Lifters fare well at Steel City meetWILMERDING — Four area lifters won various divisions of the Sons of Thunder Powerlifting's Steel City Teen Bench Press & Deadlift meet recently at the Wilmerding YMCA.Corey Payne, 16, of Cabot won the Outstanding Bench Presser award with a lift of 365 pounds at a body weight of 242 and a first-place deadlift of 550.Jayden Renfrew, 18, of Cabot won the 148-pound division with a bench press of 260 pounds and deadlift of 430. Ivan Stapchuck, 18, of Sarver won the 181-pound division with a bench press of 280 and deadlift of 430.Alan Barnhart, 16, of Fenelton won the 165-pound division with a bench press of 260 and deadlift of 440.

Nets end 16-game losing streakSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Brook Lopez had 24 points and eight rebounds, and the Brooklyn Nets never trailed in snapping a 16-game losing streak by defeating the Sacramento Kings 109-100 on Wednesday night.The Nets’ previous win was Jan. 20 at New Orleans. They had dropped 27 of 28 games since beating Charlotte on Dec. 26. The franchise record for consecutive losses is 18 by the 2009-10 team that went 12-70, another low mark in club history.

Warriors’ Durant out indefinitelyOAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin Durant is down for the immediate future with a knee injury, and that’s a huge blow on both ends of the floor for the playoff-bound, championship-chasing Golden State Warriors.Stephen Curry and Co. are going to have to carry on without KD perhaps for the remainder of the regular season — and maybe longer.Durant will be out indefinitely after he sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and bruised a bone in his leg during Tuesday night’s loss at Washington.

NFL salary cap rises $12 millionNEW YORK — The NFL salary cap for the upcoming season will be $167 million per team, up more than $12 million over last year.The league and the NFL Players Association compile the cap from specific revenues, and it has risen annually. It was $143.28 million two years ago.33 players moved before NHL deadlineThe NHL said there were 18 trades completed involving 33 players on the day of the league’s deadline to deal, the lowest totals since April 3, 2013, when 17 deals were made involving 30 players.Quantity didn’t equate to quality, with 17 of the players dealt having been placed on waivers at one point this season.