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ALTOONA — Slippery Rock High School graduate and Westminster College junior men’s soccer goalkeeper Tyler Little picked up a 5-1 win at Penn State-Altoona Wednesday.

Little made two saves and improved to 3-0 on the season. The Titans are 3-3-1 on the campaign.

ATLANTA — Chris Kirk and Billy Horschel have little in common except a clean card of 4-under 66 at the Tour Championship and their chances at the biggest payoff in golf.Kirk and Horschel, the top two seeds going into the FedEx Cup finale at East Lake, played in the final group and traded birdies — neither of them made a bogey — over four hours in steamy weather to share the lead.They need only to win the Tour Championship to claim the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus.Masters champion Bubba Watson made seven birdies to offset a few mistakes, finishing with a 67 to leave him tied with Patrick Reed, Jim Furyk and Jason Day.

Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart will find out no later than next week whether authorities will pursue charges in the death of a driver he struck during a sprint car race in upstate New York last month.Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero said his office has completed its investigation and submitted it to the district attorney's office for review.

MIAMI — A South Florida businessman pleaded not guilty following his arrest for his alleged role in a human smuggling venture that brought Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig out of Cuba.Gilberto Suarez, 40, entered the plea to a charge of alien smuggling conspiracy during a brief hearing in Miami federal court and was granted release on $120,000 bail. He was arrested Wednesday by agents with Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.The indictment seek sforfeiture of any money obtained by Suarez from Puig's $42 million contract as well as just under $3 million in cash, a condominium, a Miami house, a 2014 Mercedes-Benz and a 2013 Porsche.

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