Category Archives: Local Sports
NHLPA APPROVES 24-TEAM PLAYOFF FORMAT
The NHL Players' Association's executive committee authorized moving forward in talks with the league on returning to play from the Coronavirus suspension, approving 24 teams making the playoffs with ...
May 23, 2020
HALF OF STEELERS INDIVIDUAL TICKETS AVAILABLE ON FIRST DAY OF SALES
The Steelers opened up sales for individual tickets on Friday, but the team is already taking social distancing measures. The entire allotment of individual tickets were not immediately made available...
May 23, 2020
IUP GREAT, FORMER STEELERS RECEIVER DAVE SMITH PASSES AWAY
Dave Smith, IUP Athletic Hall of Fame member and former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, has passed away at the age of 73. Smith was known as the first IUP graduate to be drafted in the annual Natio...
May 22, 2020
IUP'S MIKESELL, MNCHENKOVA NAMED TO COSIDA ACADEMIC TEAM
IUP swimmer Paige Mikesell and tennis player Katya Michenkova have been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team. Mikesell has a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average as a Health a...
May 22, 2020
PIAA ADDRESSES ABUSE OF OFFICIALS WITH TOUGHER PENALTIES
Faced with a critical shortage of game officials, the PIAA has approved on second reading a rule that high school coaches and athletes face as much as a two-game suspension for the use of foul and vul...
May 22, 2020
PIRATES TO FURLOUGH EMPLOYEES AS MLB, PLAYERS SQUABBLE OVER RETURN
Pirates team president Travis Williams announced yesterday that the team is furloughing some non-baseball operations employees, starting June 1st. The workers will still receive medical benefits. Base...
May 22, 2020
PENGUINS CO-OWNERS DONATE $200,000 TO HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
Highmark Health and UPMC will receive donations from Penguins co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle to help them deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Lemieux and Burkle are each donating $100,000, and...
May 21, 2020
PENGUINS' TANEV SAYS HE'S READY TO PLAY HOCKEY
Penguins forward Brandon Tanev sat down for a video chat yesterday on the Pens' website, and said he's been rollerblading to keep in shape. Tanev is spending the hockey hiatus in Pittsburgh, and he sa...
May 21, 2020
PIRATES' KRAMER HAS HIP SURGERY
Whether there is professional baseball or not this year, it appears Pirates' infielder Kevin Kramer's season is over. Kramer is going to be sidelined four-to-six months following hip surgery. In a sta...
May 21, 2020
PIAA DENIES LINCOLN PARK APPEAL, NFSHSA RULES
Lincoln Park tried to get around the PIAA's new competitive balance rule on a technicality, but its appeal was denied yesterday by a 24-5 vote. The charter school will be bumped up to Class 4A for boy...
May 21, 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
