Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pirates dropped the first game of their three-game set against the Atlanta Braves last night. Joe Block Reports. The two teams are back at it today, with Paul Skenes starting for the Bucs. He is 4...

The Altoona Curve fell to the Akron Rubber Ducks 4-2 at PNG Field yesterday. Akron plated two runs in the second with RBI singles by Aaron Bracho and Joe Lampe and one in the third with a Dayan Hayas ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced some of their players will take part in the Four Nations Face-off tournament. Sidney Crosby will once again represent Team Canada, while Erik Karlsson will play for S...

Pens captain Sidney Crosby and Pens GM Kyle Dubas have remained quiet on talks of a contract extension for the team captain. Crosby is entering the final year of a contract he signed in 2012. He would...

Former Homer-Center and Villanova runner Angel Piccirillo failed to make the Olympic qualifier finals this year. In action yesterday at the semi-finals in Eugene, Oregon, Piccirillo came in 8th in her...

Indiana grad Tanner Smith continues to make waves overseas for the U23 U.S. rugby team, earning "Man of the Match (MVP)" honors and helping the Americans down the French Military team, 17-7. Smith als...

The Pirates are starting to turn some heads in the National League Wild Card race, and as they approach Sunday's halfway point of the season, they are hoping to make a move, not only for the Wild Card...

At the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, Homer-Center graduate Angel Piccirillo qualified for tonight's semifinals in the women's 15-hundred meters. Piccirillo finished 11th in the preliminary, i...

Bubba Chandler was dominant again for the Curve in that game, not allowing a hit until the 6th inning, striking out eleven, and allowing two runs on three hits and a walk in six-and-two-thirds innings...

Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi nabbed his biggest recruit of the Class of 2025 yesterday when he got a verbal commitment from cornerback Mason "Money Man" Alexander. He's from Fishers, Indiana, and ...