Category Archives: Local Sports

The Altoona Curve are back home to open a six-game series against Chesapeake tonight, with left-hander Connor Oliver taking the mound. The Curve have started the second half of the season 11-16, in fi...

The Pirates started their day introducing number one draft choice Derek Curiel, who beat the deadline (5 PM today) and signed his contract. The Bucs ended their afternoon holding off a Cubs rally to s...

Akron beat Altoona, 4-3 for the second straight game, earning a split of the series, three games apiece. Will Taylor broke up a no-hitter with a sixth inning home run to put the Curve up 1-0 but the R...

The Steelers report to training camp at Saint Vincent tomorrow, with new head coach Mike McCarthy eager to get his hands on a team that won the AFC North last season, seems to have improved since then...

The Pirates' Paul Skenes and the Cubs' Shota Imanaga were locked in a big-time pitchers' duel Saturday night, but Skenes suddenly fell apart in the fifth inning, and the Bucs were embarrassed in front...

Facing a 5 PM Monday deadline to sign their 2026 draft picks, the Pirates have signed number five overall selection Derek Curiel, the LSU center fielder. The signing will be formally announced in a ne...

Altoona took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning last night, but a throwing error allowed the RubberDucks to tie the game and a single brought home the winning run in a 4-3 Akron win. It was ...

The Pirates started their crucial series against the Cubs with a close loss last night at PNC Park. Joe Block reports. The Pirates and the Cubs play tonight, with Paul Skenes on the mound for the Pira...

Altoona and Akron had to go to extras but the Curve pulled out the win 4-2 in 10 innings. Altoona was trailing 2-1 when Murf Gray hit a solo shot in the 9th to tie it up. That marked his third homer i...

A few days before training camp opens, the Steelers have signed former Penn State quarterback Drew Allar. The three-year starter was among a small number of those who signed yesterday. He's expected t...