William E. Lyons Jr., age 78 of Brookville, Indiana died Friday, February 19, 2016 at Shawneesprings Health Center in Harrison, Ohio.Born March 25, 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio he was the son of the late William E. Lyons Sr., and Elizabeth (Hertsenberg) Lyons. On July 7, 1989 he was united in marriage to the former Jamie Lee Staggs, and she preceded him in death on October 9, 2013.Bill was employed at JTM Food Group in Harrison, Ohio for over 30 Years. He was a Kentucky Colonel, and had also been bestowed the honor of Kentucky Admiral. In his leisure time he enjoyed Woodworking, Harley Davidson Motorcycles, and was an avid gun & knife collector.Survivors include two daughters & sons-in-law, Debbie (Pete) Strawn of Nashville, Tennessee, Darlene (Stan) Harmon of Dry Ridge, Kentucky; a son & daughter-in-law, Larry (Jenny) Staggs of West Chester, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren, as well as his beloved canine companion, Sugar.In addition to his parents, and wife, Jamie, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna Wright; two brothers Robert Lyons and Lenny Lyons, and his dog Squaw.Family & friends may visit from 1:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Phillips & Meyers Funeral Home, 1025 Franklin Avenue, Brookville.Bob Lyons and Joe Moss will officiate the Funeral Services at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Phillips & Meyers Funeral Home in Brookville. Burial will then follow in Maple Grove Cemetery in Brookville.Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society or Hospice of Southwest Ohio. Phillips & Meyers Funeral Home is honored to serve the Lyons family, to sign the online guest book or send personal condolences please visit www.phillipsandmeyers.com read more

South Ripley  4, Jac-Cen-Del  2SR- 4 Runs, 8 Hits, 0 ErrorsMady Tompkins- 2 for 4; Ellie Waldron- 2 for 4; Hailey Brown- 1 for 3 w/1 Run; Kaylee Werner- 1 for 3 w/1 Run and RBI.Pitching Win. Mady Tompkins- 7 IP, 2 Runs, 2 ER, 6 K, 1 BB“It was a great game for our defense tonight. We have struggled at various times in the field but made some adjustments and put together arguably our best defensive effort of the season. At the plate we didn’t hit the ball quite like we wanted to but we got the job done and stepped up when needed. It’s a great conference win over a rival and established program in Jac-Cen-Del.”Raiders Coach Rob Lafary.South Ripley is 11-3 and 5-2 in ORVC. Visit Milan on Wednesday night. read more

When Mata signed for United last January, the club were in the midst of a dreadful run of form that cost manager David Moyes his job. Despite the £37.5million arrival of the Spaniard, United could only finish seventh and Moyes was replaced by Van Gaal. Juan Mata thinks Manchester United will be challenging for silverware this year under Louis van Gaal. United fans will get a first glimpse of their new boss in the dugout on Wednesday night when the Red Devils take on the Los Angeles Galaxy at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Van Gaal has only been in his position for six days, but his arrival has injected optimism into a squad previously short on confidence and Mata is looking forward to a successful season ahead. United finished 22 points behind winners Manchester City last term, but Mata sees no reason why his team cannot challenge for the Barclays Premier League and other trophies under the vastly experienced Van Gaal. “It’s the start of a new era for the club, with a new manager and players coming in,” United’s club-record signing said. “I’m really happy with the manager’s style of football and hopefully at the end of the season we can celebrate something, which would be amazing for him and for us. “We’re focused on improving and trying to learn from the manager, to play at our best level during the season. The main idea is to play as a team and compete for titles.” Mata and his team-mates have been keen to impress Van Gaal during intense double-training sessions under the LA sun. And if they needed another reminder that they are playing for their futures, then it was duly delivered by Ed Woodward on Sunday when he told United fans to expect more incomings and outgoings over the next few weeks. Press Association While Mata understands the need for tough training, the Spaniard thinks it is important the players do not overdo it. “The most important thing is to get ready, step by step, and not too hard because injuries can happen,” the former Chelsea player told MUTV. “It’s important for us to prepare physically and mentally for the long season.” Like Mata, Chris Smalling will take part in the entire pre-season tour as England were knocked out of the World Cup at the group stages. The centre-back is under pressure to establish himself as a first-team regular following the departures of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Smalling hopes the hard graft he and his team-mates are putting in during their stay in the US will be worthwhile. When asked what the toughest part of pre-season is, the former Fulham defender said: “The running. You usually do two or three sessions a day, two outside and one in the gym. “It’s quite hard on your lungs and your legs, but you know that come August you’ll be ready to last the distance for the season.” Van Gaal will speak for the first time on the tour on Tuesday at a press conference in the 92,542-capacity Rose Bowl stadium which will host the match. Striker Javier Hernandez will join up with the squad on the eve of the match but is unlikely to play. After the game against the Galaxy, United will head to Denver, where they play Roma in the International Champions Cup. Further matches against Inter Milan in Washington and versus Real Madrid in Michigan follow, as well as a potential final against City, Liverpool, Olympiacos or AC Milan in Miami should United top their group. read more

