CHICAGO (AP) — Jared Jones pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, Oneil Cruz added a solo home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Thursday night to complete a three-game series sweep. The White Sox had just two hits in losing for the eighth time in 11 games. ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football was well on its way to its third touchdown of the game in the early second quarter. Newly announced starting quarterback Oklahoma transfer Michael Hawkins Jr., along with transfer running back Cam Cook, had the offense rolling. On second-and-8, Hawkins kept the ball himself up the middle and bounced to the outside. With the end zone in sight, Hawkins reached for the pylon, but he came up short and had the ball knocked out of his hands and into the back of the end zone. A possible touchdown turned into a touchback for Coastal Carolina. “We ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Esmerlyn Valdez hit a solo shot, rookie Konnor Griffin singled in two runs in Pittsburgh's three-run seventh inning and the Pirates held on to beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory. Rafael Flores Jr. added an RBI single to ...
WELLSBURG - The gold medals are heading south. The John Marshall boys' cross country team and the Shadyside girls' team captured the team titles at the 2026 Bryan Fritz Memorial Invitational Wednesday evening at Brooke. The boys from Marshall County brought home the team title with 28 points. Following John Marshall in the team standings were Wheeling Park with 55, Big Red with 64 and Weir with 74. Those four teams were the only ones with team scores as Brooke, Harrison Central, Shadyside, Linsly, Magnolia, Toronto, Catholic Central and Cameron did not record a team point. While ...
GOLF EDISON BOYS TOP BIG RED BERGHOLZ — The Edison boys golf team got a big win over Steubenville Big Red on Wednesday in a nine-hole duel at Spring Hills, 174-180. While the Wildcats topped the team scores, Big Red had the match medalist as Jaggar Rawson fired a low score of 39. Edison was led by Xander Haught with a 42, Jordan Everhart and Beckett Dopp each with a 43, Dylan Long and Liam Bissett each with a 46 and Ayden Stacey with a 48. Also for Big Red, Patrick Jenkins fired a 40, Noah Kokiko a 47, Max Henderson and Brody Becker each a 54 and Lucas Sutton a 63. Big ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cam Heyward is over the franchise tag. The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle said Wednesday that the mechanism which lets teams retain control over their players beyond the length of their current contract is "stupid." "It hampers players," the seven-time Pro Bowler said. "Why should any team be able to take advantage of a player for one year?" The questions came as the Steelers and cornerback Joey Porter Jr. close in on a deadline for getting a new deal done before the season starts. Porter is in the final year of his rookie contract. The club has a ...
