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WVU athletics launch NIL initiative Gold & Blue Enterprises

College sports are rapidly evolving, and recently, it took another step to the professional level after a judge in California settled on a revenue-sharing agreement between the NCAA and players. Now, athletes are allowed to play directly for schools up to about $20 million a year on top of the ...

Local roundup: Smithfield-Fairchance blanks Colonial, 5-0

Geno Valenti pitched 6 ⅓ scoreless innings and Michael Dunham had two hits and three RBIs as Smithfield-Fairchance shut out visiting Colonial, 5-0, in a Fayette American Legion baseball action Wednesday. Valenti gave up four hits and three walks with nine strikeouts before hitting the ...

Into the Hall: Buck Grover, Roger Miller

Roger Miller and Darwyn “Buck” Grover were both imposing physical figures whose athletic exploits matched their size. Miller stood 6-foot-3 and was a 1972 Uniontown graduate who made his mark in baseball and reached the major league level in 1974. Grover stood 6-foot-4 and was a 1954 ...

A step up

A year ago, Waynesburg CentralĢƵ baseball team let a section title slip away with a couple late-season losses to Mount Pleasant then fell in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Despite a 13-4 overall record, the Raiders felt unfulfilled. Waynesburg broke through on two fronts in ...

Into the Hall: Pete Smith

High school athletes dream of leading their team to a WPIAL championship. Pete Smith accomplished that goal in not one, but two sports in the same year. The Uniontown graduate was the point guard on the Red Raiders boys basketball team that won WPIAL and PIAA championships in 1962 and also ...