Category Archives: Local Sports

Lonnie White Jr. is red-hot for Altoona, but even a four-hit night for the outfielder couldn't secure a win at Akron, and that was despite the Curve holding a 4-1 lead with two outs and nobody on for ...

IUP women's lacrosse has been named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II Honor Roll, recognizing eleven student-athletes who are juniors or seniors and maint...

The threat of severe weather forced the postponement of last night's Pirates game against the Yankees, and when that weather arrived, the decision was certainly justified, with tornadoes hitting the N...

Lonnie White Jr. hit two home runs and young sensation Murf Gray hit a grand slam as Altoona edged Akron, 8-7 last night. Titus Dumitru hit his team-leading 13th home run and Ivan Brethowr had three h...

With NFL training camps opening this week and reporting day coming on Tuesday at Saint Vincent, the Steelers still have not signed quarterback Drew Allar, their third round draft choice. In fact, the ...

The Dallas Stars have reached a pre-arbitration one-year contract agreement with star forward Jason Robertson, an often-identified Penguins trade target. The $12 million deal seemingly takes Robertson...

The Pirates fought hard last night but Jazz Chisholm made the difference for the Yankees. Joe Block recaps the Bucs' loss in the Bronx. The benches cleared in the eighth inning when the Pirates' Denni...

Homer City Post 493 bowed out of the Region 7 Senior Legion Tournament yesterday, committing three errors and falling to St. Michael, 6-2, at Claysburg-Kimmel High School. The Bearcats were behind 5-0...

Altoona lost two out of three at Reading over the weekend and moves on tonight to open a six-game visit to Akron. Kyle Robinson makes his first start in eleven days, his third overall in Double-A, aft...

A shocker in the NFL broadcast world yesterday as longtime ESPN analyst (and former Steelers safety) Ryan Clark was fired...in the middle of a show. Clark was on last night's episode of NFL Live when ...