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Cortland golfer takes win on junior tour

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Kaylee Neumeister of Cortland won the girls 16-19 division on the North Coast Junior Tour’s stop at Turkeyfoot Golf Course.

Neumeister followed up her 42 on the front nine with a 33 on the back to win by eight strokes, finishing at +3.

YSU soccer adds two for upcoming season

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Youngstown State women’s soccer head coach Fabio Boateng has announced Kylee Moffett and Larsen Murvin have signed National Letters of Intent to join the program for the 2016 season.

Moffett, a goalkeeper from Freedom High School, was named the FCVirginia Player of the Year in 2014 and earned first-team all-conference as a senior.

Murvin, a defender/midfielder from Ocala, Fla., was named first-team all-county in 2016 and second-team all-county as a sophomore.

Hall of famer suing Riddell over helmets

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Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung sued equipment manufacturer Riddell Inc. on Thursday, saying football helmets that he wore during his professional career in the 1950 and ‘60s failed to protect him from brain injury.

Attorneys for the 80-year-old Hornung filed the civil lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, naming the Rosemont-based company as the defendant. It seeks unspecified damages.

Hornung suffered multiple concussions as a running back for the Green Bay Packers and has been diagnosed with dementia, the lawsuit says. It said that the neurodegenerative disease has been linked to repetitive head trauma.

France advance to Euro final on home soil

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Antoine Griezmann scored twice as France beat world champion Germany 2-0 on Thursday to line up a European Championship final against Portugal.

Griezmann put France in front from the penalty spot in stoppage time at the end of the first half and then took full advantage of a German defensive blunder to score his second with a calm finish in the 72nd minute.

France reached its first final for a decade and is chasing its first major trophy since Euro 2000, while Germany missed its chance to add the European title to the World Cup it won in 2014.

Power Five seek more off time for athletes

Power Five conference commissioners want to change NCAA rules to give college athletes more time away from team activities, including no longer counting travel as an off day, a mandatory seven-day break after the season and an additional 14 off days from athletic activity during the academic year.

The agreement in concept was announced Thursday by the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference. The leagues said they believed they had found the “right balance” to help tens of thousands of athletes with a proposal they are calling Flex 21. The extra 21 days off would be in addition to the current mandatory off days, and could be tailored to fit each team’s schedule with input from coaches and athletes.

Jon Jones denies PED use after positive test

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Jon Jones has denied using any performance-enhancing substances after a positive drug test knocked him out of the main event at Saturday’s UFC 200.

The UFC interim light heavyweight champion broke into tears at a hastily arranged news conference Thursday, a day after his rematch with Daniel Cormier was canceled.

Jones’ manager, Malki Kawa, said the fighter was informed of a possible PED violation by USADA, which administers the UFC’s anti-drug policy. Jones’ backup sample will be tested by a lab in Utah, and Kawa hopes to get the results later Thursday, although he has little hope the result will change.

Staff/Wire reports