NBA chooses New Orleans for 2017 All-Star Game
By Brett MartelAP Sports WriterNEW ORLEANS — The NBA has decided to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans after taking the midseason...
Weber undaunted by replacing Elliott in Ohio State backfield
By Mitch StacyAP Sports WriterCOLUMBUS — If Jim Harbaugh had his way, Mike Weber would be running around in maize and blue this summer...
Break time is over. Chase concerns start at Bristol
By Pete IacobelliAP Sports WriterBRISTOL, Tenn. — Break time is over.With four races left in the Sprint Cup regular season, the push for NASCAR’s...
CSU football seniors ready to ‘elevate’
By John [email protected] — Senior defensive back Dashad Tucker has been counting down the days until he and his Central State University teammates can...
Local Sports Briefs
WRITERS WANTEDNewsroom interns neededXENIA — The Xenia Gazette, Fairborn Daily Herald and Beavercreek News Current are looking for college students who are seeking some...
Kerber reaches semis in Cincinnati, keeps Williams in sight
By Joe KayAP Sports WriterMASON — Angelique Kerber has Serena Williams within arm’s reach, and she’s trying not to think about it.Kerber on Friday...
Juan Pablo Montoya still fast, bemoans bad luck
By John KekisAP Sports WriterLONG POND, Pa. — Juan Pablo Montoya finds himself in a different place as the IndyCar Series returns to Pocono...
With their record 47-game win streak, Sooners ruled the ’50s
By Eric ColsonAP College Football WriterBy the 1950s, college football’s balance of power had drifted from the elite Eastern schools to the Midwest, where...
Larger than life coaches, predictable powers dominate 1970s
By Ralph D. RussoAP College Football WriterIn the 1970s, college football was pretty predictable and coaches were larger than life.The Bear was at ‘Bama...
Column: Losing gracefully still an Olympic sport
By John LeicesterAP Sports ColumnistRIO DE JANEIRO — In a world in turmoil, one thing never changes: the Olympic sport of losing gracefully.With a...
