ATLANTA (AP) — Kevin Pillar is confident he escaped serious harm when he was hit in the face by a fastball during the New York Mets' 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.
CHICAGO (AP) — Willson Contreras, Jason Heyward and Javier Báez homered off Jon Lester in his return to Chicago, and the Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Monday night.
ALMEDIA — If not for highlight-reel catches by Daniel Knight and Jack Smiley, Central Columbia may have set some kind of record for two-out runs Monday.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Selinsgrove’s pair of Ethan Harris and Eli Markle played a strong opening set against Wellsboro in the semifinals of the District 4 Doubles Championships on Monday.
MANDATA — The Line Mountain softball team has lofty expectations.
The breeze was stiff enough Monday morning off the Atlantic coast that Jason Day hit a bullet of a 4-iron into the par-3 14th at Kiawah Island and watched it tumble down a shaved slope 10 feet below the green.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers signed Kurt Benkert on Monday in their latest attempt to add quarterback depth while MVP Aaron Rodgers’ future with the team remains unclear.
PARMA, Italy (AP) — Serena Williams earned her first victory in more than three months by beating 17-year-old qualifier Lisa Pigato 6-3, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Emilia-Romagna Open.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry became the oldest scoring champion since Michael Jordan at age 35 in 1998, finishing with 46 points as the Golden State Warriors held off the Memphis Grizzlies 113-101 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that determined the play-in tournament’s eighth and …
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — K.H. Lee was more than happy to play through a steady downpour in the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson, and didn’t mind waiting out a weather delay of more than two hours Sunday.
BOSTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied past the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Sunday, ending a four-game losing streak.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Moments after he smoked the field at Dover, Alex Bowman channeled fictional goofball NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby as flames simmered under the left rear of his Chevy.
DUNEDIN, Fla. — The injury-depleted Philadelphia Phillies lost a game, another player and their temper.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alex Wood pitched six innings while keeping his perfect record intact and Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-sealing home run as the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Sunday.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Jay Wright used to sell tickets to games in the long-defunct United States Football League. Ben Wallace was passed over by every NBA team, some of them twice. Yolanda Griffith got a job repossessing cars so she could take care of herself and her infant daughter whil…
May 16—Villanova's Jay Wright, one of the top head coaches in college basketball with more than 600 victories and two national championships to his credit, has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for 2021, Hall officials announced Sunday.
Track and field
BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge homered for the third time in two games, Domingo Germán had another stellar outing at Camden Yards and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Saturday night.
The 75th-anniversary celebration of the Selinsgrove Speedway continued Saturday evening with the Late Model 46-lap feature to celebrate the year the track first raced.
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Vanessa Bryant took Michael Jordan’s hand and walked down from the stage, a familiar chant breaking out throughout the arena as she made her way back to her seat.
SUNBURY — No one noticed but there was a blackout at Shikellamy Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
SUNBURY — Although the Heartland Athletic Conference split its annual league meet into three sections this year, it's hard to imagine many teams could have stayed with Lewisburg for an overall girls title even if it had been one big meet.
ALMEDIA — Cole Catherman and Kyleigh Elsayed, both of Selinsgrove, were the area's lone double individual winners, and the Seals' girls swept all three relay races at the Central Sectional of the Heartland Athletic Conference track and field meet at Central Columbia H.S. on Saturday.
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Sam Burns is the 54-hole leader — again. Local favorite Jordan Spieth saved the magic for the 18th green — again.
WILLIAMSPORT — Selinsgrove's Ethan Harris and Eli Markle cut a wide path through three rounds of the District 4 Class 2A boys tennis doubles tournament Saturday, winning their way to the semifinals.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ramón Laureano hit the first of Oakland’s four homers and Frankie Montas pitched six effective innings, helping the Athletics beat the sliding Minnesota Twins 6-1 on Friday night.
CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Andrew Vaughn, starting the nightcap at first base after AL MVP Jose Abreu was injured in a frightening collision in the first game, homered to send the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 3-1 Friday for a doubleheader split.
CATAWISSA — Coming off a nail-biting win over Central Columbia two days prior, Southern Columbia coach Mike Myers was concerned that his team may be susceptible to a letdown against Warrior Run on Friday.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge went deep twice and Gio Urshela delivered a key pinch-hit shot, leading the banged-up New York Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
SUNBURY — It wouldn't seem that there'd be much for Shikellamy to feel good about in light of an 11-run loss, but the Braves had an awful lot to appreciate Friday.
SELINSGROVE — Sophomore Kaitlyn Eisley admitted to nerves as she stepped to the plate on Friday afternoon.
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DANVILLE — Julien Stellar and his Mount Carmel teammates serenaded center fielder Reed Witkoski with "Happy Birthday" following Thursday's critical win over Danville.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — With the team match on the line Thursday in a District 4 boys tennis semifinal, Selinsgrove's second doubles team of Luke Lybarger and Ky Reiland fought off match point after match point.
DANVILLE — Danville’s Morgan Wagner has a long list of accomplishments over her storied high school career.
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Jordan Spieth had his longest stretch all day of mere pars — a whopping four holes — on the besieged new home course of the AT&T Byron Nelson when the local favorite stepped over a 55-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies placed catcher J.T. Realmuto on the COVID-19-related injured list Thursday and recalled catcher Rafael Marchan from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
MONTREAL (AP) — Dominik Kahun scored 27 seconds into overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.
CATAWISSA — Few teams, if any, in District 4 have had hotter bats this season than Central Columbia.
ELYSBURG — For her final high school track season, Southern Columbia sprinter Kaitlyn Lapatsky added the hurdles to her repertoire.
SUNBURY — Davis Marshall showed up in Shikellamy's bullpen during the bottom of the fifth inning Tuesday, soft tossing to loosen his right arm.
LEWISBURG — Evan Cecchini and Zach Higgins won the top two singles matches for Lewisburg on Tuesday, but Central Columbia won the other three matches to grab a 3-2 win Tuesday in the District 4 quarterfinals.
LEWISBURG — For nearly six innings on Tuesday the Lewisburg softball team wasn't crisp — and with Warrior Run fighting for a District 4 Class 3A playoff berth — that lack of a razor edge cost the Green Dragons for most of the game.
SELINSGROVE — Ethan Harris felt confident heading into Selinsgrove’s District 4 boys tennis team quarterfinal against Towanda on Tuesday.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Evan Cecchini may have gotten a fortunate bounce, but the Lewisburg senior certainly took advantage of it Monday in the District 4 boys tennis singles championship match.
MOUNT CARMEL — Emily Reese is Southern Columbia’s home run leader with four. Natasha Corley does not consider herself one of the Tigers’ big hitters.
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