Sports category, Page 1187

Dr. Joseph Maroon doesn’t just walk the walk and talk the talk. The UMPC neurosurgeon, who recently celebrated his 82nd birthday, has been a triathlete for most of his life and a proponent of a healthy lifestyle. He’s a staunch advocate of the “sound body, sound mind” way of life...

When it comes to his own swing decisions, Mason Martin has changed his mentality so that he’s not searching for the perfect pitch. Now, he’s proving that his patience goes beyond the plate. Despite the Pirates dealing with depth issues at first base because of injuries, the top prospect at...

Ke’Bryan Hayes had a glaring omission on his statistics line, a big, fat zero under home runs that followed the Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman through the first 40 games of the season. His first came at the perfect time. Trailing by a run with one out in the top of...

In a game delayed by nearly three hours because of lightning, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds twice answered goals by Miami FC and came away with a 2-2 draw on the road Saturday night. The Riverhounds (7-3-2) had a chance to take an early lead in the 16th minute when Russell Cicerone...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-22) defeated St. Paul (Twins), 7-4. 2B Ji-hwan Bae went 2 for 5 with a homer, his fifth, and three RBIs. DH Travis Swaggerty (.257) went 2 for 5 with a triple and an RBI. C Carter Bins (.214) went 2 for 4 with a double and drove...

The problem with elimination games is that someone has to get eliminated. That someone Saturday was Seton Hill, which fell to Cal State Dominguez Hills, 9-6, for its second loss in the double-elimination NCAA Division II Softball World Series in Denver. The Atlantic Regional champion Griffins end a season that...

With two outs in the ninth inning of Pitt’s 8-3 loss to N.C. State in an ACC Tournament semifinal game Saturday night, three Panther teammates gathered in the dugout, watching the end of the game, their arms draped over each other’s shoulders. Finally, it ended — the game and, most...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Scottie Scheffler almost made it through another round at Colonial without a bogey, this time with wind gusting through the trees at Hogan’s Alley. The world’s top-ranked player has the lead alone after the third round. Scheffler, whose only bogey at Colonial so far this week...

Returning to San Diego’s Petco Park this weekend is special for David Bednar, as the Padres drafted him in the 35th round out of Lafayette in 2016 and developed him into a major-leaguer. “I came up all the way with the Padres,” Bednar said. “It’s always cool to see all...

Josh Shields and Nico Megaludis aren’t ready to hang up their headgear just yet. The Franklin Regional grads recently competed in the U.S. Open freestyle wrestling tournament and the World Team Trials and just came up short of making the team. But they’re looking for another shot down the road...

Here are the big issues at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ ongoing series of OTAs: There are none. OTAs are totally unnecessary. Minicamp is totally unnecessary. The process should start with training camp, not before. Baseball, basketball and hockey don’t have OTAs and minicamp. Football does in the attempt to be complicated...

James Daniels spent most of the first four seasons of his NFL career as “the young guy.” Now that he has joined the Pittsburgh Steelers — even at just 24 years old — he is the most tenured veteran. Life comes at you fast, especially for a player who made...

Before the first pitch was thrown in the San Diego Padres’ 4-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, the visitors confronted a series of injury problems. The injuries hurt on multiple levels, but the most critical situation emerged in the sixth inning of a game watched by a...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 23-22) was outslugged by St. Paul (Twins), 9-8, in 10 innings. Indy blew an 8-4 lead after seven innings. RHP Hunter Stratton (4.09) gave up a three-run homer in the eighth and RHP Cristofer Melendez (2-3, 4.08) allowed a solo homer in the ninth. LF Oneil Cruz (.213)...

The Seton Hill softball team rebounded from an opening loss in the NCAA Division II World Series and stayed alive with an 8-1 victory over Adelphi (N.Y.) in the loser’s bracket game Friday night in Denver. The Griffins (42-11) will take on Cal State Dominguez Hills (42-22) at 4:30 p.m....