Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pirates beat the Phillies 5-3 but lost to the Red Sox 12-3 in two split squad games Saturday in Spring Training.   The Bucs wrap up the Grapefruit League season today with a game against the ...

Pirates pitcher Fransisco Liriano will find out if he made the major league roster today. Liriano will find out if he makes the major league roster as a reliever or if he is sent down to the minors wi...

After winning five in a row, the Pirates lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Friday. Tampa Bay had one run in the 1st, 3rd and sixth, and the Pirates tried to catch up with run in the 7th and one in the...

The Pittsburgh Penguins return to action tonight as they take on the Dallas Stars in Dallas. The Pens broke a losing streak on Thursday night with a 2-1 overtime shootout win. You can hear the game on...

Saltsburg and Purchase Line advanced to the Indiana Optimist Club's Basketball Tournament final with wins last night. The Trojans defeated Penns Manor, 55-51, while Purchase Line topped Indiana, 46-34...

IUP seniors Cobo Diaz and Dante Lombardi have been selected to the ALL-Atlantic Region All Star Team. Diaz finished as IUP's second all-time leading scorer and rebounder with 1,747 points and 1,105 re...

The Penguins moved into a second-place tie with the Islanders by defeating the Predators, 2-1, in a shootout yesterday in Nashville. Sidney Crosby scored the lone goal in the shootout and Matt Murray ...

Jung Ho Kang hit a walk-off grand slam home run, as the Pirates beat the Orioles, 7 -5, Thursday. Chris Archer gave up three earned runs on four hits and three walks in three and two-third innings of ...

The Indiana Optimist Basketball Tournament saw Purchase Line and Indiana advance to the semifinals tonight with wins last night at Indiana High School . The Red Dragons beat United, 72-64, while the I...

The Penguins travel to Nashville to play the Predators tonight at 8 p.m. Pittsburgh has lost three straight games, but still has a two-point lead for third place in the Metro Division with 89 points. ...