Mediate Two Shots Off The Pace At Mylan Classic
Greensburg native, and ultra-popular golfer Rocco Mediate is two strokes behind the leaders at the inaugural Mylan Classic at Southpointe. Mediate recorded the only bogey of his round on his final hole to finish at 4-under in the first Nationwide Tour event in which he's competed. Pittsburgh-born Scott Dunlap is tied for the lead with Geoffrey Sisk at 6-under. Trinity graduate Steve Wheatcroft completed his first round at 1-under.

(As of 6:13 p.m.) Waynesburg's Robert Rohanna was 1-over through 11 holes, and Upper St. Clair's Bobby MacWhinnie was 4-over through 16.

Federer Breezes Into Third Round
NEW YORK (AP) - Second-seed Roger Federer unloaded 15 aces in his 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win over Andreas Beck in the second round of the U.S. Open. Richard Gasquet has pulled off a major upset, knocking off sixth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the U.S. Open. Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 7-6 to advance to round three.

Pitt Plays Utah
UNDATED (AP) - It's college football time with four teams in the preseason Associated Press poll seeing action Thursday night. The second-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes host Marshall, 13th-seed Miami is home against Florida A&M, 14th-ranked Southern California opens the Lane Kiffin era at Hawaii and 15th-ranked Pittsburgh travels to the Beehive State to play Utah where the Utes have won 17 straight home games.

Big Ten Splits Ohio State, Michigan
UNDATED (AP) - The expanded Big Ten is placing Ohio State and Michigan into different divisions. Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota and Northwestern will make up one division when the league grows to 12 teams in 2011, while Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue and Indiana are in the other.

Roethlisberger Suspension Could Be Reduced
NEW YORK (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger's six-game suspension likely will be shortened to four games by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after the two meet in New York today. Goodell has said he will make his decision after the preseason concludes. The Steelers play Carolina tonight. Although the NFL has not confirmed the exact location or time for the meeting, Roethlisberger is expected to meet Goodell at league headquarters. Roethlisberger was suspended in April under the league's personal conduct policy and the quarterback is not eligible to return until Oct. 31 at New Orleans. However, Goodell stipulated in the suspension that it could be reduced if Roethlisberger behaves well and undergoes counseling. The commissioner indicated when he met with Roethlisberger earlier in August that Roethlisberger was on the right track.

Cubs Take Series
CHICAGO (AP) - Kosuke Fukudome had three hits, including a go-ahead double, during a perfect day at the plate and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Wednesday. Carlos Marmol escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning and finished for his 25th save in 30 chances. Chicago starter Tom Gorzelanny was knocked out in the third when Jose Tabata lined a shot off his right hand. The left-hander
departed for X-rays, but five Cubs relievers combined to allow four hits the rest of the way. Thomas Diamond (1-3), who replaced Gorzelanny, gave up two runs and two hits in 1 2-3 innings for the win. Marmol walked in a run with two outs in the eighth but struck out Tabata to preserve a 5-3 lead.
James McDonald (2-5) took the loss.

Wild Things Lose
Chris Sidick played all nine positions on the field, including pitcher, but the Washington Wild Things fell to Lake Erie 3-2 in extra innings. Sidick started the game at second base, worked his way along the infield, pitched 1/3 off an inning without allowing a run in the seventh, and finished the game in his natural position of center field.  The game was tight throughout, with score locked at 2-2 from the fifth inning through the tenth.  But in the bottom of the tenth, Lake Erie won the game with an RBI double by Joel Collins for the Crushers second straight walk-off victory.