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Tocchet-led Flyers stuck in franchise-worst start to season

Tyson Foerster slid headfirst on the ice chasing a puck in a scoreless game and got tangled with Carolina's Jordan Martinook. Martinook did to Forester what the Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes and the rest of the NHL have done to the Flyers. Used him as a punching bag. Bam! One shot to ...

Back-to-back wins vault Briscoe back into title contention

CONCORD, N.C. — Chase Briscoe's hero in auto racing has always been Tony Stewart. Now, the driver of the No. 19 Toyota is hoping to replicate what "Smoke" accomplished in 2011 when he stunned the racing world by rallying to win the NASCAR Cup Series championship by winning five of 10 ...

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Nittany Lions desperate to find an identity

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Matt Campbell knew his first season at Penn State wouldn't be easy, but he also wouldn't have guessed the Nittany Lions would make it this much harder on themselves. After cruising through non-conference play, the Nittany Lions (3-1, 0-2 Big Ten) have stumbled mightily in their first two conference games. They let Wisconsin claw a win away from them and were booed off their home field in the conference opener. Last week, they were bullied by Northwestern nearly a year after the same Wildcats handed former coach James Franklin a third-straight conference ...

Winner-take-all ALDS Game 5 tonight

Guardians ace Gavin Williams to start vs Sean Burke and White Sox in winner-take-all ALDS Game 5 CLEVELAND (AP) — After coming out of the bullpen Thursday night to get the final three outs, Gavin Williams will start for the Cleveland Guardians in tonight's winner-take-all Game 5 of their AL Division Series against Sean Burke and the Chicago White Sox. "Gavin wants the ball. We want him to have the ball, and it's his game," Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said Friday. Williams was the eighth Cleveland pitcher used during a 9-5 win in Game 4 at Chicago. He made his first major league ...