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Friday Baseball Karns City at Freeport, 4:15 p.m. West Shamokin vs. Moniteau, 5:30 pm., Pullman Park Union at Brockway, 4 p.m. Softball Norwin at Butler, 4 p.m. Knoch at ...
April 19, 2024 Sports
KLADNO, Czech Republic — Jaromir Jagr returned to action Thursday for the first time since turning 52 and immediately scored as he surpassed legend Gordie Howe to become ...
April 19, 2024 Sports
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City. The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $1.2 billion sale from Alex...
April 19, 2024 Sports
Knoch’s Kyle Morgan, Dante Pelloni, and Brady Wozniak had multi-hit performances on Thursday as the Knights beat Highlands, 14-4, in five innings of WPIAL Section 4-4A ba...
April 19, 2024 Sports
The NFL draft will be offensive. We’re not talking about hurt feelings. This draft has the potential to set a record for most offensive players selected in the first roun...
April 19, 2024 Sports
Devoted more than 45 years to Little League, Freeport International baseball
Devoted more than 45 years to Little League, Freeport International baseball
April 19, 2024 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Aroldis Chapman was suspended two games and fined an undisclosed amount Thursday for his “inappropriate actions” against the N...
April 19, 2024 Sports
PITTSBURGH — There used to be a time — say the vast majority of the franchise's first 92 seasons — when the Pittsburgh Steelers would rely almost exclusively on the NFL d...
April 19, 2024 Sports
Where was the first NFL Draft held? Thursday’s answer: Johnny Mize is the only player in major league history to hit 50 homers and strike out less than 50 times in...
April 19, 2024 Sports
Butler was hoping to break out of its offensive slump before diving back into section play, but Dominic Twigg had other ideas. Shaler’s senior pitcher limited the Golden ...
April 19, 2024 Sports
This is the first in a series of articles detailing the Butler football program’s approach to its 2024 season Do you like football? Or do you love it? That was the first ...
April 18, 2024 Sports
KC grad Sherwin leads Thiel win GREENVILLE — Karns City graduate Cole Sherwin collected three hits on Tuesday in helping the Thiel College baseball team post a 10-9 ...
April 18, 2024 Sports
NEW YORK — Starling Marte hit his 150th career homer Wednesday, powering the New York Mets to a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep of a three-game series. Ma...
April 18, 2024 Professional
Following is the Butler Eagle Boys and Girls Track and Field Honor Roll, comprised of results submitted by Butler County-area coaches. Boys Track Events 3,2...
April 18, 2024 Sports
LAS VEGAS — Former football star and celebrity criminal defendant O.J. Simpson was cremated Wednesday, the lawyer handling his estate said following his death last week a...
April 18, 2024 Professional
PITTSBURGH — Seven of the 20 recipients of the 2024 WPIAL James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award winners are from Butler County. There were 146 nominees overall with 20 — 10...
April 18, 2024 Sports
Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter was banned for life from the NBA on Wednesday after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and ...
April 18, 2024 Professional
JEFFERSON TWP — It was a pitcher’s duel in the truest sense. Knoch hurler Marlee Fraser allowed just a pair of hits in a complete game effort at home against neighboring ...
April 18, 2024 Sports
Kara Fennell set a school record in the triple jump at 37 feet, 10 inches, on Tuesday as Knoch’s girls defeated Burrell and Springdale. The Knights finished section comp...
April 18, 2024 Sports
In a game that saw the lead change hands five times, the Slippery Rock University softball team outlasted Clarion, 7-6, in the first half of a doubleheader at home on Wed...
April 18, 2024 Sports
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to a one-year, $2.5 million contract extension on Wednesday, bringing back the veteran for his age-40...
April 18, 2024 Professional
BUTLER TWP — The weather broke ... and the smiles came out. Butler hosted its lone Unified track and field meet of the season Wednesday at Art Bernardi Stadium, welcoming...
April 18, 2024 Sports
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals had been a model expansion franchise, turning a winning season in their third year, and soon becoming a contender. But the team didn’t finis...
April 17, 2024 Sports
SLIPPERY ROCK — Hunter Loomis earned his first win of the season for the Slippery Rock University baseball team, tossing four scoreless innings and allowing one hit in a ...
April 17, 2024 Sports
LOS ANGELES — Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the W...
April 17, 2024 Sports
NEW YORK — Jose Hernandez balked home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Jeff McNeil added an RBI double and the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Tue...
April 17, 2024 Sports
Ed Hartman Memorial Mile to highlight annual Butler Invitational
Ed Hartman Memorial Mile to highlight annual Butler Invitational
April 17, 2024 Sports
Union/A-C Valley’s Logan Skibinski was a four-event winner on Tuesday as the Falcon Knights’ boys track and field team defeated Keystone, 85-65. Skibinski won the 100 and...
April 17, 2024 Sports
JACKSON TWP — After losing to Section 2-3A heavyweights Shaler and North Allegheny last week by a combined score of 6-1, Seneca Valley’s boys volleyball team was hungry t...
April 17, 2024 Sports
NEW YORK — Gold Glove third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes was scratched from the Pittsburgh Pirates' lineup Tuesday night against the New York Mets because of tightness in his l...
April 17, 2024 Sports
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