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The biggest Penguins hockey story of the day yesterday happened in Italy, where Sidney Crosby was knocked off the ice for Team Canada in their 4-3 overtime Winter Olympics win over Czechia. Crosby's r...

Steelers legendary free safety Mike Wagner, who won four Super Bowls in the 1970s, died yesterday at age 76. His family announced that he died in his sleep. Despite being only an 11th-round draft choi...

The highlight of spring training in Bradenton yesterday was a big swing by Konnor Griffin, who blasted his first home run off live pitching, taking good friend Nick Dombkowski over the left field wall...

In the WPIAL boys 5A playoffs last night, Indiana took Gateway down to the wire and beyond. Pat Dougherty reports. Tonight, the Indiana girls are back in action, and against a familiar foe, 5A Section...

The District 6 playoffs continued last night, with a couple of Class AA Heritage Conference teams setting themselves up for a third meeting of the season, and Homer-Center suffering a close loss. See ...

The IUP basketball teams have a big night ahead against Seton Hill. IUP's fifth-ranked women are 20-1 and coming off a dominating win over Slippery Rock, while the 16-6 Griffins lost last time out, to...

The Penguins finally got back on the ice yesterday, minus their teammates who are still at the Olympics, but with a couple of welcome returnees. Defenseman Kris Letang and forward Filip Hallander were...

The District 6 playoffs got underway last night with two Heritage Conference teams coming up short. The Marion Center boys and Purchase Line girls both gave strong efforts but could not advance. See u...

There was a definite air of excitement in Bradenton yesterday as the Pirates held their first full-squad workout of the spring. Offseason arrivals Brandon Lowe, Ryan O'Hearn, Marcell Ozuna, Jake Mangu...

The IUP basketball teams are rolling towards the postseason, with two doubleheaders this week and two more next week before the PSAC Tournaments. But while he's preparing for a playoff run in basketba...