SARVER — The FCADiamonds of Flo's Gymnastics placed first in the Large All-Girl Division recently at CheerSport, the largest All-Star cheerleading nationals in the country.

The Diamonds will represent CheerSport at the world championships in Orlando, Fla., this weekend and received $25,000 from the company to cover expenses.

There will be 27 countries competing at the event and only the top teams at nationals received paid bids. The Diamonds placed 13th at Worlds in 2006 and placed ninth last year, entering both times as at-large bids.

PITTSBURGH — Offensive tackle Max Starks, a backup for most of last season, will return to the Pittsburgh Steelers after signing a one-year tender offer on Monday worth $6.9 million.The Steelers designated Starks in February as their transition player, meaning they could match any offers to a player who otherwise would have been an unrestricted free agent. Starks found no offers worth taking.The money is guaranteed Starks even if he is cut, but the Steelers prefer to sign him to a multiple-year contract to free up salary cap money. Currently, Starks — who started only four games last season — would go into the season as one of the team's highest-paid players.

BOSTON — Robert Cheruiyot pulled away from Abderrahime Bouramdane as they entered the Newton Hills, reaching the crest of Heartbreak Hill with a 27-second lead and coasted to the sixth-fastest time in Boston Marathon history Monday.Cheruiyot won in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 46 seconds to become the fourth man to win the race four times. After crossing the finish line, he dropped to his knees to kiss the ground before standing up and counting off his four victories with an upraised arm.Dire Tune outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova after a back-and-forth last mile to win by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race.Cheruiyot, of Kenya, and Tune, of Ethiopia, each earned a recently enhanced prize of $150,000 — the biggest in major marathon history.Tune, who finished in 2:25:25, was the first Ethiopian woman to win since Fatuma Roba won three straight from 1997-99.