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Scrappers home stadium debuts new turf

The newly named 717 Credit Union Field at Eastwood debuted with local high school baseball games featuring, United, Lisbon, Crestview, and Columbiana Friday night.

Oscar Schmidt, Basketball Hall of Famer from Brazil, dies at 68

SAO PAULO (AP) — Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer known to his Brazilian compatriots as the “Holy Hand,” died Friday. He was 68. Schmidt’s family said in a statement that he fought a brain tumor for 15 years “with courage, dignity and resilience . . . while remaining a role model of determination

US-Iran talks take sudden, uncertain shift with sweeping claims on both sides

President Trump sprinted ahead Friday to take a victory lap celebrating what he said was Iran’s agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.  But conflicting statements from Iranian officials and Israeli pushback on the terms of the ceasefire with Lebanon are raising doubt about the president's actual successes.