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PITT, PENN STATE PLAYERS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
Phil Steele's annual Preseason All-American Team has two Pitt Panthers on the first team. Running back Desmond Reid and linebacker Kyle Louis earned the honor. Both were also named first-teamers on St...
Hometown1 Jun 20, 2025

INDIANA, HERITAGE CONFERENCE STARS NAMED TO PSBCA All-STATE TEAMS
The Pennsylvania State Baseball Coaches Association has announced its second All-State teams, and the state champion Indiana baseball team has two players on the Quad-A team. Pitcher Greg Minnick is o...
Hometown1 Jun 19, 2025

BUCS WASHED OUT IN DETROIT, WILL PLAY TWO TODAY
The Pirates and Tigers were rained out last night and will play a doubleheader today in Detroit. It could have been a matchup of baseball's two best pitchers, but instead Detroit's Tarik Skubal, last ...
Hometown1 Jun 19, 2025

DOTEL SPINS GEM FOR CURVE IN WIN OVER RICHMOND
Wilbur Dotel threw six shutout inning, striking out eight and giving up just two hits and a walk as Altoona clipped Richmond, 2-1 in their series opener. Maikol Escotto, Termarr Johnson, and Aaron McK...
Hometown1 Jun 19, 2025

BONINO RETIRES FROM HOCKEY, WILL COACH IN PENGUINS OGRANIZATION
The Penguins haven't formally announced any coaching staff additions for new head coach Dan Muse, but former Penguins forward Nick Bonino will evidently have some role with the team. The 37-year-old B...
Hometown1 Jun 19, 2025

TRAINING CAMP DATES ANNOUNCED FOR NFL TEAMS
Training camp dates have been announced for all 32 NFL teams, starting with the Baltimore Ravens on July 13th, eleven days before the Steelers report to St. Vincent. Every team will have their full ro...
Hometown1 Jun 19, 2025

TIGERS POUND PIRATES IN SERIES OPENER
Pirates pitchers gave up four home runs last night in the series opener against the Tigers. Joe Block recaps the Bucs' third straight loss. Bryan Reynolds started the game but was pulled in the first ...
Hometown1 Jun 18, 2025

GRAMBLING STATE COACH TO JOIN STEELERS FOR TRAINING CAMP
The Steelers have added Grambling State running backs coach Kris Peters to their training camp coaching staff under the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship Program. Peters announced it on his X a...
Hometown1 Jun 18, 2025

KOPPANEN RE-SIGNS WITH PENGUINS
The Penguins have signed forward Joona Koppanen to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000. He played mostly for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last season, where he scored eight goals with twent...
Hometown1 Jun 18, 2025

HOMER CITY POST 493 SHUTS DOWN BURRELL TOWNSHIP
Homer City Post 493 picked up its first win of the season, 5-0 over Burrell Township last night. The Bearcats put up four runs in the second inning. Connor James was 2-for-2 and drove in a run, Trista...
Hometown1 Jun 17, 2025

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











