(AP) — The Big Ten became the first conference Tuesday to adopt a rule barring football players who have signed professional contracts from returning to play at its 18 member schools as college sports finds itself mired in lawsuits and chaotic disputes over eligibility. The move came a day ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York used an alias when he sent text messages over two days to a woman he believed to be a prostitute before he was arrested in a sting operation in East Palestine, Ohio, according to a police incident report obtained Tuesday. The report from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force had more than two pages redacted but provided more details about what led to York's arrest and ultimately to him pleading no contest Monday to two misdemeanors. York initially responded to an advertisement placed by police on a known ...
AKRON (AP) — LeBron James' growing passion for golf now includes a partnership with the PGA Tour announced Tuesday that will bring a two-day tournament to Firestone Country Club in his hometown of Akron next summer to connect youth with aspiring professionals. The LeBron James Family Foundation Invitational will be played July 6-7 on the famed South course at Firestone, where the PGA Tour recently ended a 72-year run. The event is to include mentorship that connect students from James' "I Promise" program with players who advanced through the tour's Pathway to Progression Pro-Bound ...
Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80. Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 ...
US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months WASHINGTON (AP) — After a pause of more than two months, the U.S. military announced Monday that it once again carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of ...
Steelers in contract talks, B1
