COLUMBUS — On a humid and steamy Sunday, a handful of local athletes found their way onto the podium during the final day of competition at the OHSAA state track and field meet at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. STRONG THROWS In a competition where six out of the nine ...
COLUMBUS — Following two weather delays on Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, the OHSAA state track and field meet was perhaps the quickest it has ever been run. It was so efficiently run that Chaya Murray was still standing atop the podium with her gold medal when the ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jacob deGrom allowed only three singles over six innings, Justin Foscue hit the first of Texas’ four home runs and the Rangers beat Cleveland 10-0 on Sunday, giving them three consecutive series wins for the first time this season. Two-time Cy Young award winner deGrom ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Golden Tempo showed exactly why he is a great closer, and his stretch run at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday delivered more history for trainer Cherie DeVaux. Ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz from 12 lengths off the lead, Golden Tempo surged from the back of the pack to ...
ATLANTA — Michael Harris II hit a three-run double in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 to complete a three-game sweep Sunday. Reynaldo López (3-1) earned the win with a scoreless seventh, and Tyler Kinley ended a bases-loaded threat in the eighth when he got Ryan O’Hearn to ground out to first base. Braves rookie Didier Fuentes stranded two runners in the ninth for his first career save. Harris came up as a pinch hitter with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh and the Braves trailing 2-0. With light rain falling, he drove the ...
AKRON — In front of what was possibly the entire population of Mecca Township, the Maplewood Rockets did what they have done in each of their last 30 trips to the diamond: Battle. Unfortunately for the Rockets, they couldn’t get the hits they needed, falling 3-0, to Portsmouth Notre Dame, ...
