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CRANBERRY TWP — The Seneca Valley boys golf team will host the inaugural SV Invitational Oct. 6 at Cranberry Highlands.

Teams will include Seneca Valley, defending WPIAL Class AAA champion Fox Chapel, defending AA champion Sewickley Academy and Central Catholic.

The 18-hole stroke play event gets under way at 9 a.m.

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres figure if they're going to plop a basketball court onto the field at Petco Park, they better have Bill Walton involved somehow.The Padres and the Hall of Famer on Tuesday announced the Bill Walton Basketball Festival beginning Nov. 30 and culminating with a game between San Diego and San Diego State on Dec. 5.The court will be set up between third base and home plate.The festival will consist of youth clinics led by Walton, charity games, community league games and high school games, plus whatever else Walton might think up.Says Padres president Mike Dee: “Anything that's basketball in this community that's big-time, should bear Bill Walton's name. He's the best. He's a community treasure.”

LOS ANGELES — No. 9 UCLA reinstated cornerback Ishmael Adams on Tuesday, ending the junior's suspension at three games following his arrest on suspicion of robbery.The Bruins (3-0) also learned they've lost starting cornerback Fabian Moreau for the season due to a foot injury.Adams learned Monday that he won't face felony charges after allegedly taking a phone during a fight with an Uber driver Aug. 30.

MINNEAPOLIS — In an effort to create a family-friendly environment on game day, the Vikings announced on Tuesday that they will install lactation suites at their temporary home, TCF Bank Stadium, as well as in the new stadium set to open next season.The Vikings say two Mamava suites for nursing mothers will be fully operational by the time the team hosts the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 18.The Vikings also plan to have the pods in the new U.S. Bank Stadium.Each 4-foot by 8-foot unit is private and mobile. They are furnished with benches and an electrical outlet for plugging in breast pumps.

IRVING, Texas — Matt Cassel is headed to Dallas in a trade as the Cowboys try to bolster their depth at quarterback while Tony Romo is sidelined at least seven games because of a broken left collarbone.The Cowboys acquired Cassel from Buffalo on Tuesday, sending a fifth-round pick in 2017 to the Bills and getting their seventh-round pick that year.

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