Mari scores hole-in-one
Golf Rich Mari scored a hole-in-one on Aug. 26 at Duck Hollow Golf Club. Bob Mehok and Ray Petitte witnessed the shot on No. 12. Crable cards ace
Ted Crable, of Uniontown, scored a hole-in-one on Sept. 2 on the Links course at Nemacolin Woodlands. Crable used a 7-iron to ace No. 2, a 153-yard par-3. Gary Friend and Larry Blair witnessed the shot.
Basketball USA beats Russia
ISTANBUL (AP) – Chauncey Billups made the promise. Kevin Durant made sure it was kept.
And by beating Russia on Thursday, the Americans brought a little joy to one of the players who will never forget what happened against the Soviets exactly 38 years earlier.
Durant scored 33 points to lead the United States to an 89-79 victory that moved it within two wins of its first world basketball championship since 1994.
The victory came on the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s win over the Americans for the 1972 Olympic gold medal, a game with an ending so controversial the U.S. players refused to accept their silver medals.