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The Crystal Ballroom at the Tesla by Wyndham Center has become a home for professional wrestling events in Butler. The venue will once again host Pros of Wrestling on Sat...
May 21, 2025 Sports
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Temporarily sidelined by a hard fall, jockey Junior Alvarado put it behind him with the ride of a lifetime in the Kentucky Derby. Most satisfying was g...
May 04, 2025
Tom Yankello’s passion for boxing as a youth has led to a lifelong involvement in the sport. “Boxing was my first love. My grandfather and uncle were both boxers and were...
April 26, 2025 Sports
Practice makes perfect. Literally, for Slippery Rock resident Heather Stewart. At Pennsylvania State Archery Association Indoor Championships from March 28-30, Stewart be...
April 15, 2025 Sports
NEW YORK — As he watched one last errant forehand from his higher-ranked, more-accomplished U.S. Open opponent land wide, Taylor Fritz dropped his neon-colored racket, cl...
September 03, 2024
NEW YORK — Tennis star Jannik Sinner tested positive for steroids earlier this year, an international agency announced Tuesday, but he remains eligible for next week’s US...
August 21, 2024
PARIS — Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics. Hall sprinted ...
August 08, 2024
PARIS — Summer McIntosh, Canada's 17-year-old swimming sensation, claimed her second gold medal of the Olympics with another strong performance, romping to victory in the...
August 02, 2024
PARIS — Simone Biles remains peerless. Even when she's not quite perfect. The American gymnastics star edged Brazil's Rebeca Andrade during a tense Olympic all-around fin...
August 01, 2024 Sports
Jordan Geist was the odd man out. That result didn’t particularly shock him. Competing in his second U.S. Olympic Trials last month, the former Knoch throwing standou...
August 01, 2024 Sports
It’ll be something familiar, just in a new locale. Pullman Park will host Pros of Wrestling’s Ballpark Battle Ground on Aug. 24, marking the first time the historic s...
July 31, 2024 Sports
(Editor’s note: Fractions of a second or a slight misstep during the Olympics can alter the career, the legacy and the earning potential of athletes. The Associated Press...
July 20, 2024
Sha’Carri Richardson set the tone for her own comeback story a year ago when she won the 100-meter U.S. title , then the world championship , and brashly proclaimed: “I’m...
July 17, 2024
Simone Biles is eager for a chance to put the Tokyo Olympics firmly in her rearview mirror. Three years after she memorably pulled out of multiple finals to protect ...
July 02, 2024
LOS ANGELES — After organizers for Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest said Joey Chestnut wouldn’t compete this year because of a deal with a rival bran...
June 13, 2024 Sports
Mike Tyson's fight with Jake Paul is now set for Nov. 15 after the former world heavyweight champion fell ill on a flight last month. The fight was originally set for Jul...
June 08, 2024 Sports
PARIS — Novak Djokovic has decided to have surgery for a medial meniscus tear in his right knee and could miss Wimbledon, the French newspaper L'Equipe reported Wednesday...
June 06, 2024 Sports
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic was laying on his back on a French Open sideline early in the second set Monday, wincing while his bothersome right knee was manipulated by a...
June 04, 2024 Professional
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey drew post position No. 1 on Monday, and Kentucky Derby champion Mystik Dan will start in post No. 3 f...
June 04, 2024 Professional
Longtime Tae Kwon-Do students become 1st Grandmasters in Pittsburgh area
Longtime Tae Kwon-Do students become 1st Grandmasters in Pittsburgh area
May 31, 2024 Sports
PARIS — Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka stayed out of the rain and moved into the third round of the French Open on Thursday. The second-seeded Sabalenka beat J...
May 31, 2024 Sports
BALTIMORE — Even without a Triple Crown on the line, the upcoming Belmont Stakes is one of the most anticipated horse races in the sport's history. That's because it's b...
May 20, 2024 Sports
Mars resident Delucia to see action as part of 8-match card
Mars resident Delucia to see action as part of 8-match card
May 08, 2024 Sports
GENEVA — Slippery Rock High School graduate and Geneva College senior first baseman Julia Hart has been named first team All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Hart hit .40...
May 08, 2024 Sports
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The second jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown could be missing 150th Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and other co-stars, quashing hopes for a r...
May 06, 2024 Professional
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two horses fell and unseated their riders in the second race at Churchill Downs on Thursday, two days before the historic track hosts the 150th Kentucky...
May 03, 2024 Professional
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey V...
May 02, 2024 Sports
Aug. 31 program also features 20-year reunion of Butler Football Hometown Heroes
Aug. 31 program also features 20-year reunion of Butler Football Hometown Heroes
May 01, 2024 Sports
Ivancik bidding to become best in the world at her sport
Ivancik bidding to become best in the world at her sport
May 01, 2024 Sports
Bresnahan wins in harness racing WASHINGTON, Pa. — Mississippi Al, trained by Nathan Bresnahan of Butler, won a race Thursday when another horse was disqualified dur...
April 12, 2024 Sports
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