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Brownfield earns honor
LISBON -- Lisbon senior Blayne Brownfield was named to the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Division IV Academic All-Ohio.
Brownfield's GPA was 4.0 as he scored 23.8 points per game.
Maley makes Malone debut
MINERVA -- Malone University freshman Cole Maley got his first collegiate at bat on his home turf.
Maley, who was a four-year letterwinner at Minerva High School, saw action in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader against Trevecca (Tenn.) at Minerva's Carl Michael Field.
Maley ground out to second base to end the first game.
Trevecca swept the doubleheader, 17-2 and 6-3.
Malone (7-8) will return to Minerva to play Hillsdale (Mich.) for a doubleheader at noon this Sunday.
Kings win in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (AP) -- De'Aaron Fox scored 30 points, Tyrese Haliburton had a career-high 28 and the Sacramento Kings completed their longest road trip of the season with a 119-105 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.
Buddy Hield added 19 points and Richaun Holmes had 17 points and 16 rebounds for the Kings, who went 3-3 on their 10-day trip. Harrison Barnes made a late run at a triple-double with nine points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
JaVale McGee paced the Cavaliers with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Collin Sexton had 15 points and seven assists. Cleveland, playing its third home game in four days, trailed for the final 25 minutes and has lost six of eight.
Illinois State sits out rest of season
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State announced Sunday the school will opt out of the remaining four 2021 spring football games due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Redbirds are 1-3 and are members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They will not play final four games against South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, North Dakota and Missouri State,
"I have wrestled with this decision for a couple weeks now, but I feel like it's a necessary move to protect our player's health and safety and their ability to be ready come this fall," Illinois Sate coach Brock Spack said. "Injuries at key positions, especially on the defensive line where we suffered two more setbacks yesterday, have made it nearly impossible for us to play this week and extremely difficult for us to compete in the remaining four games."
Wright ready to revive career with Pirates
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Nine months ago, knuckleballer Steven Wright wasn't sure he could make it all the way back from Tommy John surgery. The hill he faced seemed too steep.
"I probably was on the fence, like, 'Do I do this? Do I not?'" Wright said Monday after agreeing to a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. "I've had a great career."
On the field anyway. Off it was another matter entirely.
The former All-Star knew his transgressions -- a 15-game suspension in 2018 for violating the league's domestic violence policy and an 80-game ban in 2019 after testing positive for Human Growth Hormone -- placed a very large asterisk next to his name whenever it came up.
"It's not the way anybody wants to go out," Wright said.
So Wright didn't. He found a group in Nashville, Tennessee, to work out with and suddenly all the progress he's made in his personal life over the last few years -- which he said includes therapy and trying to help other men like him who have bottled up emotional problems -- coalesced into progress in his professional life.
The right arm that has baffled hitters for years grew stronger. The pain in his left knee that had served as a constant companion vanished. His confidence returned.
"I don't want to look back 15 or 20 years from now and be like, 'Damn, I should have given it one last shot,'" Wright said.