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FILE- In this Aug. 11, 2009, file photo, Houston Astros' catcher Ivan Rodriguez tags Florida Marlins' Jeremy Hermida (27) out at home plate in the 10th inning of a baseball game in Miami. Rodriguez, who holds the major league records for games caught (2,427) and putouts by a catcher (12,376), will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Sunday, July 30, 2017.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Raines, Bagwell, Pudge, Selig and Schuerholz ready for Hall of Fame

by John Kekis AP Sports WriterJuly 28, 2017

Villanova NCAA college basketball player Kris Jenkins talks to fans before boarding a bus as the team departs Villanova, Pa., on Monday, March 13, 2017, for a game in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, in Buffalo, N.Y. Teams chasing a college basketball title are contending with an unexpected wrinkle that's making last-minute travel plans even tougher: the anticipation of a storm bearing down on the Northeast that's expected to dump snow and wind. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)nam

Expected snowstorm expediting March Madness travel plans

by John Kekis AP Sports WriterMarch 13, 2017

People walk in the rain in the garage area at Pocono Raceway before the Pocono IndyCar 500 auto race Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, in Long Pond, Pa. The race was postponed due to the rain until Monday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Rain postpones IndyCar race at Pocono until Monday

by John Kekis Associated PressAugust 21, 2016

Dale Earnhardt Jr. smiles as he listens to a question about his concussion while addressing the media at Watkins Glen International racetrack during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Jeff Gordon came out of retirement to fill in for the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: ‘I want to race. I’m not ready to quit.’

by John Kekis Associated PressAugust 5, 2016

Chris Buescher (34) drives past the pits and Brad Keselowski (2) during practice at Watkins Glen International race track for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It 355 auto race Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in Watkins Glen, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chris Buescher shoots for NASCAR’s Chase

by John Kekis Associated PressAugust 5, 2016

National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Mike Piazza, left, and Ken Griffey Jr. stand with hall Chairman Jane Forbes Clark at the conclusion of the induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza inducted into baseball Hall of Fame

by John Kekis Associated PressJuly 24, 2016

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2016, file photo, Ken Griffey Jr., left, poses for a photograph with Mike Piazza at a press conference announcing they are both elected into the 2016 National Baseball Hall of Fame, in New York. The Seattle Mariners made Ken Griffey Jr. the first pick of the 1987 amateur draft and a year later the Dodgers selected Mike Piazza on the 62nd round with the 1,390th pick. Both left indelible imprints on the game and will be rewarded Sunday with induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Ken Griffey Jr and Mike Piazza set to enter Hall of Fame

by John Kekis Associated PressJuly 22, 2016

In this photo taken Nov. 8, 2014, and provided by Keith Walters, Geneseo's Matthew Hutchinson skates with the puck during an NCAA college hockey game against SUNY Plattsburgh in Geneseo, N.Y. When the Geneseo State Knights arrive in Lake Placid to prepare for their second Division III Frozen Four in three years, they'll keep an empty stall in the locker room at Herb Brooks Arena in memory of the guy they call "Hutch." Hutchinson, a former defenseman, was found dead inside a Geneseo home in January, a victim in a violent attack that also took the life of senior Kelsey Annese, a guard on the Geneseo women's basketball team. (Keith Walters via AP)

Geneseo State men’s hockey team honors fallen teammate

by John Kekis Associated PressMarch 24, 2016