Butler High cross-country runner Holly Keefer placed 29th at the WPIAL Class AAA Girls Championship on Thursday, finishing with a time of 21 minutes and six seconds. The effort sends the sophomore to the PIAA Championship Nov. 5.

Sewickley Academy senior Caitlin Bungo, who lives in the Mars Area School District, won the Class AA Girls title with a time of 20:21.

Baseball delays free agencyNEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the players union have agreed to delay the start of free agency by one day until 12:01 a.m. Sunday as part of the collective bargaining process.

North Carolina preseason No. 1NEW YORK — North Carolina, returning all five starters from the team that reached the regional finals last season, was the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press' men's preseason Top 25.It is the eighth time the Tar Heels have received that honor since the preseason poll started in 1961-62. That breaks a tie with Duke, North Carolina's Tobacco Road rival, and moves the Tar Heels into a tie with UCLA.

Bills' Fitzpatrick gets 6-year dealORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick signed a six-year, $59 million contractThe deal includes $24 million in guaranteed money, according to a person familiar with negotiations, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the team doesn't release contract terms.

McIlroy lead reaches 3 srokesSHANGHAI — U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to increase his lead to three strokes after the third round of the Shanghai Masters.The 22-year-old star from Northern Ireland made seven birdies in another bogey-free round on Lake Malaren's Jack Nicklaus-designed Masters course to finish at 18-under 198.