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Spurs fans still believe comeback can happen

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Spurs trail the NBA Finals 3-1, thousands of Knicks fans expected to be in San Antonio for Game 5 of the series on Saturday night, and only a comeback of historic proportions will deny New York a title now. Are Spurs fans worried? Maybe. Do Spurs fans still believe? Absolutely. Among the team's slogans is the phrase "Por Vida." Translated, it means "For Life." Generations of fans in San Antonio have held those words dear through the eras led by George Gervin to David Robinson to Tim Duncan to, now, Victor Wembanyama. And even now, with the Knicks on the ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

GLEASON LED OAC MINERAL RIDGE — Former Ohio Athletic Conference commissioner Tim Gleason died on Thursday at age 70. Gleason served as the commissioner from 1991 to 2021. He is known as the 'Father of the NCAA Grant Program' which was created while he was a member of the Div. III Commissioners Association. In 1992 he organized the first ever college football game to be played in Germany between Heidelberg and Otterbein. He was currently a Mineral Ridge school board member and also served as an announcer at Mineral Ridge basketball, volleyball and wrestling events. DAVIDSON ...

Knicks fever clashes with World Cup passions

NEW YORK (AP) — Sitting among a pint-raising crowd at a Manhattan soccer bar on the first day of the World Cup, George Carson described himself as a huge soccer fan who hopes to catch all 104 games of the global tournament. But on Saturday? "We got to watch the Knicks," he said. In ...

CORRECTION

In the Southern Local High School senior awards program story published June 1, Brooke Boyle was omitted from the list of students who earned honor cords and Trevor Groff’s name was misspelled.

US and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan’s prime minister says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalize a deal. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the U.S. and Iran have reached a “final, agreed upon text.” He said Pakistan, which has taken the lead in mediation efforts, was working with the warring countries on next steps. “Peace has never been this close as it is now,” Sharif said in a post on X. The apparent breakthrough in negotiations comes ...