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Return of sports (hopefully) is near

Saturday, March 7. I sat at a scorer’s table at Kiski Area High School. The Freeport girls basketball team came out hot that afternoon. The Yellowjackets built a big ear...

May 28, 2020 Sports

Pens will be without Bjugstad

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins will head into whatever becomes of the NHL postseason without forward Nick Bjugstad. The team announced Wednesday that Bjugstad unde...

May 28, 2020 Professional

Sister Act

Siblings Sarah and Hannah White helping each other keep volleyball skills sharp during pandemic CRANBERRY TWP — When sisters Hannah and Sarah White were little, they'd sp...

May 27, 2020 Sports

Cut to the chase

NHL will go straight to 24-team playoff The NHL will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 if it is able to...

May 27, 2020 Professional

Steelers benefit from break

Veteran defense doesn't need much time PITTSBURGH — Minkah Fitzpatrick is missing the somewhat leisurely pace of the NFL’s organized team activities, when free time in th...

May 27, 2020 Professional

11-year-old dashing to stardom

Butler's Osmer bursts onto kart racing scene BUTLER TWP — The name should have been a giveaway. Dash Osmer's first name came from the action-packed animated film, “The In...

May 27, 2020 Sports

Smith wants to play

But Seneca Valley graduate and Tampa Bay Rays catcher says numerous questions need to be answered first Kevan Smith wants to play baseball again. Desperately. The Seneca ...

May 26, 2020 Professional

Match raises $20M

Woods-Manning team defeats Mickelson-Brady Tom Brady delivered the shot of the match that made it easy to forget the rest of his swings. Tiger Woods didn’t miss a fairway...

May 26, 2020 Professional

Coaches, kids await word for return to diamonds

One more season. One more at-bat. One more swing. Coltyn Povlick only hopes he gets the chance. “I want to hit my first home run,” said Coltyn, a 12-year-old Butler yout...

May 23, 2020 Youth Sports

NCAA football, hoop transfer rule may change in 2021-22

A proposed rule that some say would lead to an unheard-of number of transfers in college basketball and football will not be implemented for the upcoming 2020-21 school ...

May 23, 2020 Sports

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