Category Archives: Local Sports
FORMER STEELER HASELRIG DIES AT 54
Former Steelers lineman Carlton Haselrig passed away Wednesday at the age of 54. Haselrig, a Johnstown native, was the most decorated athlete in Pitt-Johnstown history. He won six heavyweight NCAA Nat...
Jul 22, 2020
PIRATES SETTLING IN ON PITCHING ROTATION
The Pirates will play host in their final tune up before the abbreviated regular season kicks off on Friday. The Bucs will welcome the Cleveland Indians to PNC Park (7:00 airtime on WCCS). Left-hander...
Jul 22, 2020
RUTHERFORD: PENGUINS ARE HEALTHY
Penguins General Manager Jim Rutherford told DKPittsburghSports.com yesterday that the team has "a full complement of healthy players", which may allow Pens fans to exhale after holding their breath a...
Jul 22, 2020
STEELERS INK HIGHSMITH, SIGN TIGHT END
The Steelers made a couple of roster moves yesterday, making linebacker Alex Highsmith the first of their draft choices this year to sign a contract. Highsmith was taken in the third round of the draf...
Jul 22, 2020
PITT, PENN STATE PLAYERS ON PRESEASON AWARDS WATCH LISTS
If there is college football this year, Pitt Panther and Penn State Nittany Lion fans will apparently have some pretty good football players to watch. Yesterday, the watch lists were released for the ...
Jul 22, 2020
PENGUINS SCRIMMAGE WITHOUT CROSBY, RETURNING PLAYERS
The nine Penguins who have been withheld from training camp for the first week as a precaution following a potential secondary exposure to COVID-19 returned to skating yesterday. Patric Hornqvist, Juu...
Jul 21, 2020
PIRATES BULLPEN ROCKED IN LOSS TO CLEVELAND
The Pirates lost to the Indians last night, 11-7 in the teams' second exhibition game. All six Buc pitchers gave up runs, but Richard Rodriguez gave up the most and took the loss, surrendering four ea...
Jul 21, 2020
FOOTBALL: STEELERS WAIVE RUGBY PLAYER; PITT'S FORD NAMED TO THORPE LIST
Recognizing that he's just run out of time to develop as a football player, the Steelers yesterday waived former rugby star Christian Scotland-Williamson, who had been with the team since 2018. The 27...
Jul 21, 2020
CROSBY OUT AS PENGUINS MOVE CLOSER TO SEASON'S RESTART
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was absent from practice yesterday in Cranberry, a day after he left in the middle of the team's scrimmage with an apparent but undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan c...
Jul 20, 2020
PIRATES ROSTER SHUFFLE: MURPHY, HOLLAND, HAYES, KELA, AND POLANCO
John Ryan Murphy will be the Pirates' backup to starting catcher Jacob Stallings for the 60-game season. Pirates reserve catcher Luke Maile will be out 10-to-12 weeks after right index finger surgery ...
Jul 20, 2020
Homer Center Trucks
Have the “superloads” of equipment headed to the Homer City Energy Campus been an imposition on you?
Voting Ends: Oct 4, 2026 | 12:00 PM
