Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pittsburgh Penguins today named 56-year old Ron Hextall as their new general manager and Brian Burke as the president of hockey operations. The announcement was made by co-owners Mario Lemieux and...

The results from four boys' basketball games in the area last night were reported, along with three girls' games, including one on WCCS 101.1 FM and AM 1160. In the broadcast game, the Homer-Center Wi...

Just back from an eight-game absence due to injury, Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson left practice yesterday with an undisclosed injury after colliding with a teammate. Matheson returned to action on...

The Steelers yesterday officially announced the hiring of Mike Sullivan as quarterbacks coach. He's worked the last two seasons at his alma mater, Army after 16 years in the NFL as a QB coach and offe...

Major League Baseball is changing the Grapefruit League schedule to place teams in "pods" to limit travel and possible exposure to coronavirus. The Pirates would be in the west coast pod with the Blue...

The Penguins are off until Thursday, when they will have a rematch with the New York Islanders, the team they lost to, 4-3, on Saturday night. Then they'll finally come home for a Sunday game against ...

Another postponement for the Pitt Panthers: Their game scheduled Wednesday at Louisville has been called off by covid-19 issues within the Louisville program. That makes seven postponements this seaso...

The Pirates yesterday signed free agent left-handed reliever Chasen Shreve to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the big league club. Chasen is 17-8 with a 3.74 ERA in ...

The Penguins lost to the Islanders last night, 4-3, and in the process lost forward Jared McCann, who left the game with an undisclosed injury in the second period. Penguins goal-scorers were defensem...

In college basketball, Pitt lost to Virginia, 73-66. Justin Champagnie led the Panthers with 18 points and 10 rebounds. The Panthers' could not stop Virginia's three-point shooting, particularly from ...