Category Archives: Local Sports

The Penguins drafted six players over the weekend, including the Ruck brothers, Liam and Markus, in the first and second rounds. They also chose two defensemen, a forward and a goaltender, and the Pen...

Altoona won the first two games of their series with Reading, but dropped the final four, including yesterday's 9-4 loss. A five-run seventh was the difference for the Fightin' Phils. Callan Moss had ...

With their second-round draft choice on Saturday, the Penguins selected Markus Ruck, the twin brother of their first-round choice, Liam Ruck. With their remaining choices and after a couple of trades,...

The familiar pattern continues for the Pirates...another loss in which the bullpen falls flat. For the second consecutive game, the Reds came from behind and belted the Bucs. Joe Block has the recap. ...

The Reading Fightin' Phils hit six home runs Saturday as they won their third straight game at Altoona, 14-5 at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Reading scored two runs on Curve starter Peyton Stumbo on run...

Konnor Griffin returned to the Pirates lineup last night, but that was spoiled by the Cincinnati Reds. Joe Block reports. Last night's loss was the team's eighth straight defeat with Paul Skenes start...

The Altoona Curve fell 9-1 to the Reading Fightin' Phils. Domenic Perachi returned to the Altoona starting rotation, but was touched for two runs in the first inning. Perachi struck out three in 2.1 i...

The NHL Draft is underway. The Toronto Maple Leafs selected winger Gavin McKenna with the top overall pick. McKenna, who played college hockey at Penn State, was considered the overwhelming favorite t...

The Pirates end the first half of the season one game over .500 after their second straight win over American League West-leading Seattle. Greg Brown recaps yesterday's win. The Pirates are back to NL...

The new owners of the Pittsburgh Penguins yesterday made a pledge to not be absentee owners, as the Fenway Sports Group was, and they promised to give Kyle Dubas whatever he needs to make the Penguins...