Curbstone Coaches to host YSU’s Bo Pelini

Curbstone Coaches to host YSU’s Bo Pelini

BEAVER TOWNSHIP

The Curbstone Coaches will host an “An Evening with Youngstown State University Football Coach Bo Pelini” on Monday at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township.

The event starts at 6 p.m. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. This includes a buffet dinner.

White Sox ace benched for cutting jerseys

CHICAGO

Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale was scratched from his start against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night after he was involved in what the team said was a “non-physical clubhouse incident.”

Sale, who was to attempt to become the majors’ first 15-game winner, was sent home from the park.

FanRag Sports first reported the incident involved Sale’s protest of the throwback jerseys the team was scheduled to wear. Fox Sports reported Sale cut up the throwback jerseys during batting practice.

“The incident, which was non-physical in nature, currently is under further investigation by the club,” general manager Rick Hahn said in a statement. “The White Sox will have no additional comment until the investigation is completed.”

The White Sox marketing department described the night as the “Throwback Game.” It announced the team would wear collared, blue and white V-neck jerseys first worn in 1976.

The players instead wore more conventional, throwback white jerseys with no collar and no navy.

Froome set to capture third Tour de France

MORZINE, France

Chris Froome kept his lead intact during the final day of climbing in the Alps on Saturday and was poised to secure his third Tour de France title in four years.

Spanish rider Jon Izagirre won the rainy penultimate stage by attacking on the slippery descent from the Col de Joux Plane into Morzine.

Froome, the Kenyan-born British rider who won the Tour in 2013 and 2015, eased up just before the line in the 20th stage and lost a few seconds to his main rivals.

Still, he ended the day with an advantage of 4 minutes, 5 seconds over Romain Bardet of France, with Nairo Quintana of Colombia third, 4:21 behind.

The Tour concludes Sunday in Paris with a mostly ceremonial finish on the Champs-Elysees.

Ravens to start camp with six on PUP list

OWINGS MILLS, Md.

Baltimore Ravens standouts Terrell Suggs, Steve Smith and Elvis Dumervil are among six players who will start training camp on the physically unable to perform list.

Suggs, a six-time Pro Bowl linebacker, and Smith, a 37-year-old receiver, both tore Achilles tendons last season. Dumervil is recovering from an offseason foot surgery.

The Ravens also placed receiver Breshad Perriman, running back Trent Richardson and cornerback Jumal Rolle on the PUP list.

WNBA withdraws fines for warmup shirts

NEW YORK

The WNBA has withdrawn its fines for teams that showed support of citizens and police involved in recent shootings by wearing black warmup shirts before games.

WNBA President Lisa Borders said in a statement Saturday the league was rescinding penalties given to the Indiana Fever, New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury and their players for wearing the shirts during pregame protests, which began after shootings in Minnesota and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Each organization was fined $5,000 and players were each given a $500 penalty because WNBA rules stated that uniforms may not be altered in any way.

Correction

Mahoning Valley Scrappers pitching coach Tighe Dickenson was misidentified in a story in Saturday’s Vindicator sports section.

Staff and wire reports