Rare 3-on-5 goal fuels Penguins' rally
"We hadn't won against them yet, so it was pretty important," said Cooke, who scored twice, including a rare 3-on-5 shorthanded goal in Saturday's 6-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells...
View ArticleTony Stewart's risk rewarded
Four years ago, Tony Stewart gambled that he could do without Joe Gibbs Racing. He was right: Last year, Stewart dominated the 2011 Chase for the Cup.
View ArticleBucs embrace addition of pitcher Burnett
"We're looking forward to him joining our team," second baseman Neil Walker said of right-handed pitcher A.J. Burnett. Burnett is to take a physical today and could be working out with the Pirates by...
View ArticleOutdoors briefs
Today, 11 a.m. Dennis Tubbs, a staffer with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and a tournament bass angler, will discuss current trends in bass fishing at the Allegheny Sport, Travel and...
View ArticlePlum tennis sensation carefully weighing his options
Last year, Bjorn Fratangelo's amateur career took a huge upswing when he became the first American to win the French Open boys singles championship since John McEnroe in 1977. He rose as high as No. 2...
View ArticleBrashear wrestler cruises to District 8 title
Godwin Nyama wasted little time securing his fourth City League title, pinning Allderdice's Isaiah Slappy with just one second remaining in the first period of the finals of the District 8 tournament...
View ArticleFight overshadows Peters' comeback
Peters Township's dramatic come-from-behind victory Saturday over Woodland Hills in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs was overshadowed by a bloody altercation that stopped the game for...
View ArticleStreaking Temple thumps Duquesne
Duquesne coach Ron Everhart put his priority on stopping the Owls' Ramone Moore, who entered Saturday's game leading the Atlantic 10 in scoring. Problem is, Temple has so many players who can beat you,...
View ArticlePivotal second quarter sinks Freeport
The Freeport boys basketball team went cold right as Northgate, appropriately nicknamed the Flames, began to heat up Saturday at North Allegheny High School.
View ArticleSeneca Valley pulls off Class AAAA upset
Seneca Valley, the 14th-seeded team in the WPIAL Class AAAA boys basketball playoffs, upset No. 3 Mt. Lebanon, 45-42, Saturday at Chartiers Valley.
View ArticleBob Nutting Q&A:' We can be a championship organization'
Pirates owner Bob Nutting said he is "absolutely not" fun to be around after a defeat. The question Pirates fans have is if 2012 will finally be the year in which the number of losses are trumped by...
View ArticleWalleye fishing expected to make comback at Pymatuning
If you're a walleye fisherman, this could be your year, particularly at Pymatuning Lake.
View ArticleBurrell sophomore wrestler continues roll
Despite entering the WPIAL Section 3-AA individual championships as a No. 3 seed, Corey Falleroni captured the 145-pound title Saturday, edging top-seeded Taylor Jack of Kittanning, 2-1, at Avonworth.
View ArticleMt. Lebanon girls not looking too far ahead
"What's nice about the playoff system in the WPIAL is this gives us and everyone else new life," Mt. Lebanon coach Dori Oldaker said. "You get a nice shot of energy with making the playoffs."
View ArticleColonials win 500th, clinch home playoff game
Robert Morris (21-8, 12-4) extended its winning streak to a season-high five games and clinched a home game in the Northeast Conference playoffs. It was the school's 500th victory in Division I...
View ArticlePlum girls let WPIAL playoff game slip away
After jumping out to a 17-8 lead in the second quarter, No. 10-seeded Plum lost a heartbreaker to No. 7 Pine-Richland.
View ArticleNationals catcher Ramos is moving on after kidnapping ordeal
Three months have passed since Wilson Ramos' budding baseball career was interrupted by a gunpoint kidnapping in his native Venezuela.
View ArticleTrinity stuns Keystone Oaks in WPIAL Class AAA playoffs
Trinity boys basketball coach Joe Dunn had the right game plan for his team to upset Keystone Oaks in the Class AAA playoffs.
View ArticleLate bucket, steal sink Burrell in WPIAL Class AA playoffs
Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball coach Don Favero said he borrowed from the Jordan-era Bulls' playbook during his team's WPIAL Class AA first-round playoff game.
View ArticleNFL concussion fallout raises some red flags in NASCAR
Safety measures since Dale Earnhardt's death in 2001 have gone a long way toward preventing head injuries, and NASCAR officials have taken steps to improve the way they identify and treat concussions.
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