The Columbus Dispatch

Inside joke

- From wire reports

Duane Washington, Jr., left, and Kaleb Wesson share a laugh during media day for the Ohio State men’s basketball team in the Value City Arena practice gym.

when he was approached by two men with a gun, police said. After an altercatio­n, he was shot.

Emmett, a 6-foot-5 guard, played at Texas Tech for four years. He finished in 2004 as the program’s career leading scorer. A secondroun­d draft pick in the NBA, Emmett played 14 total games with the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets.

back from a break down in both sets to beat American teenager Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-3. Wimbledon champion Simona Halep and third-ranked Elina Svitolina also advanced.

The mother of a player said he was taken off life support days after collapsing during a game in Florida.

Marcia Nelson told the congregati­on at Gateway Baptist Church in St. Petersburg that Jacquez Welch’s organs will be donated.

Welch played for Northeast High School in St. Petersburg. He collapsed Friday night while making a group tackle

and never got up.

News outlets report doctors found a rare, preexistin­g undiagnose­d brain condition called arterioven­ous malformati­on.

South Korea confirmed it will play its upcoming World Cup qualifier against North Korea in Pyongyang, allaying concerns that the Oct. 15 game would be moved elsewhere.

It will be only the second visit by the South Korean men’s team to Pyongyang, following an internatio­nal friendly that took place in 1990.

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