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Hiner to speak at Curbstone
Vindicator/Tribune Chronicle Sports Editor Dan Hiner will be the guest speaker at Monday's luncheon meeting of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township.
The event begins at noon, and the public is welcome to attend. For those arriving early the buffet lines will open at 11:45 a.m.
Spots remain for YSU baseball camp
The Youngstown State baseball coaching staff will host a Fall Prospect Camp at the Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) on Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The camp provides an opportunity for players to receive elite instruction from the YSU baseball coaches, participate in drills, develop a routine and see the work that collegiate players are expected to handle. The camp will feature a 60-yard dash, infield/outfield skill development, catcher pop times, bullpen sessions and batting practice.
The camp's first session will feature pro-style workouts and defensive instruction from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. with check-in at 8:30 a.m., and the second session will feature offensive instruction and batting practice from 1-4 p.m. The camp is open to participants in grades 8-12 as well as junior college players.
Each camper must bring all necessary baseball equipment. Players should bring a glove, bat, batting gloves, helmet, running shoes or turf shoes, hat and any other equipment they feel necessary to compete. Please mark the camper's name on all items. The camp is not responsible for lost, damaged or stolen belongings.
The cost is $185.50 for position players, $159 for pitchers only (first session) and $207 for two-way players (position and pitcher).
For more information or to register, go to penguinsbaseballcamps.com or email Director of Player Personnel Rodney Lopez at rllopez@ysu.edu
The camp is open to all registrants in the appropriate grade level and is only limited by number of registrants and age.
NFL sends gambling policy reminder
NEW YORK -- The NFL reminded its players Friday that they are prohibited from taking part in any form of illegal gambling and betting on league games.
In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, the league asked all 32 teams Friday to reiterate key aspects of its gambling policy and make the document readily available to players.
"We all have a responsibility to protect the integrity of the Shield by ensuring that our game is played fairly, honestly and to the best of a player's ability," the NFL management council wrote in the memo. "NFL players must also take appropriate steps to safeguard the game against gambling-related risks that may undermine the confidence and trust of the fans."
The reminder followed an FBI investigation into illicit gambling activities resulted in the arrests of NBA coach Chauncey Billups of the Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and others.
"These developments underscore the risks that all sports are facing in the current environment and serve as a reminder of the need to adhere strictly to the NFL gambling policy," the NFL wrote.
According to the NFL policy, players must not:
--place any bet on NFL Football;
--throw or fix any NFL game or event, or otherwise manipulate or attempt to manipulate any play or other aspect of an NFL game;
--share confidential, non-public information regarding any NFL game, player or event with any third party.
The NFL Players Association sent a similar memo to players Friday pointing out that they should not bet on the NFL, gamble at the team facility or while traveling for a road game or staying at a team hotel, have someone bet for them, share "inside information," enter a sportsbook during the NFL playing season except to access another part of the casino, or promote any form or gambling or any gambling entity.
US 4-0 in LPGA International Crown
GOYANG, South Korea -- The United States stayed perfect at the LPGA's International Crown tournament on Friday, winning its third and fourth fourball matches and ending No. 1-ranked Jeeno Thitikul's unbeaten record in the team competition.
Americans Yealimi Noh and Angel Yin beat Thitikul and Pajaree Anannarukarn 5 and 4, handing Thitikul her first loss after six consecutive match wins in the event. Lilia Vu and Lauren Coughlin later won the second fourball match for the Americans, beating Chanettee Wannasaen and Jasmine Suwannapura 3 and 2 at the New Korea Country Club.
On Thursday, the top-seeded Americans beat China twice. The U.S. -- the only unbeaten team in the tournament -- leads Pool A with four points and has clinched a place in Sunday's semifinals.
All eight teams will play a third set of fourball matches today.
Australia and China split their Pool A fourball matches Friday. Minjee Lee and Stephanie Kyriacou beat Zhang Weiwei and Liu Yan 2 and 1 and China's Yin Ruoning and Ruixin Liu defeated Australians Hannah Green and Grace Kim 1-up.
In Pool B, Japan and Sweden also split Friday's matches. Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda beat Madelene Sagstrom and Ingrid Lindblad 3 and 2 but Maja Stark and Linn Grant gave Sweden a win, defeating Mao Saigo and Ayaka Furue 3 and 2.
The World team picked up 1 1-2 points against South Korea and leads Pool B with three points from two wins and two ties.
England's Charley Hull sunk a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to give her and World teammate New Zealander Lydia Ko a 1-up win over Hyo Joo Kim and Hye-Jin Choi. Jin Young Ko and Haeran Ryu tied their match with Wei-Ling Hsu of Taiwan and Canada's Brooke Henderson.
Under the tournament format, seven countries and a "rest of the world" team compete in two pools. The teams and their players were determined by the women's world ranking.
The top two countries from each pool advance to Sunday's semifinals and final that consists of one foursomes (alternate shot) and two singles matches.
Last week Sei Young Kim won the BMW Ladies Championship, also in South Korea. The LPGA's Asian swing continues in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next week and concludes in Shiga, Japan from Nov. 6-9.