Category Archives: Local Sports

Pitt basketball has released its non-conference schedule for the upcoming season, and it includes the Backyard Brawl with West Virginia, which will be played this year on December 16th at WVU. It will...

MLB has suspended Pirates LHP Angel Perdomo and manager Derek Shelton for their involvement in Tuesday night's incident in San Diego. Perdomo plunked third baseman Manny Machado with a 98 mile per hou...

Claudio Finol tied the game with a sac bunt in the second, then back-to-back RBI singles by Chavez Young and Jacob Gonzalez in the fifth helped lead the Curve to a 3-1 win over Harrisburg Wednesday af...

Former River Valley forward Hannah Artley signed her letter of intent to play college basketball at Slippery Rock University Wednesday afternoon. Pictured are (front row, from left) father Rick, Hanna...

The Pirates could not break through against Blake Snell and the Padres, managing only three hits on the night as they lost to the Padres. Joe Block has the story. For today's series finale, the Pirate...

It's reporting day at St. Vincent College today for Steelers players and all ninety players are expected to be there, including second round draft pick Joey Porter Jr., who yesterday agreed to a four-...

A Penguins nemesis has retired from the NHL. Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron announced his retirement yesterday after 19 seasons, all of them with Boston. Bergeron scored 427 goals and 1,040 po...

It's one-and-done for the Zoo Crew, the team of former Pitt basketball stars in their pursuit of the $1 million first prize in ESPN's "The Basketball Tournament". Zoo Crew fell to "Herd That", a team ...

After signing a four-year extension with the Steelers last week, Alex Highsmith met with reporters on Monday to talk about the contract. Highsmith's deal is worth $68 million that guarantees him $27.7...

The Pirates broke out the offense last night as they opened their series with San Diego. Joe Block has the recap.   The Pirates lost infielder Tucupita Marcano in the fifth inning when he injured...