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The offseason free-agent period begins Thursday, and the Cubs appear on the verge of finalizing the first of what they hope are several impact acquisitions.

Revenge was on the mind of the Emmaus girls volleyball team when it met defending champion and No. 2 seed Southern Lehigh in the District 11 3A semifinal match on Tuesday night at Whitehall High School.

— Shockwaves from the trade have long since dissipated, but Philadelphia Eagles linebacker DeMeco Ryans can remember the mixed feelings whenever there's a trigger.

The old business card, from the late Hess' travel agency run by his parents more than 20 years ago, reminded Rich Lerner of the winding road he took to the Golf Channel.

INDIANAPOLIS - Center Roy Hibbert, the only available returning starter from the 2013-2014 Eastern Conference's Central Division champion Indiana Pacers, was enough Wednesday night in the 2014-2015 regular-season opener.

Lehigh University's wrestling team returns three All-Americans, but none of them are expected to be competing 7 p.m. today when the Mountain Hawks host the annual preseason Brown and White wrestle-offs at Grace Hall.

Lehigh football coach Andy Coen remembered that Tyler Cavenas had to reschedule his official visit to campus last year because he was participating in the Mahanoy Area High School musical.

Justin Shirk almost always is in the same place on every play: wherever the ball is.

The Lehigh Valley Steelhawks have announced that they will be bringing back some familiar faces to their 2015 coaching staff. The same staff that led the Hawks to the 2014 National Conference Championship last season and three straight playoff appearances will return for the upcoming season.

Since no one knows what William Allen would have posted on Facebook and nearly everyone has used the F-word, the Allentown School Board has given its blessing to name a football field after Andre Reed.

"I have every article you ever wrote about us," Joan Gamble said Saturday as she recognized me and walked over to give me a hug in the hospitality box at Lafayette College's Fisher Stadium.

College football's new four-team playoff was supposed to give other schools a chance to compete with the Southeastern Conference, which won seven of the last eight titles in the Bowl Championship Series.