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SV grad Myers nets 1st career goalERIE — Seneca Valley graduate Jared Myers, a freshman on the Penn State Behrend men's soccer team, scored his first career collegiate goal in the Lions' 3-1 win over Westminster Monday.Fellow SV grad Anthony Crivelli also scored for Behrend.

NBA refs to guard against dirty playsELIZABETH, N.J. — NBA referees will be cracking down this season on “unnatural acts,” such as the hit to the groin area that resulted in Draymond Green’s suspension during the NBA Finals.They will also more closely monitor traveling after complaints from coaches that players are getting away with too many steps on the perimeter.The referees were informed and instructed about those items this week during their preseason meetings and training camp.The “unnatural” plays are a point of emphasis after a number of situations involving Green during the postseason. The All-Star forward had a habit of flailing his arms or legs and a few times made contact with opponents in the groin area.

Legendary coach Temple dead at 89NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ed Temple, the former Tennessee State track and field coach whose Tigerbelles won 13 Olympic gold medals and helped break down racial and gender barriers in the sport, died. He was 89.Temple’s daughter, Edwina, told Tennessee State officials that her father died after an illness. He celebrated his birthday Tuesday.Temple coached the women’s track team at Tennessee State, formerly Tennessee A&I, from 1953 to 1994. He was head coach of the U.S. Olympics women’s teams in 1960 and 1964 and assistant coach in 1980.One of the athletes he coached at TSU, Wilma Rudolph, became the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics, in Rome in 1960. She won the 100 and 200 meters and teamed with Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams and Barbara Jones to win the 400 relay.

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