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Tour de France teams ask fans to behave better after mass pileup in 15th stage
SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard is calling on fans to behave better at cycling s biggest race after another mass crash marred the 15th stage on Sunday
Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey at Tour de France as Poels soloes to victory in 15th stage
SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France With just one week of racing left in the Tour de France, the duel for the ages between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar could still go either way.
Ukraine bides its time in its counteroffensive, trying to stretch Russian forces before striking
The first phase of Ukraine s counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory began weeks ago without fanfare. Apart from claiming that its troops are edging forward, Kyiv has not offered much
H.S. Baseball: Hazleton Area’s Brett Antolick leads Times Leader All-WVC squad
Statistics have been compiled from various source and may differ slightly from official team statistics.
Little League: GPA edges Mid Valley in Section 5 9-11 baseball tournament
Greater Pittston Area defeated Mid Valley 3-2 in 6 innings on Saturday in the Section 5 Little League 9-11 baseball tournament in Dickson City.
Truex Jr. undecided on retirement or another season for Joe Gibbs Racing
LOUDON, N.H. Martin Truex Jr. stood with his back to a table where hours earlier Kevin Harvick had been gifted a colonial musket from New Hampshire Motor Speedway in honor of the driver s final race
Back Mountain Triathlon Personal Stories: Three generations of local race competitors
Cydney Faul grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., outside of Detroit. Her father was a mechanical engineer employed in the auto industry. Her mother was a therapist.
Carlos Alcaraz will face Novak Djokovic in a Wimbledon men’s final for the ages
WIMBLEDON, England Novak Djokovic paid quite a compliment to Carlos Alcaraz.
Marketa Vondrousova is Wimbledon’s first unseeded female champion after beating Ons Jabeur
WIMBLEDON, England Marketa Vondrousova came to the All England Club a year ago unable to play tennis at all. She had a cast on her surgically repaired left wrist, so her visit was limited to sightse
DCNR seeking applicants for NextGen Advisory Council
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn this week announced the department is seeking applicants for its NextGen Advisory Council.
Little League roundup: Back Mountain 8-10 softball posts major rally
Down to its last out in the top of the sixth inning with no one on base, Back Mountain rallied for four runs and finished off a 10-8 comeback victory over Valley View on Friday in the Section 5 Little
Big seventh inning by Norfolk dooms RailRiders in return to field
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped an 11-3 final to the Norfolk Tides at Harbor Park on Friday evening. The Tides used a 13-batter, seven-run seventh inning to break the game open right afte
Pittsburgh Penguins bring back forward Jonathan Gruden on one-year deal
The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forward Jonathan Gruden to a one-year contract on Friday, President of Hockey Operations Kyle Dubas announced.
Padres win NLCS rematch with Phillies to open second half
PHILADELPHIA Manny Machado, Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. homered, Yu Darvish struck out nine in six sharp innings and the San Diego Padres defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Friday night
Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova are 0-3 in Grand Slam finals. One will win Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England Ons Jabeur left Wimbledon a year ago without the trophy but more confident than ever that she would win a Grand Slam title one day.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet in the Wimbledon final
WIMBLEDON, England This was the moment. If Novak Djokovic was going to be stopped in the Wimbledon semifinals, if his much younger and harder-hitting opponent, Jannik Sinner, was going to turn thing
Little League Softball: Back Mountain falls to North Pocono, tough road awaits
DALLAS Back Mountain discovered something Thursday. It can play with the other two teams in the Section 5 Little League 8-10 Softball tournament.
Jets agree to 4-year, $96 million contract extension with All-Pro Quinnen Williams
All-Pro defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and the New York Jets agreed Thursday to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.
Rory McIlroy says he’d retire if LIV Golf was the only place to play
GULLANE, Scotland Rory McIlroy laughed off a Saudi-backed idea that he and Tiger Woods own LIV Golf teams, saying Thursday he would retire if playing for LIV was the only option.
Penguins goalie Jarry eager to put injury woes behind him after signing a 5-year deal
PITTSBURGH Tristan Jarry spent most of the past year in a constant state of flux, be it with his health, his game or his state of mind.