[naviga:h3]SRU athletes earn prestigious awards[/naviga:h3]

SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University track and field standouts Sabrina Anderson and David Reinhardt recently received the PSAC's Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards.

This marks only the second time in the history of the awards that both went to the same school. To be eligible, the student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average and have significant athletic credentials.

Anderson is a senior with a 4.0 GPA as a Master of Business Administration major. She placed second in the PSAC and was all-region in the heptathlon despite competing on torn knee ligaments. She is a two-time winner of the Nevins Award.

Reinhardt carried a 3.82 GPA as a Doctor of Physical Therapy. He is PSAC champion and national qualifier in the hammer throw, setting the school record in that event. He is SRU's first male Nevins Award winner since Tim Kusniez in 1999-00.

The Nevins Award is named after the late Pete Nevins, sports information director at East Stroudsburg for 33 years.

[naviga:h3]BlueSox hosting twinbill today[/naviga:h3]

The Butler BlueSox are hosting the Chillicothe Paints in a 5:05 p.m. doubleheader today at Kelly Automotive Park.

This is the result of a rainout earlier this season. Both games will be seven innings.

[naviga:h3]Independent review confirms Horn’s win[/naviga:h3]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao’s contentious WBO welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn has confirmed the outcome in favor of the Australian former schoolteacher.

A Philippines government department asked the WBO to review the refereeing and the judging of the so-called “Battle of Brisbane” in Australia on July 2 after Horn, fighting for his first world title, won a unanimous points decision against Pacquiao, an 11-time world champion.

In a statement, the WBO said three of the five independent judges who reviewed the bout awarded it to Horn, one awarded it to Pacquiao and one scored a draw.

[naviga:h3]Gymnastics coach plans guilty plea[/naviga:h3]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women and girls plans to plead guilty to unrelated charges of possession of child pornography.

A court document shows that Dr. Larry Nassar is due in federal court today to change his plea from not guilty to guilty.

Nassar was a sports medicine specialist at Michigan State, especially in treating gymnasts in the region. He also worked for Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians.

Besides the child porn case, Nassar is charged with sexually assaulting nine women or girls in three criminal cases.