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[naviga:h2]SV baseball to play at PNC Park[/naviga:h2]

Seneca Valley's varsity baseball team will face Columbiana (Ohio) High School at PNC Park April 30.

First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

Admission to the game is free.

[naviga:h2]Grizzlies’ coach blasts officiating[/naviga:h2]

SAN ANTONIO — Memphis coach David Fizdale blasted the officiating in Game 2 of the Grizzlies’ first-round series against the Spurs, deeming it “unprofessional” and “unacceptable” before slamming his fist on a table and storming off.

San Antonio held off a late rally to beat Memphis 96-82 to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round matchup.

Fizdale said the veteran crew of Danny Crawford, Rodney Mott and Bill Spooner “did not even give us a chance” to even the series. After initially saying he needed to “have a glass of wine on the plane” to analyze what happened, Fizdale unleashed a nearly two-minute tirade during a postgame interview that grew increasingly louder.

“It was a very poorly officiated basketball game,” Fizdale said. “Zach Randolph, the most rugged guy in the game, has zero free throws, but somehow Kawhi Leonard had 19 free throws?”

[naviga:h2]Former NFL agent enters guilty plea[/naviga:h2]

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A former NFL agent has pleaded guilty to violating North Carolina’s sports agent law by providing thousands of dollars in improper benefits to three former Tar Heels football players to entice them into signing contracts with him.

Terry Watson, 43, of Marietta, Georgia, entered his plea in a deal to resolve 3½-year-old felony charges.

Watson received 30 months of probation and a $5,000 fine, while Judge Graham Shirley issued a suspended jail sentence.

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