Oliva shoots 73 in BC3 golf victoryCarmen Oliva shot a 78 to lead the Butler County Community College golf team to a win over Westmoreland, CCAC-North and Penn State-Fayette.Butler shot a 329 as a team, besting CCAC-North by three strokes.Michael Rozzi shot an 80, Matt Benson an 84 and Britton Simmons an 87 to round out the Pioneer scoring.

Las Vegas hoping to lure RaidersRENO, Nev. — Three people whose votes could determine whether a nearly $2 billion stadium is built to lure the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas were appointed to vacant seats in the Nevada Legislature.The three northern Nevada residents, including a former Stanford football player, will join other state lawmakers for a special session the governor is expected to convene next month to consider raising hotel room taxes in the Las Vegas area to help finance a 65,000-seat, domed stadium that could be home to the NFL team.The current informal proposal on the table would tax only hotel guests in Las Vegas and Clark County, with no direct impact on Washoe County, Reno or Sparks.

49ers’ Kaepernick critical of debateSANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has become a key figure in a growing protest against racial inequality, had a harsh assessment of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump a day after the first presidential debate.“To me, it was embarrassing to watch that these are our two candidates,” Kaepernick said. “Both are proven liars and it almost seems like they’re trying to debate who’s less racist. And at this point, talking with one of my friends, it was, you have to pick the lesser of two evils, but in the end, it’s still evil.”Kaepernick also responded to a statement Trump made during an August radio interview in which he said Kaepernick’s anthem protest wasn’t “a good thing” and that the athlete might want to find a country that works better for him.Kaepernick said it was “a very ignorant statement, that if you don’t agree with what’s going on here and that if you want justice and liberty and freedom for all that you should leave the country.”

Texans’ Watt may be out for seasonHOUSTON — A person familiar with J.J. Watt’s condition says he has re-injured his back and the Houston Texans expect him to be out until at least December, and possibly the entire season.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t confirmed the injury.