In the days leading up to the NFL Draft, Alabama receiver Germie Bernard heard from his agent that the Pittsburgh Steelers were interested at pick 53.

NEW YORK — Walks are up 7.3% as pitches in the strike zone dropped markedly and the average time of games increased by 5 minutes through the first full month of MLB’s initial season with robot umpires.

May has arrived, signaling not just the change in weather, but fortunes for many teams jockeying for position in the chase for playoff tickets into the 2026 USL Championship race.

DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young finally made his first bogey of the week at the Cadillac Championship. It barely put a dent into his lead going into the weekend.

A sub-par performance by her standards in the first game against Norwin gave Julia Varhola pause.

Alex Tuch and Mattias Samuelsson scored in the first period, Zach Benson added another early in the third and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins, 4-1, on Friday night in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2007.

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions.

Belle Vernon senior Ryan Kent turned in quite a performance at the 52nd Baldwin Invitational on Friday.

Forward Mike Posma had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers, who lost, 3-2, in overtime to the Reading Royals in a North Division semifinal round series at Santander Arena in Reading on Friday.

Searching for a way to snap a five-game losing streak, the Pittsburgh Pirates found the most unlikely suspects to be their best candidates.

Franklin Regional’s Sean Cartwright and Quaker Valley’s Jonah Montagnese were among the record-breakers at the Pine-Richland Invitational on Friday.

Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Cade Cunningham scored 32 points, and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons pulled off an incredible rally Friday night, erasing a 24-point deficit and beating the Orlando Magic, 93-79, to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference first-round series.

Every four years, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland pulls together an exhibition of modern artists from around the world for the Carnegie International. Starting Saturday, the 59th Carnegie International will be open — and it’s all about collaboration.

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple A, 11-20) lost 11-7 to Memphis (Cardinals). RF Esmerlyn Valdez (.252) went 1 for 5 with a two-run homer, his fifth. C Rafael Flores Jr. (.223) went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. CF Ronny Simon (.385) went 1 for 2 with two walks and three runs scored. SS Alika Williams (.337) went 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI. 1B Nick Cimillo (.222) went 2 ...

The WPIAL will punctuate its newest sport with a postseason tournament.

Two years ago, a broad coalition of public and private sector leaders from across Pittsburgh came together with Gov. Josh Shapiro to announce a 10-year, $600 million strategy to revitalize Downtown Pittsburgh, which had been struggling in recent years with a lack of affordable housing, empty office buildings and public spaces in desperate need of repair. ...

Aubrey Brown has showcased her basketball talent in the WPIAL for the past two seasons, and more college coaches are taking notice.

Leonard Hayden Jr., who led New Kensington Police on a 90-minute chase throughout a Westmoreland County public housing complex last November, pleaded guilty in March to fleeing from police and evading arrest.

Trash pickup for McCandless residents will remain with Waste Management for the next two years, with a slight fee increase in 2027 and 2028, as approved by council members at their April 27 meeting.

Robert Morris has added for next season UMBC guard Ace Valentine, a second-team all-America East selection who averaged 11.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists for the Retrievers.

Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Filip Hallander has returned to his native Sweden to begin offseason training after being sidelined for the majority of the 2025-26 campaign due to a blood clot in an unspecified leg.

If you were having a mental health crisis, would you want someone with a gun and taser telling you to calm down? That’s often the reality any time someone calls 9-1-1 in response to a behavioral or mental health emergency.

Former IUP men’s coach Tom Beck died April 24. Beck, a Youngwood native, was 93.