Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Sharon Speedway offers refunds
Hartford
Sharon Speedway canceled Tuesday’s Ohio Speedweek event for the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars because of wet grounds.
Customers who purchased advanced and reserved tickets will be refunded to the credit card used to purchase.
Those that are holding rain checks from the May 4 rained out All Star and RUSH Sprint show can use them for the “Lou Blaney Memorial” featuring the All Stars on July 6 or send in for a refund to Sharon Speedway, PO Box 159, Hartford, OH 44424.
Brookfield golfer wins PGA qualifier
MASSILLON
Justin Atkinson of Brookfield won the 2019 Northern Ohio PGA Boys Junior PGA Championship on Monday at Shady Hollow Country Club.
Atkinson qualified for the 44th Boys Junior PGA Championship, hosted at Keney Park Golf Course in Hartford, Conn. That tournament will be from July 30-Aug. 2.
Also qualifying was Boardman’s Cole Christman who finished one stroke behind Atkinson’s 70.
The second round of the qualifier was canceled because of wet grounds.
NFL medical experts seek college help
INDIANAPOLIS
The NFL’s top medical experts are asking college football physicians and trainers to help make the game safer.
They want the NCAA to pitch in, too.
Dr. Allen Sills and Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice president for health and safety initiatives, spent Monday and Tuesday sharing data about their findings on the prevention and treatment of injuries.
It’s the most formal presentation league executives have had with college officials, and Sills and Miller hope this presentation leads to a broader conversation that includes discussions about lower-body injuries.
“We’re able to show them what we’re working on and what we’re finding and how we’re applying that knowledge into the day-to-day care of professional athletes,” Sills told The Associated Press during a break.
“I think we hope this is the start of even more regular interaction between the two organizations because we share the exact same goals, which is improving the health and safety of players.”
The two-day meeting included participants from the NFL’s health and safety team, the NCAA’s Sport Science Institute and medical staffs from schools in each of the power five conferences.
It comes amid a rapidly evolving landscape of injuries in football. Sills is the league’s chief medical officer.
MLB criticizes umpires union
SAN DIEGO
Major League Baseball said it was inappropriate for the umpire’s union to comment on the one-game suspension levied against San Diego Padres star Manny Machado for his conduct following his ejection for arguing a called third strike Saturday at Colorado.
The MLB Umpires Association said in a tweet Tuesday that Machado was suspended for contact with an umpire “and VIOLENTLY throwing his bat against the backstop with absolutely no regard to anyone’s safety.”
The tweet added that “Violence in the workplace is not tolerated” and asked “Is this truly what MLB wants to teach our youth?”
The tweet was accompanied by the hashtags #Disappointed #LeadByExample #NotAppreciated #Violence #TemperTantrum #Inaction #NotTolerated #MakeanExampleof #OneGameSuspension #RepeatOffender and #Nonsense.
MLB said in a statement that MLB Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre “considered all the facts and circumstances of Machado’s conduct, including precedent, in determining the appropriate level of discipline.
Machado, who signed a $300 million, 10-year contract during spring training, claims he did not touch plate ump Bill Welke during their argument.
Staff/wire report