Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pirates open a three-game series at PNC Park tonight against the LA Dodgers. Joe Block has a preview:   The Pirates are still listing Mitch Keller as their starter for Thursday's game. Keller...

After winning four out of six games in Richmond, the Altoona Curve return home to PNG Field tonight to open a six-game set against Akron. The Curve will start right-handed sensation Roansy Contreras, ...

Howard Smith, a Pittsburgher who co-founded a program to offer children of all socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to learn and play hockey, has been nominated for the National Hockey League's ...

The Pirates were looking to sweep the Miami Marlins in the fourth game of their series yesterday, but a costly error on an attempted force play at second base in the sixth inning late allowed the lead...

The Penguins will not have a timeline for Evgeni Malkin's return from right knee surgery until September, so they will probably not have him at the start of the season. Malkin had the surgery on Frida...

From the Altoona Curve: Altoona Errors Cost Curve Series Finale in Richmond Richmond gets five unearned runs in victory RICHMOND, VA. - Rodolfo Castro kept his hot bat alive, batting in all three Curv...

After rallying from a three-run deficit in the 8th inning, the Pirates beat the Marlins yesterday, 8-7 on a Jacob Stallings walkoff single in the 12th. Joe Block has the dramatic story:   The Pir...

Penguins center Evgeni Malkin underwent right knee surgery on Friday. Malkin was injured on March 16th and missed 23 games, then re-injured the knee in the last game before the playoffs. He missed the...

A late game comeback fell short for the Altoona Curve as they lost to the Richmond Flying Squirrels 5-3 in Richmond. Oneil Cruz got his seventh multi-hit game of the season and extended his hitting st...

The Pittsburgh Pirates offense came alive for a season-high nine runs as they beat the Marlins 9-2 yesterday, but the Pirates also ran into some trouble with one of their pitchers. After Ke'Bryan Haye...