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FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 2019 file photo, Minnesota's Taylor Heise (9) controls the puck during the third period in the NCAA Division I women's Frozen Four hockey championship game against Wisconsin in Hamden, Conn. A viable professional hockey league for women is the goal of the current crop of veteran players, and the youngsters who dream of playing the sport professionally when they get older are behind the current efforts being made. Sophomore Taylor Heise of the University of Minnesota, says having them fight for players like her “is amazing.” (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn, File)

Women’s hockey landscape has full attention of young players

by John Kekis Associated PressOctober 3, 2019

In a photo provided by the NYRA, Code of Honor, left, with jockey John Velazquez, wins the Travers Stakes horse race Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Coglianese Photos/NYRA via AP)

Code of Honor wins Travers Stakes

by John Kekis Associated PressAugust 25, 2019

Chase Elliott celebrates his victory with his pit crew after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Watkins Glen International, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Watkins Glen, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Munson)

by John Kekis Associated PressAugust 4, 2019

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2019, file photo, Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Edgar Martinez, left, Mike Mussina, center, and Mariano Rivera, right, pose for photographs during news conference in New York. Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are on Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Mariano Rivera closes Baseball HOF induction ceremony

by John Kekis Associated PressJuly 21, 2019

Onondaga County District Attorney William J. Fitzpatrick speaks during a news conference about Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim, in Syracuse, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Boeheim struck and killed a man along an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man's disabled vehicle, police say. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)

Syracuse coach Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway

by John Kekis Associated Press, and Michael Hill Associated PressFebruary 21, 2019

Catholic Boy wins Travers Stakes at Saratoga

by John Kekis Associated PressAugust 26, 2018

National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Chipper Jones peaks during an induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Chipper Jones shines in Hall of Fame induction speech

by John Kekis Associated PressJuly 29, 2018

FILE - These are players being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 29, 2018. Top row from left are Chipper Jones, James Thome and Vladimir Guerrero. Bottom row from left are Trevor Hoffman, Jack Morris and Alan Trammell. (AP Photo/File)

Chipper Jones, Jim Thome headline baseball Hall of Fame class

by John Kekis Associated PressJuly 26, 2018

Dale Earnhardt Jr. smiles while talking with a crew member before qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in Watkins Glen, N.Y. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Truex wins fuel-mileage gamble at The Glen

by John Kekis Associated PressAugust 7, 2017

Dean Kuykenell ,left, and his son Jake Kuykenell both of Burleson, Texas wait for the start of the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony to see Ivan Rodriguez, inducted at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 30, 2017, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony an emotional time for inductees

by John Kekis Associated PressJuly 30, 2017