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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers are legit, and the defending NBA champions now know it, too.

WASHINGTON, Pa. – Trainer Bill Popio of Mercer enjoyed a win with In Love Again in Wednesday action at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Top-ranked Jon Rahm closed with an eagle on the tougher South Course at Torrey Pines for a 6-under 66 on Wednesday, trailing leader Billy Horschel by three strokes after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

BLOOMINGTON – Indiana closed out its three-game homestand with a dominating first half and a sluggish finish, but it was enough for the Hoosiers to beat Penn State 74-57 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

PITTSBURGH – Guard Ithiel Horton has been reinstated to the Pitt Basketball program as announced by school officials Wednesday afternoon.

GROVE CITY – Led by a career-high 21 points from senior forward Allison Podkul, the Grove City College women’s basketball rolled to a 95-32 win over visiting Franciscan in Presidents’ Athletic Conference action Wednesday night at the Grove City College Arena.

CLEVELAND – As he recovers from shoulder surgery, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield plans to rest his thumbs as well.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have hired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their general manager, according to a person with knowledge of the process, taking an innovative turn by bringing in an analytics expert from Cleveland’s front office who once worked on Wall Street.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jeff Carter still has plenty of hockey in front of him.

WEST MIDDLESEX – Sounds like a mouthful, but more often than not intangibles compensate for measurables.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins fell behind on three separate occasions against the Arizona Coyotes, but each time they had a quick answer.

David Ortiz enjoyed a memorable 20-year career in which he played a central role in three World Series championships and became one of the faces of baseball.

PITTSBURGH – Mouhamadou Gueye scored a career-high 19 points while snagging 10 rebounds and blocking three shots as Pitt topped Syracuse, 64-53, at the Petersen Events on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Thiel College wrestling team picked up bonus points in each of its five wins Tuesday en route to a 27-21 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) win on the road over the Washington & Jefferson Presidents.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Before Sean Payton took his first head coaching job in New Orleans in 2006, the Saints had a grand total of one playoff victory since their founding in 1967.

WEST MIDDLESEX – Paraphrasing Pittsburgh Steelers’ Coach Mike Tomlin and his “next-man up” philosophy, Justin Magestro manufactured a new one.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Love scored 20 points — nine straight in a 3-point barrage in just over a minute — and Darius Garland had 12 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers survived a late rally by New York to beat the Knicks 95-93 on Monday night.

GREENVILLE – Thiel College junior forward Destiny Johnson was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Player of the Week in women’s basketball for the week of January 17-23. 

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The message is more than six years old at this point. And no less vital.