBA’s 75th anniversary team and has averaged 21.2 points and eight assists per game over his career.