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Bristol downs Red Devils in sectional final

BRISTOLVILLE — Whoever scored first in Tuesday’s Division V sectional final between Bristol and Lordstown was going to survive and advance to the next round of the tournament. A scoreless first half of aggressive back-and-forth play set the tone, but the Panthers scored a pair to down ...

Badger falls to Tigers in tourney opener

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Badger’s season ended Tuesday with a lopsided loss to Springfield in a Division V, Northeast 2, sectional final. The 34th-seeded Braves kept it close for most of the first half but ultimately proved to be no match for the 12th-seeded Tigers in an 8-0 loss. “It’s tough ...

YSU looks to return to fast-paced identity

YOUNGSTOWN — At its best over the past five or six years, the Youngstown State men’s basketball team was one of the top offensive teams in the country. The Penguins were an up-tempo team that was efficient scoring and aggressive in how it attacked opposing teams, but for one reason or ...

NFL increases security for Steelers-Saints game

NEW YORK — The NFL said security will be heightened for the game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints on Sunday after civil unrest protests engulfed the French capital last weekend. Executive VP of club business, international and league events Peter O’Reilly ...

Ohio State’s Sayin out indefinitely

Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Tuesday night that quarterback Julian Sayin will be out indefinitely after injuring his throwing arm in the fourth quarter Saturday against Indiana. Day did not want to set a timeline for the junior’s return, but he left open the possibility that it could be ...

Penguins forward Kindel hospitalized

SALT LAKE CITY — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel was being evaluated at a Salt Lake City hospital on Tuesday after having a medical emergency on the team's flight home from a four-game trip. The club said the 19-year-old Kindel had an unspecified issue shortly after the team's plane took off from the Salt Lake City airport on Tuesday. The plane returned to the airport while Kindel was tended to on the flight by the team's medical staff. He was taken by ambulance to the University of Utah hospital. The team said Kindel was conscious, alert and stable. Kindel, in his second ...