Nighthawks hosting tryouts for 2019-20

August 5, 2019 at 12:00a.m.

Youngstown

The Youngstown Nighthawk, the city’s semi-pro soccer tem, are gearing up for the 2019-20 season and are looking for players.

Players interested can attend the team’s tryouts on Aug. 27 and Sept. 7 at Perkins Park in Warren. The men’s sessions are 6:30-7:30 p.m. and the women’s are 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Registration fee is $50 with registration beginning 30 minutes prior to the group session.

Sharon Speedway winners and schedule

Hartford

Chad Kemenah-Hovis Auto & Truck Supply “410” Sprint Cars, Garrett Krummert-RUSH Touring Series for the HTMA/Precise Racing Products Sportsman Modifieds, Curt J. Bish-Gibson Insurance Agency Stock Cars, and Dustin Demattia- Summit Racing Equipment Econo Mods picked up victories on Saturday at Sharon Speedway. Also, Cameron Nastasi won the “Wheelman” Non-Winners race presented by Ohio Intra Express and C&R Tire for the RUSH Mods, while Terry Wheeler, Jr. captured the Stock Car mechanics race. There were 105 cars in the pits for the four-division show.

Coming up Saturday will be the “Bill Kirila Memorial” featuring the “410” Sprint Cars for their third of four straight appearances for $3,000 to-win on Kams Electric Service Night. The Menards “Super Series” event will also include the Stock Cars, RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, and Econo Mods.

Race time is 7 p.m.

Former Raiders WR Cliff Branch, 71, died

NAPA, Calif.

Cliff Branch, one of the Raiders’ career-leading wide receivers who won three Super Bowls in 14 seasons with the franchise, has died. He was 71.

Branch was found dead Saturday in a hotel room in Bullhead City, Arizona, the city’s police department said. It said an initial investigation revealed no foul play and that Branch died of natural causes.

One of the game’s top deep threats from 1972 to 1985 in Oakland and Los Angeles, Branch was an All-Pro three straight seasons (1974-76) and made four Pro Bowls. He scored 67 touchdowns through the air, leading the NFL in TD receptions in 1974 with 13 and in 1076 with 12. Branch also had a league-high 1,092 yards receiving in 1974.

Branch was a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004 and 2010.

AP source: Brady signs extension with Patriots

Tom Brady has never known what it’s like to play out the final season of a contract in his 20-year NFL career, and the New England Patriots superstar quarterback isn’t about to find out.

Brady, who turned 42 on Saturday, is signing a two-year, $70 million extension that runs through 2021 and includes a hefty raise this season, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.

The person, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity Sunday because the Patriots hadn’t announced the extension, confirmed the NFL Network’s report on Brady’s contract.

Brady will get an $8 million raise in 2019, when he’ll make $23 million. The extension also calls for him to make $30 million in 2020 and $32 million in 2021, when he would be 44.

UC Riverside women’s hoops coach suspended

RIVERSIDE, Calif.

The University of California, Riverside says women’s basketball coach John Margaritis has been suspended after an investigation revealed a violation of school policy.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported Friday that the suspension is for 20 days without pay.

Officials didn’t say what policies Margaritis violated. While suspended he will be prohibited from having any contact with his players or staff for practices and games.

The newspaper says the investigation began earlier this year, after several UCR players brought concerns about their treatment by Margaritis to senior administrators.

Staff/wire report