Manchester City overturns 2-year ban from Champions League July 13, 2020 Associated Press Share This StoryFacebookTwitteremailPrintLinkedinRedditLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Manchester City overturns 2-year ban from Champions League.

After beginning last week with six Trojans in New York City for the US Open, the field is now whittled down to one. All four former USC men’s tennis players who entered the qualifying rounds failed to advance to the tournament’s main draw, and Robert Farah withdrew due to injury, leaving Steve Johnson as the only Trojan representative in Flushing Meadows.Farah, the No. 26 doubles player in the world, will not compete at the US Open this year, as he continues his rehab in hopes of competing for Team Colombia at the Davis Cup in September.Daniel Nguyen and Roberto Quiroz — who were both with Johnson during the Trojans’ 2012 national title run — fell in the first round of US Open qualifying, but former teammates Ray Sarmiento and Yannick Hanfmann advanced to the second. They needed two more wins to secure a spot in the bracket alongside the world’s best.Unfortunately for Sarmiento, he was matched up against Grand Slam veteran Tim Smyczek. Smyczek has advanced to the US Open main draw for the last five years, and he knocked out Sarmiento in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, behind six aces and five break-point wins. Sarmiento battled, even breaking Smyczek in one game, but he had four double faults and won only 36 percent of points when his opponent was serving.After besting Sarmiento, Smyczek played his way into his sixth consecutive main-draw berth with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Peter Polansky.Hanfmann also fell in his second-round qualifier, though his match against Vaclav Safranek stretched to three sets. Hanfmann actually took the first set 6-2 before his opponent rallied to take the next two 6-4, 7-5, and he was sent packing despite winning 104 total points — Safranek won 99 — and serving up 12 aces to Safranek’s one. Perhaps most tellingly, Safranek took two-thirds of his break points. Though Hanfmann matched his opponent’s tally of six, he failed to capitalize on another nine break-point opportunities.Safranek also advanced to the main draw, beating Sergiy Stakhovsky in three sets in the third qualifying round.Johnson, the only Trojan left standing, now looks forward to Monday, when the US Open officially begins. Johnson — ranked No. 46 worldwide in singles — is in both the singles and doubles brackets: He will face world No. 92 Nicolas Almagro on his own before teaming up with Tommy Paul in doubles to take on Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli. Johnson is scheduled to play his first singles match at 11 a.m. on Monday. The schedule for doubles play was not released as of Sunday afternoon. read more

The Spanish international is understood to have missed-out on a 40-million euro move to Madrid after the documentation from Manchester didn’t come through before the close of the La Liga transfer window.Meanwhile, there’s going to be plenty of other transfer dealings today, with the Premier League window set to close at six o’clock this evening.Man United will be hoping to complete the capture of French striker Anthony Martial from Monaco while Irish international Jonathan Walters will be hoping to move to Norwich after he handed-in a transfer request to Stoke late last night. read more

