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Stewart’s HR lifts Reds past Pirates

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CINCINNATI — Chase Burns won his 12th straight decision and Sal Stewart hit his 24th home run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-2 on Sunday to take three of four in the series. Stewart tied Joey Votto for second-most homers by a Reds rookie. Votto hit 24 in 2008. Frank Robinson holds the franchise’s rookie mark with 38 homers in 1956. Burns (13-1) is the first Reds pitcher to win 12 straight decisions since Brooks Lawrence won 13 straight in 1956. Burns allowed one run on two hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in six innings and lowered his ERA to 2.35. ...

Still early in Browns’ QB battle between Watson, Sanders

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BEREA — Shedeur Sanders knows he is battling for the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback job with Deshaun Watson. However, he does not want to discuss how it is going. “I answered this question a thousand times. We focus on ourselves and what we do and what we need to do to get ...

Capsules - Aug. 1, 2026

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Penn-Ohio golf outing on Aug. 8 The 21st annual Penn-Ohio Athletic Club Scholarship Fund Scramble Golf Outing will take place at Yankee Run Golf Course in Brookfield at 9 a.m. on Aug. 8. To register, visit pennohioathleticclub.com or call 7248137210. The fee is $100 per golfer. Hole sponsorships are also available. Hezonja signs with Cavaliers CLEVELAND — Forward Mario Hezonja will return to the NBA for the first time in six years after signing a one-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hezonja has played the last four years for Real Madrid and was the Spanish League MVP ...

Warren native, Harding alum Korey Stringer’s legacy lives on

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EAGAN, Minn. — The memory of losing her husband is so hauntingly clear 25 years later that Kelci Stringer could still draw a detailed picture of her hurried path to the hospital room where Korey Stringer died from exertional heat stroke. Having arrived in the middle of the night, she ...

Wollitz: A day of fishing over 30 years in the making

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More than 30 years after a Poland Middle School student penned a letter describing his great interest in fishing, we finally made good on a suggestion about getting out on the lake together. Kevin Schaffert’s heartfelt letter to me struck a nerve. That a seventh grader would take the time to so earnestly express his love for fishing made a big impression. I replied with encouragement for his fishing. Kevin, his father, Eric, and I soon bumped into each other in town. A youngster as smitten by fishing as Kevin deserved an invitation to hit the lake. But as often happens, lots of ...

NFL learned valuable lessons from Korey Stringer’s death

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EAGAN, Minn. — Korey Stringer’s death from heat stroke in 2001 after he collapsed at practice with the Minnesota Vikings prompted many changes to safety protocols across all levels of sports. There’s no lesson learned more vital than this: Cool first, transport second. Almost an hour and a half passed from when Stringer exited a blocking drill during training camp and arrived by ambulance at a hospital with a core body temperature of 108.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Though he was moved to an air-conditioned trailer by the practice field that morning in Mankato, Minnesota, the lack of ...