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Crestwood wins season-opening field hockey showdown with Wyoming Seminary
WRIGHT TWP. It was all Crestwood from the jump and all Crestwood to the final whistle as the Comets blanked Wyoming Seminary 6-0 in the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 field hockey season-opene
Local Roundup: Fairchild’s goal the difference maker in Wyoming Area girls soccer win
Hannah Fairchild s second half goal proved the difference maker as Wyoming Area pulled out a 1-0 victory over Wyoming Seminary in Wyoming Valley Conference girls soccer competition.
Florial’s 25th homer gives RailRiders 200 for season in narrow loss
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped a 6-5 decision to the Columbus Clippers in Tuesday s series opener.
Colorado, Duke surge into the AP Top 25 after huge upsets; Florida State climbs into top five
No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado moved into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Tuesday after scoring the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of the season and No. 4 Florida State jumpe
Coco Gauff reaches her first US Open semifinal at age 19; Novak Djokovic makes it to his 13th
NEW YORK Coco Gauff knows what it takes to reach a Grand Slam final. Been there, done that. What she hasn t experienced is winning a major championship. So her first trip to the semifinals at the U.
Defending champion Argentina starts as favorite when South American World Cup qualifying kicks off
BUENOS AIRES Lionel Messi and his Argentina lineup will be back on World Cup duty this week, when their bid to defend the title starts in South American qualifying.
Hendrick, Larson shows strength at Darlington to start the NASCAR playoffs
DARLINGTON, S.C. Another NASCAR playoff and another show of strength from Hendrick Motorsports.
Fritz, Tiafoe and Shelton putting the ‘US’ in the US Open
NEW YORK Novak Djokovic gets why male tennis players from the United States are expected to win Grand Slam titles today, the way they did when Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Jimmy Conn
Aryna Sabalenka is about to be No. 1 in the WTA rankings. She could be the new US Open champ, too
NEW YORK Aryna Sabalenka is going to be the No. 1 player in the WTA rankings next week, replacing Iga Swiatek there. That much is certain. The way Sabalenka is playing at the moment, she might very
Column: Alex Palou dominantes IndyCar amid lawsuits and scrutiny of his career decisions
PORTLAND, Ore. Alex Palou wore a McLaren papaya-colored shirt at the Miami Grand Prix in May and a $1 million Richard Mille custom watch adorned his wrist.
World Cup quarterfinals start Tuesday. They bring a 2nd chance for USA Basketball
MANILA, Philippines If there was a silver lining to the U.S. World Cup team losing to Lithuania, it s this: The Americans now truly know how painful it is to watch another national team line up agai
Desmond King doesn’t know why the Texans cut him. He’s not complaining after landing in Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH Desmond King isn t sure why the Houston Texans cut him last week.
Bears get to see how they stack up after making big changes
LAKE FOREST, Ill. The Chicago Bears made big moves in the offseason they hope will help catapult them from the bottom of the NFL.
Bosa’s holdout is endangering his status for the start of the season
SANTA CLARA, Calif. The San Francisco 49ers began their first game week preparation of the season with their best defensive player nowhere to be found.
New Commanders ownership has reignited the debate over the NFL team’s old name
A day after assuming control of the Washington Commanders, Josh Harris beamed about taking over the NFL team he and co-owner Mitch Rales rooted for as kids.
Wyoming Valley Conference field hockey capsules
A team-by-team look at Wyoming Valley Conference field hockey is below. Note that all teams compete in the same classification and division as a year ago as this is the second year of a two-year PIAA
WVC Field Hockey Preview: Plenty of title contenders
The Wyoming Valley Conference has its usual assortment of nationally recognized teams and players as it prepares to open the field hockey season with Division 2 games Tuesday and Division 1 games Wedn
Coach Prime’s matchup with Matt Rhule will be a contrast in program building methods
LINCOLN, Neb. Deion Sanders slogan, We Comin , suggests he expects immediate success at Colorado.
No. 4 Alabama, No. 11 Texas meet in rematch of last year’s down-to-wire game
Texas gained credibility. Alabama showed vulnerability.
Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg caps rapid rise by getting captain’s pick for Europe’s Ryder Cup team
Ludvig Aberg had a big reputation from his amateur career. He clearly had the game, too.