Thompson to speak at Curbstone Coaches

Thompson to speak at Curbstone Coaches

Matt Thompson, assistant manager of sales for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, will be the guest speaker at Monday’s Curbstone Coaches luncheon at Lucianno’s Banquet Center in the Wedgewood Plaza in Austintown.

The event begins at noon and is open to the public.

Boone delivers KO in most recent fight

Darnell Boone of Youngstown knocked out Phillip Jackson Benson in their super middleweight fight at Valley Forge Casion Resort last Saturday to earn his 21st career win in the ring.

The KO came 1:27 into the sxith round. Benson (15-2, 14 KO’s) had lost just once in 15 career bouts before falling to Boone, who is now 21-21 with 10 KO’s.

The win puts Boone in line to compete for the IBO World Title.

Footgolf coming to Yankee Run

Brookfield

Yankee Run Golf Course will have a Footgolf kickoff on May 7 from 1 p.m. until dark.

The object of the game is to kick a soccer ball into a 21 inch cup in as few kicks as possible having the same rules as golf. Tennis shoes are a requirement.

Food, drinks and soccer balls will be provided by Yankee Run.

7 players from Royals, White Sox punished

KANSAS CITY, Mo.

Seven members of the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox have been fined and six have been suspended by Major League Baseball for their roles in a brawl this week.

Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura was suspended seven games, fellow starter Edinson Volquez suspended five games, and outfielder Lorenzo Cain and reliever Kelvin Herrera suspended two games apiece for taking part in the benches-clearing fight Thursday night.

White Sox pitchers Chris Sale and Jeff Samardzija were suspended five games.

All six players were fined an undisclosed amount Saturday, along with White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers.

The Royals-White Sox game on Saturday was rained out, meaning all suspensions will begin Sunday unless a player chooses to appeal.

Suzuki breaks Oh’s record for runs

MIAMI

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki has broken a Japanese record for runs set by slugger Sadaharu Oh.

Suzuki scored on Adeiny Hechavarria’s home run Saturday to help the Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 8-0.

The run gave Suzuki 1,968 in the major leagues (1,310) and Japan (658), surpassing Oh’s record for a Japanese player.

Suzuki received a big ovation from the crowd and a jubilant greeting from his teammates when he scored the record-breaking run.

The 41-year-old outfielder and 10-time All-Star had two hits to hike his average to .286. He has played in every game this year.

Mavs’ Carlisle fined for criticizing refs

DALLAS

Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle was fined $25,000 on Saturday for criticizing officials after a loss to Houston that left Dallas trailing 3-0 in a first-round playoff series.

Carlisle came close to getting called for a technical foul several times during the Rockets’ 130-128 win in Game 3 Friday night.

He was fined for comments afterward about a play early in the fourth quarter when Dwight Howard appeared to push Devin Harris out of bounds as they chased a loose ball. Howard grabbed the ball and passed to Trevor Ariza for a 3-pointer.

The Dallas coach said “there just a lot of physical stuff going on out there that just doesn’t look kosher to me.”

On Saturday, Carlisle said he accepted the fine but was “going to fight for my team.”

Staff/wire reports