Category Archives: Local Sports

Major League Baseball and its players have agreed to start the 2020 regular season. Teams will play a 60-game schedule, with training camps starting next Wednesday, July 1st, and Opening Day is set fo...

Pirates first-round draft pick Nick Gonzalez will be in Pittsburgh today to sign his contract, pending a physical. Sources say the Bucs agreed to terms with the middle infielder at the Number-7 slot v...

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said yesterday that the lack of pre-training camp team workouts has forced him to make some personnel decisions that normally could be delayed until he got a look at his pla...

For the fourth straight year, the IUP Athletic Department posted a new school record as 208 student-athletes earned PSAC scholar-athlete distinction for the 2019-20 academic year. Student-athletes who...

IUP golfers Jack Buccigross and Jeremy Eckenrode have been named to the 2020 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar list. 614 golfers from across the NCAA athletic spectrum were named to the list, ...

Ryan Blaney edged Ricky Stenhouse Junior by a nose to win the GEICO 500 at Talladega yesterday. It was a wild finish with a wreck at the end as the drivers crossed the finish line, with Aric Almirola ...

The Homer-Center School Board last week named Paul Pohley the new boys basketball coach at his alma mater. Pohley has spent 10 years as an assistant under coach Bob Rado, the last six as first assista...

We are getting closer to the resumption of play in the NHL, and when the Penguins finally take ice for their scheduled five-game series against the Montreal Canadiens, The Athletic says Matt Murray wi...

In a wild sprint to the finish after a three-hour storm delay, Webb Simpson ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine at Hilton Head and closed with a 7-under 64 for a one-shot victo...

Basketball coach Jeff Capel announced over the weekend that former Miami (of Ohio) guard Nike Sibande has transferred to Pitt to complete his final year of eligibility. Barring a waiver from the NCAA,...