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Browner’s famous family

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Joey Browner, a three-time All-Pro defensive back who played nine of his 10 NFL seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and one of four brothers from Warren (Ohio) Western Reserve High School to play in the NFL, has died. He was 65. The Vikings announced Browner’s death Sunday and said his family had informed the team. A cause of death was not released. A native of Warren, Ohio, who played in college at Southern California, Browner was selected by Minnesota with the 19th overall pick in the 1983 NFL draft. It was the first time the Vikings had used a first-round ...

Rettos gets 10

CADIZ — Beaver Local’s Luke Rettos scored 10 points and helped his East squad to a 106-82 victory in the District 5 Basketball Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game Sunday at Harrison Central. Steubenville’s Cole Bowers, who led Big Red to the Ohio Division III state championship game the week before, was named the East MVP after scoring a team-high 19 points. Toronto’s Austin Buchanan followed with 18 points. Dover’s Robbie Copple was the West MVP with a a game-high 23 points. The East also won the girls game, 56-47, with East Liverpool’s LaNease Andrews playing on ...

Elliott wins with a gamble

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — The strategy calls don’t always work out for Chase Elliott in the Cup Series. So when the plan comes together — as it did in a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway – it’s especially sweet for NASCAR’s eight-time most popular driver and his legions of adoring fans. “It’s really cool when this stuff works out, and to win these races is so tough,” Elliott said while celebrating on the frontstetch to huge cheers after his first win this season and the 22nd of his career. “So just really, really grateful for the opportunity. I never take it ...

Final Four set

(AP) — All that talent at Arizona and Michigan. All that momentum and good vibes at UConn. And somebody has to be play the part of the unheralded “little guy.” At the Final Four next weekend, that role belongs, improbably, to Illinois. In a sign of the times, the Illinii — a Big Ten team with more wins in the conference over the last seven seasons than any other program — will pass for something resembling Cinderella when college basketball’s biggest party kicks off in Indianapolis on Saturday. The first challenge for coach Brad Underwood’s team will be stopping a ...

Tate might appeal to Browns

Fernando Mendoza didn’t participate in on-field drills at the combine last month but plans to showcase his skills at Indiana’s pro day next week. He doesn’t have to do anything else to improve his draft positioning. The Heisman Trophy winner who led Indiana to its first national championship is an overwhelming favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick when the Las Vegas Raiders are on the clock on April 23. The rest of the NFL draft isn’t that clear-cut. The only other quarterback expected to go in the first round is Alabama’s Ty Simpson, whose stock is rising among ...

Cavaliers push for playoffs

CLEVELAND (AP) — Max Strus scored 29 points, Evan Mobley had 23 and Jarrett Allen came back from injury to add 18, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 149-128 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night in the second matchup between the teams in three days. Strus made six of his eight 3-pointers in a 22-point first half as the Cavs bolted to a 35-point lead. He made one just ahead of the halftime horn to put Cleveland ahead 81-46 and cap the team’s highest scoring half this season. The Cavs bounced back from a 120-103 loss to the Heat on Wednesday with a strong performance and matched ...