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SATURDAY FINALES
The final two regular-season football games will be played Saturday night.
East Palestine plays Valley Christian at Mineral Ridge High School, while Wellsville travels to Steubenville Catholic Central at Steubenville’s Harding Stadium. Both games kick off at 7 p.m.
LIVING A DREAM
ATLANTA (AP) -- With the Dream clicking in the WNBA Finals, so are the ticket turnstiles in Atlanta.
Three years after barely averaging 3,000 fans for the 2023 season -- and ranking near the bottom of the league in home attendance numbers since then -- the Dream are the hottest ticket in town.
They had a raucous, sellout crowd of 17,099 at State Farm Arena in a frenzy during Wednesday night’s 97-71 win over Golden State that gave Atlanta a 2-1 lead in the series. The Dream expect more of the same for Saturday afternoon's Game 4.
Before this season, the primary reason for the Dream to move games from Gateway to State Farm Arena was to accommodate visits from Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. It was Clark, not the Dream, who received primary credit for sellouts in those guest appearances at State Farm.
Now the enthusiasm is for the Dream instead of a visiting star.
ELLIOTT BOWS OUT
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Perennial winner Chase Elliott has opted to remove his name from consideration for NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Award out of respect for the late Kyle Busch.
The National Motorsports Press Association announced the start of voting and Elliott’s choice not to be considered.
Busch died in May after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming complications. His death stunned the NASCAR community and beyond.
Elliott has won the award every year since 2018 after Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the choice 15 consecutive times before retiring. Elliott’s father, Bill, was voted the most popular driver a record 16 times.
Voting runs from Friday through Nov. 9, the day after the Cup Series season finale, with the winner revealed Nov. 10.
U.S. GRAND PRIX
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Kimi Antonelli strolled easily through the paddock at the Circuit of the Americas, his boyish grin, tousled hair and easy demeanor never giving a hint of what is at stake the for 20-year-old Italian.
The Mercedes driver will start the United States Grand Prix on Sunday with his fingertips tantalizingly within reach of the Formula One championship.
It would be a stretch to win the title on Sunday, and things would have to fall perfectly in place. But it could happen. And if it does, Antonelli would become the youngest champion in F1 history and first Italian since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
“It definitely is crazy if you think about it, but that’s why I won’t think about it,” Antonelli said. “The others need to have a poor result, which is unlikely to happen.”
An Antonelli victory, coupled with Mercedes teammate George Russell finishing ninth or lower and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton finishing fifth or lower would clinch it.