Category Archives: Local Sports

Former Major League All-Star catcher Devin Mesoraco has joined the Pitt baseball coaching staff as a volunteer assistant. He will work primarily with catchers. The Punxsutawney native played eight yea...

The Steelers' front office capped a busy weekend by signing defensive end Cam Heyward to a four-year contract extension with $65.6 million in new money. In all, Heyward is under contract for five year...

The Pirates pulled off an improbable comeback against Cincinnati's closer yesterday. Cole Tucker scored on a sacrifice fly to complete a two-run ninth inning, as the Pirates won, 3-2.   The Pirat...

The Penguins on Saturday signed defenseman Juuso Riikola to a two-year contract extension. The deal runs through the 2021-22 campaign and carries an average annual value of $1.15 million. He played in...

Eugenio Suarez hit three home runs last night to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-2 win over the Pirates. Trevor Williams took his sixth loss against just one win for the Bucs, who also lost new center...

Indiana's Dylan Stapleton was waived/injured by the Houston Texans with a multi-week injury settlement due to a fractured shoulder. He's expected to take five to seven weeks to recover. He injured the...

The Steelers cut a number of veterans as they got down to the 53-man roster limit yesterday. Among them were wide receiver Ryan Switzer, nose guard Daniel McCullers, running backs Trey Edmunds, Kerrit...

The Indiana Little Indians saw head-to-head action this year for the first time, as they played the Burrell Bucs Saturday morning in an hour and a half scrimmage. In the game, both teams took 10 plays...

The Pirates defense cost them the first game of a double-header against Cincinatti on Friday at PNC Park, but they were able to capitalize on some errors by the Reds to take game two. In the 4-2 game ...

David DeCastro once again missed practice at training camp. It's not known at this time when he will return. DeCastro has a lower body injury suffered during an intra-squad scrimmage on Aug. 28. With ...