The “Help Wanted” sign is out for a third Centre County high school varsity wrestling position.

STATE COLLEGE — State College senior left fielder Mark Ayoub received a friend-to-friend glare from Philipsburg- Osceola’s JD Mason during Thursday’s fifth inning.

The NCAA released its Academic Progress Rate reports this week.

District 6 has released the pairings for the upcoming baseball and softball playoffs.

DUBOIS — Andy Foard led State College to a 3-1 (25-21, 25-20, 19-25 and 25-10) boys’ volleyball victory over DuBois on Thursday.

UNIVERSITY PARK — For the second year in a row, the NCAA Women’s Volleyball tournament will run through Rec Hall.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Annika Sorenstam knows there was speculation that her best days as a golfer were behind her, and that an injury-plagued 2007 was the beginning of the end.

MILWAUKEE Brewers ace Ben Sheets set a franchise record for strikeouts in the first inning of Saturday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

INDIANAPOLIS Rookie driver Ryan Hunter-Reay has crashed during a qualifying attempt for the Indianapolis 500.

NEW YORK Carlos Beltran hit a bases-loaded triple and drove in five runs to back Johan Santana's first home win for the Mets, and New York beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-6 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader Saturday.

ORLANDO, Fla. Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups won't play in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Orlando Magic on Saturday.

CLEVELAND Vernon Wells will go from leading the Toronto Blue Jays in home runs and RBIs to leading the team in cheers.

MIAMI With a new ballpark finally on the horizon, the Florida Marlins are beginning to loosen their purse strings. Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez has agreed to the framework of a $70 million, six-year contract to remain with the Marlins, a person familiar with the negotiations said Saturday.

CLEVELAND Cavaliers starting forward Ben Wallace is unlikely to play in Game 3 against the Boston Celtics on Saturday night after missing the morning shootaround because of an inner ear infection.

MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemaire says he'll return for an eighth season with the team. Lemaire, who announced his decision in a news release Saturday, has a career record of 500-381-168 over 14 years, including 60-52 in the playoffs.

ROME The biggest losers at the Rome Masters on Saturday were the fans. One after the other, Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek quit shortly after their semifinal matches began.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. The Baltimore Ravens are doing more than merely fighting for jobs at their first mandatory minicamp under new coach John Harbaugh. They're fighting each other, too.

NEW YORK Mike D'Antoni has agreed to coach the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in its history.

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PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Penguins center Max Talbot, sidelined with a broken right foot for three games, may play Sunday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against Philadelphia.

INDIANAPOLIS Dan Wheldon held the provisional Indianapolis 500 pole after the first flurry of qualifications on Saturday, knocking Danica Patrick off the top spot.

COLUMBIA, S.C. Dawn Staley just had her first South Carolina cap placed on her head by the university's president when she was called to the microphone.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Recapturetheglory might skip the Preakness after developing a fever. The colt finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby.

For the second time in two days, Dinara Safina knocked off a top-10 superstar, as the Russian ousted previously red-hot American Serena Williams on Friday to reach the semifinals at the $1.34 million German Open, a clay-court French Open tuneup.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark Kyle Bennett is the United States' first Olympic BMX qualifier.

ROME Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek retired from semifinal matches at the Rome Masters on Saturday, setting up a final between Stanislas Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic.