Category Archives: Local Sports

Former Pirates catcher Jason Kendall would like to return to the Bucs as their manager. Kendall has never managed, but he worked as a special assignment coach with the Kansas City Royals from 2012 to ...

Sidney Crosby returned to practice yesterday for the first time since the weekend. Crosby took a shot off the right leg during the preseason game against Buffalo. He says he'll be ready for the season...

The IUP football team has moved up to No. 19 in the latest AFCA Coaches Poll. The Crimson Hawks, 4- 0, are preparing to host the California Vulcans, 3-1, Saturday at 2 o'clock. The Vulcans are listed ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers rolled over the Bengals, 27-3, in Monday Night Football. Mason Rudolph led the way, going 24 for 28 for 229 yards passing and a pair of scores. James Conner caught eight passes...

Two winless teams, the Steelers and the Bengals, go after win number one tonight on Monday Night Football in Pittsburgh. Mason Rudolph has thrown for 286 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions, ...

The Cincinnati Reds topped the Pirates, 3-1, in the season finale yesterday at PNC Park. The team finished in last place in the division at 69-93 for the year. Clint Hurdle leaves as the first Pirates...

The Pittsburgh Pirates fired Clint Hurdle, who was the Pirates manager for nine seasons, before the start of the today's Pirates-Reds game, the last game of the season. He was hired after the 2010 sea...

In their final preseason game, the Penguins lost, 3-2 in a shootout to the Buffalo Sabres, but more importantly, they lost captain Sidney Crosby and forward Bryan Rust after both took a puck to the fo...

Pitt barely avoided an upset by Delaware, beating the Blue Hens 17-14 as quarterback Kenny Pickett missed the game with a shoulder injury.   Freshman Nick Patti led the game-winning touchdown dri...

The Pirates lost to the Reds, 4-3 in twelve innings on Saturday night and will close the season against Cincinnati this afternoon.   The Pirates honored Steve Blass before the game. Blass is reti...