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Southside’s Nelson to fight on Showtime

Southside Boxing Club fighter Willie Nelson will fight Vanes Martirosyan in a 10-round junior middleweight bout on Oct. 4 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.

Showtime will televise the bout, which is part of a quadruple-header.

Nelson (23-1-1, 13 KOs) is coming of a unanimous decision victory over Luis Grajeda on Aug. 8. The Cleveland native, who is trained by Jack Loew, is ranked seventh in his weight class by The Ring magazine.

Martirosyan (34-1-1, 21 KOs) is ranked sixth by The Ring. The winner will get a WBO title shot, Loew said.

Late YSU goal salvages draw against Wright St

Freshman Abby Kenski scored her second goal of the season and the Youngstown State women’s soccer team salvaged a 1-1 double-overtime tie against Wright State on Wednesday.

The Penguins move to 4-4-2 overall and 0-0-1 in the Horizon League while the Raiders are 3-6-1 overall and 0-0-1 in the league. Trailing 1-0, Kenski found a loose ball in the box and lofted a shot into the left corner of the goal to tie the match at the 66:06 mark. Senior Chelsey Haney was credited with the assist on the play.

The Penguins host Milwaukee on Saturday. Kickoff is 1 p.m. at Farmers National Bank Field.

YSU volleyball opens league play this week‚ã

The Youngstown State volleyball team will finally get to play at Beeghly Center this weekend when it welcomes Oakland and Wright State to start the Horizon League schedule.

The Penguins and Golden Grizzlies will play at 7 p.m. on Friday, and YSU will host Wright State at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Both matches will be broadcast live on the Horizon League Network. YSU finished its non-conference schedule with a 9-6 record.

Mo’ne Davis to donate jersey to Hall of Fame

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.

Mo’ne Davis’ performance in the Little League World Series has earned her a place in baseball’s Hall of Fame.

The 13-year-old Davis plans to donate the jersey she wore last month when she pitched a two-hit shutout, becoming the first girl to win a game at the LLWS. She will visit the Hall on Thursday with her Little League teammates from Philadelphia’s Taney Dragons and the Anderson Monarchs, her longtime travel team.

Accuser: Jerry Jones paid her to keep silent

DALLAS

An Oklahoma woman says in a lawsuit that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones paid her for at least four years to keep her from reporting an alleged sexual assault.

An updated lawsuit filed Monday by Jana Weckerly’s attorney accuses Jones of forcibly touching Weckerly and kissing her on the lips without her consent more than five years ago — then bullying her into not reporting the alleged attack. The lawsuit seeks more than $1 million in damages.

Jones has denied Weckerly’s allegations.

ESPN suspends Bill Simmons for comments

ESPN has suspended Bill Simmons for three weeks after he repeatedly called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a liar during a profane tirade on a podcast.

ESPN announced the suspension Wednesday.

“Every employee must be accountable to ESPN and those engaged in our editorial operations must also operate within ESPN’s journalistic standards,” ESPN said in a statement.

Simmons said he thought Goodell lied about not knowing what was on a security video that showed former Ravens running back Ray Rice hitting his wife in an elevator.

Staff/Wire reports