Four former Butler County area volleyball players have been named to the All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference 60th anniversary team.

Butler graduate Barb Beck played for Grove City College from 1980-83, was co-captain of the 1985 team that went 41-0 and played for teams that were 145-26 during her tenure.

Seneca Valley graduate Laura Lindner played for Waynesburg from 2005-08, was PAC Player of the Year in 2008, and has the most kills (1,537) and points (1,732) for the program since 1998.

Grove City High graduates Cara Denniston (1999-2002) and Liz Sparks (1995-98) played for Grove City College. Denniston is GCC’s all-time leader in assists and aces. Sparks owns GCC’s career kills record with 1,303 and ranks second with 557 blocks.

NEW YORK — A year ago at this time, Maria Sharapova was sitting out the U.S. Open, getting checked by doctors and having tests on the surgically repaired right shoulder that has troubled her off and on.Sharapova found herself down by a set and facing a break point early in the second at Flushing Meadows, bothered by the whipping wind, her own off-target strokes and an opponent who wasn't backing down. She came through the way she so often does, beating 95th-ranked Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round. She will face 2013 Wimbledon runner-up Sabine Lisicki next.No. 2 Simona Halep and No. 19 Venus Williams, the 2000-01 champion in New York, were among the seeded players who advanced, while No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 21 Sloane Stephens lost.In the men's draw, Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka beat 91st-ranked Thomaz Belluci of Brazil 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) to advance to the third round.

CLEVELAND — Josh Gordon's wait is over, and so is his 2014 season. Now the star wide receiver's career is in peril.The Browns learned Gordon's indefinite suspension by the NFL has been upheld and he will miss at least 16 games for another violation of the league's substance abuse policy. A repeat drug offender, Gordon had appealed the penalty, hoping it would be reduced so he could play this season.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina coach Larry Fedora announced the team has suspended four players for this weekend's season opener, a day after a report of an alleged hazing altercation that left a redshirt freshman walk-on receiver with a possible concussion.