SPORTS DIGEST || Brad Smith football camp Saturday at YSU

Brad Smith football camp Saturday at YSU

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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Brad Smith will host his seventh annual True Foundation football camp and Girls Chalk Talk Saturday at Youngstown State University from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The camp is designed to teach football and various life skills. The camp is free and you can register at www.truefoundation16.org.

Manningham hosts camps at Harding

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Mario Manningham will have his fifth annual football skills camps at Warren Harding High Friday. The camp will be 10 a.m. to noon for ages 7-13 and 1-3 p.m. for ages 14-18.

At 3:30 pm., Manningham’s No. 30 jersey will be retired by the school.

Today, there will be a character and life skills session for ages 14-18 in the auditorium from 10 a.m.-noon. Sunday at 10 a.m. there will be an optional church session with the Manninghams.

LeBron and Savannah James expecting kid

MIAMI

Pat Riley says LeBron James’ home team is growing.

The Miami Heat president revealed Thursday that the four-time NBA MVP and his wife Savannah are expecting for a third time, their latest addition to be a girl.

No word yet on when the baby is arriving. James and his wife already have two sons.

Riley dropped the nugget during his season-ending meeting with reporters on Thursday, saying, “Savannah now is going to have a little baby girl to join her in the fight against the two boys and LeBron, which she needs.”

James and his wife were married last summer, and have been together for more than a decade.

NCAA president takes stand in O’Bannon trial

OAKLAND, Calif.

NCAA President Mark Emmert has taken the witness stand and is defending his organization’s role in college sports. He calls such a role vital for both students and the colleges themselves.

Emmert says sports unites campuses and helps schools recruit faculty and students. He says the athletes learn life lessons from competing at all levels and he couldn’t imagine universities without sports.

His testimony Thursday came in a much-anticipated appearance as the NCAA tries to convince a federal judge that its system of so-called amateurism is not anti-competitive and is the best model for regulating college sports. Plaintiffs led by former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon are seeking an injunction that would allow players to band together and sell the rights to their names and likenesses in broadcasts.

Allen leads Ole Miss in 6-4 CWS win

OMAHA, Neb.

Will Allen drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Mississippi relievers held TCU without a hit after Kevin Cron’s homer in the fifth, and the Rebels stayed alive in the College World Series with a 6-4 victory Thursday night.

Ole Miss (48-20) will play Virginia on Friday night in a bracket final. The Rebels would need to beat the Cavaliers (51-14) on Friday and again Saturday to reach next week’s best-of-three championship series.

It was the most runs allowed by TCU (48-18) in 16 games.

Allen, who was 0 for 8 in the CWS when he came to bat in the third inning, went 3 for 5 with three RBIs.

Josh Laxer (3-2) worked 2 2-3 innings of relief for the win, and Aaron Greenwood earned his fifth save. Jordan Kipper (8-3) took the loss.

MLB honoring Gehrig

NEW YORK

Major League Baseball is preparing to honor Lou Gehrig on the 75th anniversary of his famed “luckiest man” speech.

MLB will donate $300,000 to organizations that fight against Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The Hall of Famer was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis when he spoke at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939. The first baseman died two years later from ALS at age 37.

Staff/Wire reports