The top seed features one of the best pitchers in the WPIAL. On the back of strong defense, potent pitching and timely hitting, Elizabeth Forward is back in the WPIAL championship game for the fourth ...

Ayear ago, Bentworth’s softball team was denied a WPIAL title when the Bearcats lost in the 2A championship game to powerhouse Neshannock, 4-1. This season, the Lancers, who have won 47 straight games...

Reliever Braxton Ashcraft pitched three scoreless innings in his major league debut. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly recently received a compliment from his Milwaukee Brewers counterpart, Pat Mur...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Frederik Andersen returned to the net and stopped 20 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Logan Stankoven got the only goal Carolina needed and the Hurricanes won their fir...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There’s a long list of racing greats who have passed through Chip Ganassi Racing over its 35 years in existence — but not so lengthy that Ganassi can’t rattle them off the top of h...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Vanderbilt, which gave up just three runs over three games in the SEC Tournament, was awarded the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament on Monday and was among a record 13 teams...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dean Heaviland has attended more than three dozen Indianapolis 500s and has been working gamedays with the NBA’s Indiana Pacers for three decades. So in Heaviland’s world it doesn’...

Mikko Rantanen and Mikael Granlund scored seven of the Dallas Stars’ 13 goals in the second round to move on to the Western Conference final against the Edmonton Oilers, yet that lopsided production w...

A middle-distance runner nicknamed “The Goose” has a pet tortoise named Tyro who hangs out in a terrarium. That seems almost like a whimsical scene from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. Yared Nuguse emb...

PARIS (AP) — Naomi Osaka still wore the pink accessories in her hair inspired by “Sakura” — cherry blossoms — and there were streaks on her cheeks where tears had rolled, when she sat down for a Frenc...

ATLANTA (AP) — The restored health of Ronald Acuña Jr. gives the Atlanta Braves reason for optimism despite again falling two games under .500 after losing two of three games to the San Diego Padres. ...

The Athletics — formerly of Oakland but not yet of Las Vegas — have one of the worst home records in baseball. Maybe it figures. The A’s are one of two big league teams playing in minor league ballpar...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Despite being one of the best pitchers in the Milwaukee Brewers’ injury-plagued rotation this season, Logan Henderson is headed for the minors. The Brewers optioned Henderson to Tripl...

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in a steely performance befitting the NBA MVP, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped back from a 42-point loss by...

Lee Qualk followed up his WPIAL title with a state gold in the long jump Friday. For the second time in the school’s history, California Area can boast of a PIAA champion in track and field. Lee Qualk...

Serra Catholic’s set baserunning play in the bottom of the 6th scored the game-winning run. Looking back on Friday’s WPIAL semifinal with Greensburg Central Catholic, it can be recalled as the game wh...

Neshannock wins 47th straight game, tags Sydney Gonglik for two homers in 4-1 win. The resurgent Bentworth softball team and ace pitcher Sydney Gonglik kept the lethal Neshannock offense at bay with o...

Paul Skenes’ last start encapsulated how the Pittsburgh Pirates have, more often than not, underperformed behind him. Despite tossing a one-run complete game May 18 vs. Philadelphia, he was the game’s...