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BROWN RB ON IR
BEREA (AP) -- Dylan Sampson was placed on injured reserve by the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday.
The second-year running back injured his left knee during the first quarter of last Sunday’s 34-10 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Sampson will miss a minimum of four games. He could be eligible to return before the Browns host the Baltimore Ravens on Oct. 18.
Sampson is the second running back, behind Quinshon Judkins, as well as being one of the team’s kick returners. Raheim “Rocket” Sanders took Sampson’s place on kick returns and had a 74-yard return during the third quarter to set up Andre Szmyt’s 26-yard field goal.
Cleveland signed Jaleel McLaughlin off the practice squad to take Sampson’s place. McLaughlin was with Denver the past three seasons.
BEAVERS TAKE DOWN WEIR
CALCUTTA -- Beaver Local’s boys soccer team ran past Weir High 8-1 on Tuesday at Pastore Field.
Beaver Local is 8-0-1 and Weir High fell to 2-6-2.
Beaver Local will be at United on Thursday.
DANGEROUS DRIVER
(AP) -- Former England forward Raheem Sterling admitted dangerous driving on Tuesday after being involved in a collision on a highway.
Sterling pleaded guilty at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court to driving his Lamborghini Urus dangerously before he crashed on the M3 in southern England on May 28.
No other vehicles were involved and no injuries were reported, officials previously said.
The 31-year-old also admitted possession of six nitrous oxide canisters for wrongful inhalation, a class C drug, and failing to provide a specimen.
Sterling, who scored 20 goals in 82 appearances for England, is currently without a club. He has played for a number of England’s top teams -- Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal -- and was at Dutch club Feyenoord on a short-term deal last season.
WVU COACH CHARGED
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia assistant football coach Noel Devine was booked into jail on a felony strangulation charge Sunday, records show.
Devine, 38, was arrested by Morgantown police. A not guilty plea was entered and Devine was ordered held in lieu of $40,000 bail in the North Central Regional Jail.
Monongalia County Magistrate Court records didn’t provide details on the arrest and jail records didn’t indicate whether Devine has an attorney who could comment on the charges on his behalf.
Devine has been placed on leave from the team, West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez said in a statement Sunday night.
“Any future decision on his status will be determined after more information becomes available,” Rodriguez said.
Devine faces a preliminary hearing on Sept. 23.
He was a three-year starter at running back for the Mountaineers. He compiled 19 100-yard rushing games and had more than 1,000 all-purpose yards in all four seasons from 2007-10.
Devine was hired by Rodriguez in 2025 as an offensive analyst and assistant running backs coach.
West Virginia is 2-0 after beating UT Martin 52-7 on Saturday in Morgantown. The Mountaineers play No. 25 Virginia (2-0) in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday night.
LEAGUES ASK FOR PROTECTION
ATLANTA (AP) -- Five professional sports leagues and their players associations have aligned forces to ask for protections for players and staff who face threats and harassment from sports bettors.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter sent Tuesday to gambling regulators in 35 states and the District of Columbia. In the letter, the NFL, Major League Baseball, NBA, Major League Soccer and the NHL and the leagues’ players associations asked that rules be established to permanently revoke betting privileges for anyone found to have threatened or “abusively harassed” any professional or amateur athlete, coach, official or team personnel.”
The letter to state gambling regulators cited “the escalating threat facing professional players, coaches, and officials, the continued harassment and violent threats from sports bettors.”
“While the expansion of legal, state-regulated sports betting has brought new ways for fans to engage with their favorite sports, it has also introduced some negative consequences for players and other personnel involved with professional sporting events,” the leagues and players associations wrote. “Too often, individuals who lose sports bets direct threatening and harassing messages toward players coaches and their families via social media and in-person interactions.
“Threatening the safety of an athlete or their family members over a sports bet crosses a bright ethical and criminal line and it is entirely unacceptable. It is critical that state and local leaders safeguard the participants of sports at all levels.”
The letter noted that Ohio, West Virginia, Louisiana and Wyoming already exclude “bad actors” from licensed sportsbooks and mobile applications. The letter asks for broader protections from the other 35 states and District of Columbia, which do not have similar laws or protections in place since the Supreme Court paved the way for gambling legalization in 2018.
“We call on all state gaming commissions and state policymakers to promptly adopt uniform rules and legislative guardrails to help address this behavior,” the leagues and players associations wrote, asking state-regulated sportsbooks and mobile betting operators “to permanently revoke wagering privileges for any individual verified to have abusively harassed or issued threats of violence against any professional or amateur athlete, coach, official, team personnel or their respective families.”