SV grad Albert all-academicLEXINGTON, Ky. — Seneca Valley graduate Chad Albert, a senior on the Juniata College men's volleyball team this year, has been named to the Continental Volleyball Conference's all-academic team.Albert graduated from Juniata with an accounting degree. A player must hold at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average to be considered for All-Academic honors.

Some NBC employees skipping OlympicsNEW YORK — Savannah Guthrie of the “Today” show put a public face on what NBC says is a “small handful” of employees who will not travel to Rio de Janeiro this summer for Olympics coverage because of concern over the Zika virus.The co-host of the morning news show, who is 44, announced she was pregnant with her second child. Brazil is the country hardest-hit by the mosquito-borne virus, which can cause severe birth defects, including babies born with abnormally small heads.NBC is sending more than 2,000 employees to Brazil to cover the Olympics, which take place Aug. 5-21. The company said no one will be required to travel if they believe their health would be at risk.

76ers assistant coach Rooks dead at 46PHILADELPHIA — Former NBA center and Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Sean Rooks has died. He was 46.The team released a statement from Deborah Brown, the mother of Rooks: “It is with deep sadness and overwhelming grief that we mourn the sudden loss of my son, Sean. Our family asks that our privacy be respected.”