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LOCAL
Chaney-Timkengame at 7
YOUNGSTOWN -- Chaney's City Series football game against Canton Timken tonight has a 7 p.m. kickoff at YSU's Stambaugh Stadium.
Corrections
YOUNGSTOWN -- Chaney quarterback Justin Hood completed 5-of-6 passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns in last week's 48-0 victory over Rayen. Hood also rushed eight times for 80 yards and a touchdown. His name was omitted from Tuesday's list of Weekend Leaders.
Jackson-Milton's Adam Keck rushed for 118 yards and scored two touchdowns, and Lee Keck rushed for 100 yards and one touchdown, in the Bluejays' 29-0 victory over Mathews last week. Their names were omitted from the Weekend Leaders.
REGION
Huffman hiredat Bethany
BETHANY, W.Va. -- Aaron Huffman, a native of Waynesburg, Pa., has been named men's basketball coach at Bethany College. He will also serve as men's tennis coach and an assistant professor in the physical education and sports studies department.
HOF inductionmoves to Sunday
CANTON -- The Pro Football Hall of Fame will move the induction ceremony from Saturday to Sunday starting in 2003.
The weekend festivities will be cut from four days to three. The Hall of Fame Weekend will begin with a parade Saturday morning and finish with the AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game on Monday night.
The traditional Friday night dinner will be moved to Saturday night and the Saturday breakfast will be eliminated.
The 2003 Hall of Fame indications take place Aug. 3.
NATION
ARod namedplayer of year
NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez was selected player of the year in a vote by members of the players' association and John Smoltz received the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award.
Trevor Hoffmanhas surgery
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder and the team expects him to be recovered by spring training.
Marlins' owner OKs payroll increase
MIAMI -- Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has decided to increase the payroll next season, which will allow the team to keep most of its best players.
McDyess out
NEW YORK -- Antonio McDyess, the New York Knicks' power forward, will miss the season after having surgery on his broken kneecap.
Jazz center to sit
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag is expected to miss at least three games because of an abdominal strain resulting from donating a kidney to his sister in the offseason.
MLS awards
Steve Nicol won the MLS Coach of the Year award after taking a New England Revolution team with a history of mediocrity to the championship game.
The Revolution play the Los Angeles Galaxy for the title Sunday.
Columbus Crew midfielder Kyle Martino won the MLS Rookie of the Year award.
Team announced
CHICAGO -- Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Tiffany Roberts and Brianna Scurry were among 18 players chosen for the U.S. team that will try to qualify for next year's World Cup in China.
The team will compete in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup from Oct. 27-Nov. 9 in four cities in the United States and Canada.
WORLD
Tennis roundup
* MADRID, Spain -- Andre Agassi powered into the third round of the Madrid Masters by beating qualifier Jan-Michael Gambill 6-4, 6-4, while Andy Roddick, Tim Henman and top-seeded Tommy Haas all lost.
* ZURICH, Switzerland -- Top-seeded Jennifer Capriati was eliminated by Conchita Martinez 6-0, 6-3 in the Swisscom Challenge second round.
* BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Third-seeded Rita Grande beat Ashley Harkleroad 6-4, 6-2 in the VUB Open second round.
Sasaki to undergo surgery in Japan
SEATTLE -- Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki has reluctantly decided to undergo surgery to remove a floating bone chip from his right elbow.
The 34-year-oldDr. Katsuhisa Yamada, who performed the second surgery on the elbow in 1999.
Vindicator staff/wire reports