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There is still no announced Republican candidate to challenge incumbent Governor Josh Shapiro next year, but the man who lost to Shapiro in 2022 seems to be inching closer to making another run. State...

Paul Skenes is fifth in Major League Baseball in innings pitched this season, and Mitch Keller is ninth, so Pirates manager Don Kelly is giving his two best pitchers some extra rest for this weekend's...

TJ Watt and the Steelers have agreed to a three-year contract extension that will make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history...at least for now. The agreement was unofficially announced ...

The PA Youth Legion Championship Tournament begins tomorrow in Berwick, and the Region 7 champions S.W. Jack Drillers open with a 9 AM game against Region 2 champion Hamburg. Coach Mitch Pacconi is lo...

Pitt basketball coach Jeff Capel has recruited one of the top young players in Australia, rugged 6-7 forward Roman Siulepa, a 19-year-old former rugby player who played pro ball for the Hungry Jacks N...

IUP cross country runner Dan Gibney has been named an Academic All-American by the College Sports Communicators. The 2024 All-Region runner and All-PSAC first teamer had a 4.0 grade-point-average whil...

The PIAA Board of Directors yesterday approved the adoption of the 35-second shot clock for boys and girls basketball, starting with the 2028-29 season. The motion passed on a vote of 22-9. It must pa...

With the All-Star break winding down, the Pirates yesterday made the first in what is expected to be a series of trades ahead of the July 31st Major League trade deadline. The Bucs traded all-purpose ...

The football world mourns the death of Jimmy Joe Robinson, Pitt's first Black varsity player. The Connellsville native passed away Monday at age 97. Robinson played running back at Pitt in 1945, '47 a...

Steelers training camp starts next Wednesday at St. Vincent, and TJ Watt is still not signed to a contract extension. He has one year left on his current deal, but is negotiating a new contract that c...