NORTH HUNTINGDON — Having grown up playing rugby in his native South Africa, it seemed only natural for Johan Van Wyk to play football — but wrestling?
This winter, Van ...
NEW YORK — It pays to play a skill position in the NFL, like New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, or receivers Wes Welker and Dwayne Bowe.
It also pays to be a kicker, as...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Mary McDonald sometimes wonders what it would have been like to play high school basketball at a public school.
At Portersville Christian School, McDonal...
DORMONT — There are times when first-year Keystone Oaks girls basketball coach Nikki Presto wants to mix it up with her players on the court instead of instruct them fro...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have spent most of the last two decades grooming talented young players only to trade them away before they became too expensive to r...
Leave it to the New Orleans Saints to ruin any positive vibes they’ve built up the past several years.
The Saints, who for decades had been a laughingstock of the NFL, f...
PITTSBURGH — By his own admission, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Zbynek Michalek doesn’t watch much film of opposing goalies.
The way the low-scoring Michalek figures, ...
VALENCIA — Falling behind is something that has plagued the Butler hockey team all season.
It was something that would haunt the team Monday.
Hempfield took a 4-0 lead i...
SARASOTA, Fla. — Brian Matusz had a forgettable 2011. His 2012 started shaky, too.
Matusz allowed three runs in two innings in his spring debut, and a split-squad of Bal...
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Denny Hamlin spent nearly two months of the offseason in the Scottsdale area, hoping to get away from racing for a while, reinvigorate himself for the ...
