Over the last four years, the Youngstown Phantoms have made it an organizational goal to transform Youngstown into a destination spot for hockey players aspiring to get drafted into the NHL. Their success has been hard to argue with. Since the 2023 NHL draft, the first with coach Ryan Ward ...
In his four years of college, McDonald alumnus Ryan Henry has had four different coaches. He’s had success along the way, including setting a freshman record at YSU, but last season at Penn State was his most successful. Under the tutelage of PSU alumnus and 2016 Olympian Darrell Hill, Henry earned first-team All-American after a sixth-place performance in the NCAA Championships earlier this month. Henry competed in the shot put with a throw of 64-5.75 feet. He also earned second-team All-American during the indoor season, winning the Big Ten Championship in the same event, with a ...
PITTSBURGH — Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Thursday. Lowe’s homer was a solo shot off Bryce Miller with one out in the bottom of the first inning to open the ...
The Columbus Blue Jackets made a big addition on the eve of the draft by acquiring do-it-all winger Valeri Nichushkin in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. The Blue Jackets sent the 43rd pick this weekend, a third-rounder next year and a fifth-rounder in 2028 to ...
For some time now NASCAR has struggled to keep its fan base. Attendance at most tracks is down and TV ratings have dropped. There are many reasons for this. We use to be a generation of car guys. Detroit-made muscle cars, guys could work on their own cars and did. For the most part, those days are gone. You can’t, and most guys don’t want to. Culture has changed. NASCAR has lost its biggest stars. Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Jr. are all gone, and it’s been tough to replace them. They changed the rules for the cars. It’s no longer who can build a better mouse ...
CORRECTION In Wednesday’s edition, in a story about alleged hazing with the Bristol boys basketball program, it was published that a student was restrained against a wall and had his pants removed by members of the team. Instead, the student was allegedly restrained by a player from behind and his pants were being pulled. Another family alleged that their student had his pants pulled off. Bristol Superintendent Christopher Dray and the Bristol Board of Education were not made aware of the allegations until after the a parent made contact with a board member. Hornets trade Ball to ...
