YSU football camp kicks off today

YSU football camp kicks off today

YOUNGSTOWN

Students from The Rich Center for Autism will take the field with Youngstown State University football players for a football skills camp today at 1 p.m. at Stambaugh Stadium. Sixty students all on the autism spectrum will take part in the skills camp, which has become an annual event during The Rich Center summer program.

For children with autism, working with the YSU athletes, coaches and staff builds on their knowledge of football and their ability to play the sport.

“All physical activity can be therapeutic. We have seen positive results in our classrooms using this technique,” Rich Center teacher Scot McClelland said. “And it is fun for students to participate and to interact with other members of the YSU community.”

Rousher commits to Miami University

CANFIELD

Canfield High football player Jimmy Rousher has verbally committed to Miami of Ohio.

Rousher, who is 6-foot-2 and weighs 260 pounds, is a two-year starter for the Cardinals at tight end and defensive line.

Jagr eyes playing for Pens, Red Wings

DETROIT

Jaromir Jagr is ready make an NHL comeback.

“Quite a few teams are in the picture, but I’ve been talking to Detroit and Pittsburgh the last couple of days,” Petr Svoboda, Jagr’s agent, said. “He is looking for a one-year deal and I think he will have one in the next week or so.”

Jagr was the NHL MVP in 1999, a five-time scoring champion and two-time Stanley Cup winner while he was with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He went on to play for the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers.

The 39-year-old Jagr hasn’t played in the NHL since the 2007-08 season with the Rangers. He left the league to play for Avangard Omsk in Russia, but he and his agent are working on getting a deal done with a team in North America.

Rangers, Flyers set for Winter Classic

NEW YORK

The New York Times is reporting the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers will play at Citizens Bank Park in the next Winter Classic game.

The annual outdoor game will be played at night on Jan. 2 (a Monday), because Jan. 1 is scheduled to be the final week of the NFL’s regular season.

Citizens Bank Park is the home of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Feds asking for delay of Bonds hearing

SAN FRANCISCO

Federal prosecutors are asking for a two-month postponement of Barry Bonds’ next court date.

The government was expected to announce at a Friday hearing whether it intended to retry Bonds on three perjury charges a jury deadlocked on after a month-long trial in April.

Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice and a judge was to set a sentencing date on Friday. His lawyers have filed legal papers asking that Bonds’ conviction be tossed out.

A second court hearing was scheduled for July 1 to consider Bonds’ argument that the jury erred in convicting him of making a misleading statement to a grand jury investigating a steroid distribution ring.

Prosecutors on Tuesday asked the judge to delay both hearings until Aug. 26.

Clemens’ lawyers seeking limits

WASHINGTON

Roger Clemens is trying to prevent his former New York Yankee teammates from telling jurors in his upcoming criminal trial that they got performance-enhancing drugs from Clemens’ former trainer.

Clemens’ attorneys argued in a filing Tuesday night that such evidence could create “guilt by association” in juror’s minds and asked a judge to block it.

McNamee says he gave steroids and human growth hormone to Clemens, but the pitching great denies it.

Staff/wire report