Sports
16,048 articles
La.-Lafayette leads 10 new teams in rankings
Sun Belt rivals Louisiana-Lafayette and Appalachian State were among 10 new teams ranked Sunday in first regular-season Associated Press college football poll, which was stripped of the teams not yet
Racial injustice themes fill empty stadiums
Jason Myers kicked the ball through the end zone to open Seattle s season at Atlanta. No one else on the field moved.
Eagles turn an easy win into a horrifying loss
LANDOVER, Md. Too many injuries, notably including Mile Sanders, lack of prep time, eerie quiet with no crowd pick any excuse you want, none of them carried any weight Sunday afternoon when the st
Northwest opens with a victory
BLOOMSBURG Northwest Area kicked off the 2020 football season with a decisive 36-6 victory over the Columbia-Montour Vocational Technical School on Saturday afternoon.
Mickelson returns to scene of spectacular crash
Whether it was at Winged Foot where Phil Mickelson lost his best chance to win the U.S. Open is up for debate.
Hazleton Area splits pair
The Hazleton Area field hockey team split a pair of matches over the weekend, knocking off Nanticoke Area 1-0 on Friday before falling to Wyoming Area on Saturday by a 3-1 score.
Rams open SoFi Stadium in style with 20-17 win over Cowboys
INGLEWOOD, Calif. Malcolm Brown rushed for a career-high 79 yards and two touchdowns, Jared Goff passed for 275 yards and the Los Angeles Rams opened SoFi Stadium with a 20-17 victory over the Dalla
Jackson hopes to shine for Eagles
DeSean Jackson hasn t done much on a football field since making eight catches for 154 yards and two touchdowns in the Philadelphia Eagles 2019 season-opening victory against Washington.
Andersen wins Stage 14 at Tour de France led by Roglic
LYON, France Soren Kragh Andersen broke clear in a fast-changing finish on the roads of Lyon to win Stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday.
WVC loaded with talent once again
Two defending state champions competing in the same division is a rarity for any high school league in any sport.
H.S. Football: WBA edges Wyoming Valley West on field goal with 9.4 seconds left
WILKES-BARRE Wilkes-Barre Area senior Michael Deutsch-Jones played a soccer game Friday afternoon. He ll play another Saturday morning.
Crestwod hangs on to defeat Hazleton Area in season opener
WRIGHT TWP. Overcoming two starting linemen leaving the game with injuries wasn t easy, but according to Crestwood coach Ryan Arcangeli, his Comets were built to handle adversity.
Tunkhannock at Dallas football postponed due to positive COVID-19 test in Dallas school community
The Tunkhannock at Dallas football game scheduled for Friday night was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test in the Dallas community.
WBS Penguins name head coach, general manager
For the second straight summer, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton needed a new coach and a new general manager. And with so much uncertainty about the next season in the AHL, the Penguins have opted to stick with
Defending Class 3A state champion Wyoming Area routs Riverside
WEST PITTSTON Blaise Sokach-Minnick fills many roles for the Wyoming Area football team.
Lake-Lehman uses experience to overcome rust, Berwick in season opener
LEHMAN TWP. In a truncated season without scrimmages for a few teams, the Wyoming Valley Conference opening week expected to be a matter of what team had the least rust.
Williamsport opens season with 43-18 win over Nanticoke Area
NANTICOKE After months of anxiously waiting to see if the 2020 high school football season was actually going to be played, Williamsport seized the moment on Friday and opened with a decisive 43-18
Chiefs begin title defense with 34-20 victory over Texans in NFL opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Just about the only thing that looked familiar about the NFL s long-awaited return Thursday night was the sight of Patrick Mahomes effortlessly leading the Kansas City Chiefs up and
H.S. Football: Opening night finally arrives for the Wyoming Valley Conference
The day has arrived. A day that many thought would never happen this year.
Penn State’s Franklin, Ohio State’s Day turn up heat on Big Ten leadership
Now a month removed from the Big Ten s decision to postpone fall sports, James Franklin and Ryan Day remain frustrated at the lack of feedback from conference leadership.