Gilman OL Franks commits to Penn State
Three-star offensive lineman Zachary Franks of Gilman committed to Penn State, he announced Thursday on Twitter. “I’m 100% in!!! #WeAre19,” wrote Franks, who had more than 30 scholarship offers, including from Maryland, Nebraska, Mississippi, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Franks, a Class of 2019 prospect, is the No. 86 offensive tackle in the country and the No. 15 prospect in Maryland, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. keep Jason Levien as the face of ownership and welcome several of his partners from Welsh club Swansea City. No one at United or MLS would speak on the record because the deal won’t close for at least another week. But people familiar with the negotiations told The Washington Post that Levien will expand his alliance with U. S. businessman Steve Kaplan and at least four other Swansea City investors. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Boys’ Latin rising senior Cam Spencer has committed to play at Loyola Maryland. Spencer is the younger brother of Pat Spencer, the Greyhounds’ star senior attackman in men’s lacrosse. HORSE RACING: Kallenberg Farms’ Forever Liesl won the featured eighth race at Laurel Park. Ridden by Victor Carrasco for New York-based trainer Michelle Nevin, Forever Liesl covered 1 mile over a main track rated good in 1 minute, 37.05 for her third career win. R. Larry Johnson’s Maryland homebred Questionoftheday won Race 2, a $42,000 entry-level optional claiming allowance for 2-year-old fillies, running 5½ furlongs in 1:04.50. Jerry Romans and JoAnn Smith’s Partisan Divide completed a maiden-breaking rally in the third race, running 1 mile in 1:40.99 over a fast main track in the $40,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-olds. In the other open maiden special weight, a $40,000 event for fillies and mares 3 and up, Sookdeen Pasram’s Timeless Curls ($2.20) led from start to finish to take the 11/16-mile event by 4¼ lengths in 1:45.13. Holiday Hopes ($4.20) was an easy 8 ½-length winner in the opener, a $40,000 maiden special weight restricted to Virginia-bred/sired fillies and mares 3 and up. The winning time was 1:39.01 for 1 mile. — participate in practice because of a calf injury. ... Disgraced former S Darren Sharper has renewed efforts to get a reduction in his 18-year federal sentence for drugging and raping women. Lawyers for Sharper, wholost a federal appeal more than a year ago, went back to U.S. District Court in New Orleans this week.
Second-seeded John Isner, coming off a title last week in Atlanta, lost, 6-4, 7-6 (6), to 152nd-ranked Noah Rubin in the second round at the Citi Open in Washington. Defending champion Alexander Zverev beat his older brother Mischa, 6-3, 7-5, to reach the quarterfinals. Alex de Minaur eliminated No. 11 Steve Johnson, 6-4, 7-5. No. 3 seed David Goffin of Belgium defeated No. 13 seed Frances Tiafoe, a 20-year-old from Riverdale in Prince George’s County, 6-0, 6-3, in the third round. In the women’s draw, two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova won, as did No. 7 seed Donna Vekic.
The Flames placed RW Troy Brouwer on unconditional waivers with the intention of buying out the remaining two years of his contract. The move will save the Flames $3 million in salary cap space in each of the next two seasons. ... The Sabres acquired F Jeff Skinner in a trade with the Hurricanes for a prospect and three draft picks. ... The Avalanche re-signed D Patrik Nemeth to a one-year deal.
Kerri Walsh Jennings told APshe will retire from competitive beach volleyball after the Tokyo Olympics in two years. The Mavericks acquired CChinanu Onuaku from the Rockets for the rights to F Maarty Leunen, a second-round pick by the Rockets two years ago.