Braxton Ashcraft picked up his first major-league win in relief as the Bucs swept Philadelphia with a 2-1 win. Given how the season has gone for the Pittsburgh Pirates, it’s unsurprising that before t...

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Players began arriving at Oakmont on Sunday with umbrellas and expectations for a U.S. Open to live up to its reputation as golf’s toughest test. Jordan Spieth was among the early ...

The Steel City Girls Summer Basketball League hit the halfway point of its season last week and things are heating up heading into the final weeks of the season. Two teams, defending champion AMD Indu...

Monessen has had a long tradition of producing excellent athletes over the years. But 2025 may go down as one of the most special years in terms of having that excellence honored. Three Monessen nativ...

In the waning days of Ben Roethlisberger’s career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Mike Tomlin was looking at traits he desired in his next quarterback. It was during the 2021 bye week that Tomlin ...

Steelers QB Mason Rudolph threw out the first pitch of the Pirates game against Philadelphia Saturday. While Aaron Rodgers signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers was dominating the news cycle, Mason Rud...

When it comes to Pittsburgh Pirates catchers, Ben Cherington covered the good, the bad and the ugly Sunday on his weekly radio show. The Pirates general manager focused on the positives when discussin...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jaylen Waddle considers himself the Florida Panthers’ good luck charm. The Miami Dolphins wide receiver has been to several Panthers hockey games over the years. He banged...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kayla Harrison had just added UFC gold to her championship fight collection — and hugged it out with President Donald Trump — and still clutched the title belt when she bumped into...

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Deadline approaching for ‘Playin’ in the Dirt’ Interested organizations interested in their youth sports teams being featured in the annual “Playing in the Dirt” section should submit their team photo...

It can be daunting for any ballplayer to get in the box against the likes of Indiana’s Greg Minnick, a Texas Tech commit who has had MLB scouts watch him operate, and his teammates Ryan Okopal and Mar...

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — A capsule look at the previous nine U.S. Open golf championships held at Oakmont Country Club: 1927 Winner: Tommy Armour Score: 301 Margin: Playoff (76-79) Runner-up: Harry Cooper ...

The team will host Connellsville Monday at the DiVirgilio Complex at 7 p.m. With Elizabeth Forward’s state quarterfinal loss to East Pennsboro Thursday, one door closed and another opened. Now, a numb...

Like it or not, Aaron Rodgers goes into training camp as the Steelers’ starting quarterback. I say training camp because there is no guarantee that a soon to be 42-yearold quarterback can physically m...

Nick Gonzales hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to the warning track in left field to drive in Adam Frazier for the game-winning RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates pulled off a walk-off win. Gonzales got hi...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton and the never-say-die Indiana Pacers pulled off yet another last-second comeback, this time on the NBA’s biggest stage. Haliburton’s 21-foot jumper with 0.3 seco...

Golfers playing and fans watching the 125th U.S. Open beginning June 12 at Oakmont Country Club will see a different course since the last time the championship was held there in 2016. The changes are...

After the start of the game was delayed three hours, 22 minutes by rain, Framber Valdez made short work of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Houston left-hander struck out the side in the first inning on hi...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — You are Tyrese Haliburton. You went to the Eastern Conference finals last year and got swept. You went to the Olympics last summer and didn’t play much. You came into this season ...