Game Commission looking to ban wild boar
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Pennsylvania Game Commission is taking aim at wild boars. The agency is preparing to move forward with regulations that would remove protection from the ...
View ArticlePirates sign 1B Hawpe, C May to minor league contracts
By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Pirates today signed first baseman/outfielder Brad Hawpe and catcher Lucas May to minor league contracts. Both newcomers, along with minor league...
View ArticlePens keep Despres, return Bennett in roster moves
By Rob Rossi, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe future became clearer for the Penguins’ two top prospects Thursday. Left wing Beau Bennett was returned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, the Penguins’ AHL affiliate....
View ArticleFans pack Consol for Penguins’ scrimmage
By Rob Rossi, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewTim Braden had fresh ink of a skating Penguin on his right forearm and Brandon Sutter’s name and No. 16 on the back of his ...
View ArticleEx-player: Polamalu ‘unfairly dragged into’ Te’o drama
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSteelers safety Troy Polamalu had no involvement in the bizarre fictitious girlfriend story involving Notre Dame star Manti Te’o, according to NFL fullback...
View ArticleBVA wrestlers pin Ringgold
By Bill Hughes, Valley IndependentSaying Wednesday’s Section 2 AAA Subsection A wrestling match between Ringgold and host Belle Vernon Area was important is an understatement. The winner would finish ...
View ArticleSupport for Rawlins grows on Monessen's school board
By Jeff Oliver, Valley IndependentThere appears to be some light at the end of the tunnel in the ongoing controversy over whether or not graduated Monessen senior Chavas Rawlins ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Kiski Area wrestlers earn another win
By Staff ReportsThe Kiski Area wrestling team continued to play pinball with its opponents, adding another runaway victory to a growing list of them Wednesday night. Eight ...
View ArticleBaldwin, California coaches resign
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewJim Wehner’s four-year stay at Baldwin is over. The district accepted Wehner’s resignation as head football coach at Wednesday night’s board meeting. Wehner...
View ArticleSection 1-AA wide open in boys basketball at halfway point
By Bill West, Leader TimesAsked about the state of competition in Section 1-AA boys basketball at the halfway point of the schedule, almost every one of the member teams’ ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Central Catholic wrestling edges Plum
By Staff ReportsVincenzo Joseph (126) pounds, Chris Nuss (145), Kyle Coniker (152) and Zach Deluca (220) each had pins to lead playoff-bound Central Catholic (4-1, 4-1) to ...
View ArticleLatrobe wrestling team gets unexpected help
By Paul Schofield, Tribune-ReviewLatrobe wrestling coach Tad Harbert doesn’t know how much longer he’ll have junior Logan Carns this season. The quarterback of the football team is scheduled ...
View ArticleNorwin girls reflect on season’s first half
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsWin or lose, Norwin second-year coach Brian Brozeski likes his team to take a 24-hour respite to reflect on its previous game. After Tuesday’s 62-36 ...
View ArticleBurrell wrestling team edges Valley in section showdown
By Bill Beckner Jr., Valley News DispatchA long, loud, post-match locker room speech said it all. The champs were hot and bothered. Despite another victory, Burrell’s wrestling coaches weren’t in a ...
View ArticleFrazier girls basketball team moves above .500
By Jason Black, Daily CourierFor a team still trying to develop confidence and winning habits, any victory is a good one. The Frazier girls basketball team won just one ...
View ArticlePitt pulls away late in victory over Villanova
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewVILLANOVA — Pitt and Villanova have a long history in the Big East, and the Wildcats have been among the league’s most difficult teams to ...
View ArticlePenguins want to make most of being off
By Rob Rossi, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Penguins are scheduled to practice only twice between Thursday and their home opener Wednesday against Toronto, though they do play two games during that ...
View ArticleSerra Catholic hockey team looking for consistency
By Chris Adamski, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewFor Serra Catholic alum Brian Boehm, coaching the Eagles hockey team has been, in his words, “a labor of love.” So much so that he’s ...
View ArticleThomas Jefferson hockey finds winning formula again
By Chris Adamski, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewWith eight games still to play in the PIHL regular season, Thomas Jefferson already has scored more goals than it did during any of the ...
View ArticleRegional fishing report
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review• Anglers fishing Lake Erie’s tributaries have been picking up steelhead, mostly on Elk and Walnut creeks, on pink eggs, shiners or minnows and chartreuse ...
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