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Cavaliers have won draft lottery four times

Patrick Ewing was poised to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft 40 years ago when Commissioner David Stern began the first draft lottery by pulling a logo of the Golden State Warriors out of an envelope — indicating they would select seventh. Pat O’Brien, announcing for CBS, proclaimed: ...

SPORTSBRIEFING STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Cavs now face do or die situation INDIANAPOLIS — Pascal Siakam scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers tied an NBA playoff record by taking a 41-point halftime lead before routing the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 129-109 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference ...

SOFTBALL

Southern vs. East Palestine (DH) SALINEVILLE — Southern and East Palestine split a softball doubleheader on Saturday. Southern won the first game, 10-7. Hailey Maines had a triple to lead the Indians. Addy Martin had the win in the circle with five strikeouts and five walks. Taylor ...

Oak Glen is off to state

The Oak Glen girls tennis team won the Class AA-A, Region 1 tournament title held Monday through Wednesday at John Marshall High School. Members of the Oak Glen team are: Elle Monaco, Leah McMahan, Ruby Chaney, Reese Witherow, Roxye Brown and Zoey Caughey. Oak Glen, along with Weir High, ...

Tigers can’t block United from title

HANOVERTON — The United Golden Eagles baseball team has had no peer in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference this season. Led by Wyatt Swanson’s triple, double and single with two RBIs, United clinched a share of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title with a 17-1 win over Wellsville in ...

Indians fall short of United

HANOVERTON — Chloe Angelo and Callie Koons had doubles to help United beat Southern 4-2 on Friday. Payten Kekel was the winning pitcher with 11 strikeouts and five walks in five innings. Kennedy Lewis had a home run with two RBIs for the Indians. Raelea Carosiello had a double. Addy ...