YSU softball team adds Brittney Moffatt

August 10, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

Youngstown

The Youngstown State softball team has signed Brittney Moffatt to continue her academic and softball careers.

Penguin coach Brian Campbell said “Brittney has a tremendous glove and can play several infield positions.

“She also has surprising power at the plate for a player her size. She adds to an already strong defensive infield.”

Moffatt, a left-handed hitting infielder, batted .430, .425 and .433 over the last three summers and hit .405 at the Canadian National Championships in 2012.

TV fee fight continues

LOS ANGELES

As the fee fight between Time Warner Cable and CBS threatens to prevent millions of Americans from viewing major sporting events this weekend, fans will be hanging out in bars, hooking up antennas, and firing up laptops to get around the blackout.

Nancy Keiter, a graphic designer in New York, is patching together an unusual schedule. She plans to watch early rounds of the PGA Championship golf tournament on TNT today and Sunday until 2 p.m. Eastern time. Then, she’ll switch from the TV set to her computer, where she’ll head to PGA.com. The site will follow the featured golfers with live video coverage through the trophy ceremony.

US soccer forward Agudelo to join Stoke

STOKE, England

United States soccer forward Juan Agudelo has signed an agreement to join Premier League club Stoke next January.

The club said the 20-year-old Agudelo signed a pre-contract agreement Friday that will take him to Stoke once his contract with the New England Revolution expires.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes said: “It’s a good deal for us, because he is a very good young player who boasts a lot of talent as well as a lot of potential too.”

Agudero will follow U.S. players Geoff Cameron, Maurice Edu and Brek Shea in joining Stoke.

Luna Rossa takes 3-0 lead over Artemis

Helmsman Chris Draper made a clutch move right before the start and sailed Italy’s Luna Rossa to victory Friday over Artemis Racing and a 3-0 lead in the America’s Cup challenger semifinals.

Luna Rossa can wrap up the best-of-seven series today on San Francisco Bay and earn a berth against Emirates Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Cup final.

Unless Artemis can extend the series, its campaign will be finished after only four races. The Swedish-backed syndicate has been scrambling to catch up since May 9, when sailor Andrew “Bart” Simpson was killed in the capsize of its first boat.

Jockey Gomez cleared to resume at Del Mar

DEL MAR, Calif.

Jockey Garrett Gomez has been cleared to resume riding at Del Mar after a recent fine and suspension for missing mounts while being treated for a relapse of alcohol problems.

Gomez was allowed by track stewards to exercise two horses on Friday. He is set to ride in three races today and four on Sunday.

The 41-year-old jockey says he’s glad to have his suspension behind him and is ready to restart his career. The stewards allowed him to return after he received medical clearance from a doctor treating him for substance abuse.

Gomez’s agent, Tony Matos, says he has booked a mount for Gomez aboard Farraaj in the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 25, a race that the jockey has won four times.

World Dwarf Games showcase athletes

EAST LANSING, Mich.

Athletes from around world are competing at this week’s World Dwarf Games on the campus of Michigan State University.

More than 400 athletes from 23 nations and every U.S. state are participating in this year’s Games, which organizers are calling the largest-ever sporting event exclusively for athletes with dwarfism.

The games got underway Aug. 3 and run through today.

Vindicator staff/wire reports