Russian heavyweight boxer Denis Boytsov has been placed in an artificial coma after being found with serious head injuries in a Berlin subway tunnel.Boytsov, who has a 36-1 record, was found lying in the tunnel between two subway stations in the upmarket Charlottenburg district of western Berlin on May 3.The 29-year-old fighter was placed in a medically induced coma because of swelling on the brain, a statement on Boytsov’s website said Tuesday.It was not until late Monday that Boytsov was publicly identified as the man injured in the incident. Although born in Russia, he has been based in Germany for more than a decade.Berlin police said Tuesday that the case was still under investigation but that, based on witness interviews and video footage, the incident appears to have been an accident.Police, who did not refer to Boytsov by name due to German privacy laws, said the man remains hospitalized but they had no details on his condition. The statement on Boytsov’s website suggested he had been the victim of an attack linked to his boxing career.”It is possible that this attack was linked to the boxer’s sporting activity,” the statement said. “Around two years ago, Boytsov was receiving threats constantly.”There was no word on who had issued the alleged threats or why.Boytsov last fought in March, when he beat Brazilian fighter Irineu Beato Costa Jr.In 2013, he was the WBO’s mandatory challenger to world champion Wladimir Klitschko, but lost that status after a defeat to Australia’s Alex Leapai. Before turning professional, Boytsov was a world junior champion as an amateur. read more

AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREUCLA alum Kenny Clark signs four-year contract extension with PackersRelated Articles Newsroom GuidelinesNews TipsContact UsReport an Error What works one game might be completely shut off the next.“It could be flipped that easy,” Ball said.The Lakers travel to Denver to face the Nuggets on Saturday before returning home for their first of three December games against the Houston Rockets.Even with two days between games, the loss to Golden State figures to stay fresh in the minds of the Lakers.“It’s frustrating,” Ingram said, “because I think every guy in here wants to win and every guy is a competitor. But if you look at the bigger picture, definitely grow from every single game, we get better every single game, we’re all young guys and going through this process right now is going to make us bigger and better in the future.”REGRETS, THEY HAVE A FEWWalton was deep in conversation with his coaches when he looked up just before Steph Curry attempted the second of two free throws with 14.3 seconds remaining in overtime. A 94 percent free throw shooter, Curry is typically a lock from the line.But coaches account for all outcomes, and Walton recognized that Ingram, rather than the beefier Julius Randle, had lined up next to the Warriors’ best rebounder, Draymond Green.“Julius definitely should have been on that side,” Walton said. “Julius recognized it late. As coaches we should have seen it.”Walton was stuck. He wanted to save his last timeout, so he watched as Curry, in a two-point game, missed the free throw. Green bullied Ingram to tip the ball and create a loose ball scramble that culminated with the Warriors retaining possession and Curry sinking two more game-clinching free throws.“He definitely used his physicality,” Ingram said of Green. “He just made a winning play. He made a winning play and, of course, those guys have been together for so long and they know how to win. It was just a missed box out.”The outcome was not decided with that one play, with Ball lamenting the switches onto Curry’s back-to-back 3-pointers to open the overtime period.“We just made a few mistakes that cost us the game,” he said. “That’s a great team over there. Would have been a lot better if we got the win, but there was some stuff we did well and some stuff that we didn’t do well.” Brandon Ingram turns heads before Lakers fall to Steph Curry, Warriors in OT The morning after the Lakers’ 127-123 overtime loss to the Warriors was full of what-ifs and teachable moments and a renewed emphasis on the bigger picture.“I don’t want the fact we lost that game to have us down,” Walton said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to build on the way we played.”Second-year forward Brandon Ingram scored a career-high 32 points in a head-to-head matchup with former Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant and rookie point guard Lonzo Ball added 15 points and 10 assists while making three of his five 3-point attempts.It felt like a turning point for the young team. The Lakers, however, have struggled to connect the lessons from one game to the next, with Walton saying they “haven’t been great at it.”“You have to learn fast and learn on the go pretty much,” Ball said. “Onto the next game every time. But every game is a new challenge and every game you’ve got to learn something else.” EL SEGUNDO — On the drive back to his Manhattan Beach home after a narrow loss to the defending champions on Wednesday night, Luke Walton’s mind drifted.Why couldn’t the Lakers play that way two nights earlier against the Clippers? Why couldn’t they bring the same energy and focus they played with against Golden State every night?The Lakers would not be 8-13. Maybe they would be 13-8.“Your brain goes there,” Walton said Thursday. “I’m not going to lie. I had those thoughts driving home last night. But then you’ve got to let those thoughts go and move on to, ‘OK, well this is where we’re at, what can we do tomorrow?” read more

