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A DAY OF REST FOR STEELERS AS PREP WEEK CONTINUES FOR WILD CARD ROUND
It was quiet at the Steelers' offices yesterday as the players had the day off. They're back to practice today for Monday night's Wild Card Round playoff game against the Houston Texans. The team yest...
Hometown1 Jan 08, 2026

BASKETBALL, RIFLE ROUNDUP ARE TUESDAY HIGHLIGHTS
BOYS BASKETBALL Indiana is 9-3, 3-1 in their section after beating Armstrong, 51-42. Aaron Webb scored 13 points, with Darius Webb and Drew Brocious each scoring 12. Homer-Center scored an impressive ...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2026

TOMLIN HAS A HEALTHY TEAM AS WILD CARD GAME APPROACHES
Mike Tomlin says the Steelers came out of Sunday's win over Baltimore in relative good health, with only some "bumps and bruises", so they should be set to line up against the Houston Texans on Monday...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2026

MALKIN IS FULL-GO AT PENGUINS PRACTICE
It was a joyful Evgeni Malkin who joined his teammates for a full-contact practice yesterday in Cranberry, and "Geno Machino" looks like he could play tomorrow night against New Jersey at PPG Paints A...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2026

BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, SOCCER AND RUNNERS ON A BUSY IUP SPORTS DAY
The IUP basketball teams take on UPJ in a PSAC doubleheader tonight. We're on the air on 92.5 FM U92 at 5:15. Five IUP football players have been named Academic All-District by College Sports Communic...
Hometown1 Jan 07, 2026

MONDAY HERITAGE CONFERENCE ACTION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL For the second time this season, United beat Conemaugh Township, 68-56, staying unbeaten and handing the Indians only their second loss. Dmitri Worthington nailed six three-pointers an...
Hometown1 Jan 06, 2026

WILKERSON NAMED PSAC WEST ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
IUP's Ellie Wilkerson has been named the PSAC West women's basketball athlete of the week, after scoring 13 points Friday in a win over West Chester and then a season-high 23, including going 5-for-5 ...
Hometown1 Jan 06, 2026

METCALFE, STEELERS READY TO ROLL INTO POSTSEASON
It was a lively Steelers locker room yesterday in the aftermath of Sunday night's playoff-clinching win over Baltimore. Now, it's on to preparations for a Monday night Wild Card Round game against Hou...
Hometown1 Jan 06, 2026

PENGUINS TO TERMINATE TRADE ACQUISITION'S CONTRACT
The Penguins have placed defenseman Egor Zamula on waivers for the purpose of contract termination for refusing to report to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton after the team acquired him from Philadelphia for for...
Hometown1 Jan 06, 2026

PIRATES STILL LOOKING FOR A BIG BAT, VOGELBACH MOVES ON
After taking a swing at Japanese free agent third baseman Kazuma Okamoto and missing, several sources, including the Post-Gazette's Jason Mackey, say the Pirates are exploring the possibility of signi...
Hometown1 Jan 06, 2026

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