The PGA Tour will review its policy on the pace of play following criticism of Bryson DeChambeau at The Northern Trust, the tour confirmed.DeChambeau was roundly criticized by fans and players alike for taking more than two minutes to play both a 70-yard pitch and a putt from inside 10 feet, which he missed. Tiger Woods withdraws from Northern Trust with oblique strain The Northern Trust: Patrick Reed gets first victory since 2018 Masters Clips were shared on social media emphasizing the DeChambeau’s slow play at Liberty National in New Jersey, with Ian Poulter, Rich Beem and Eddie Pepperell joining fans in denouncing his pace of play.Justin Thomas — one of DeChambeau’s playing partners on Friday — said after the round: “The slow people know who they are, and they just need to play faster.” Related News “A lot of it is the caddies. A lot of it is the other players,” DeChambeau said. “They don’t care about walking fast. I play a different way out there.”I take my 40 seconds that’s allotted, sometimes over, absolutely. Totally agree. It’s maybe five percent of the time.”But I’ll tell you that it’s really kind of unfortunate the way it’s perceived because there’s a lot of other guys that take a lot of time. They don’t talk about this matter and for me, personally, it is an attack and it is something that is not me whatsoever.” Just look at Tommy and Justin, both looking completely bored. Slow players do this to their playing partners making the game less enjoyable. Problem is, the unaffected single minded twit in this instance, doesn’t care much for others.— Eddie Pepperell (@PepperellEddie) August 10, 2019The PGA Tour has now responded, too, confirming it will review their guidelines.Its current pace-of-play policy only addresses players whose groups have fallen out of position, but the PGA Tour will now assess whether to expand the regulations to encompass players whose groups are in position. “We know that the individual habits of players when they are preparing to hit a shot can quickly become a focal point in today’s world, and our players and fans are very passionate about this issue,” said Tyler Dennis, the PGA Tour’s chief of operations.”We have leveraged our ShotLink technology to provide every player with a pace-of-play report that they can access which breaks down the varying parts of their game and gives feedback on the amount of time on average that the player takes to hit a particular shot.”We are currently in the process of reviewing this aspect of pace of play and asking ourselves is there a better way to do it?”We think technology definitely plays a key role in all of this and we are thinking about new and innovative ways to use it to address these situations.”When asked about his slow play, DeChambeau claimed it was others’ fault, not his, adding he felt attacked by the responses on social media. read more

The footballers of the Sarajevo team placed themselves in the third qualifying round of UEFA European League.Sarajevo played yesterday against Haugesund and won 3:1. The first match, played at Koševo stadium, ended with 1:0 for Haugesund. Ševko Okić (36., 82.) scored two goals and Miloš Stojčev (21.) scored one goal. For the team of Haugesund Maic Sema scored one goal (48.).After the 79th minute when Džemal Berberović was excluded, Sarajevo played without one player.The Sarajevo team will play in the third qualifying round against the team Atromitos from Greece.The matches will take place on July 31th and August 7th. (Source: Fena) read more