It was quite a day for West Virginia University baseball coach Steve Sabins on Friday.

TORONTO — Canada earned its first World Cup point in seven matches on soccer’s biggest stage, and coach Jesse Marsch noted the sea of red-clad, maple leaf-waving fans who continuously belted out chants of “Go Ca-na-da!” helped get it.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Alisson Becker feels for Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian expected to bring Brazil a record sixth World Cup title.

Over 25 seasons, many players have come and gone wearing the shield of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. From local heroes like Justin Evans and Robbie Mertz to stars like Albert “Chico” Dikwa, fans have taken to some colorful characters over the years.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Hempfield capped its drive for five.

SAN ANTONIO — The final moments in each of the first four games between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs in these NBA Finals had much in common, including that the outcome was still undecided with a minute left every time.

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain — Even popes have travel delays. Lucky for Pope Leo XIV, King Felipe VI offered a way out, and a way home.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour spent weeks answering the same question about needing more goal-scoring pop from top-line forwards Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho.

Though Stephanie Taylor works as an advanced recovery coach and thought field therapy practitioner at a New Kensington addiction recovery center, continued learning brings new perspective and meaning to her job.

The Allegheny Township supervisors have passed an ordinance to regulate construction of special event barn venues, often used to host weddings, graduation parties or other large events.

The Allegheny County Health Department announced Friday that it will extend the public comment period for a proposal that would require employers of all sizes to provide 18 weeks of paid parental leave to employees.

People who like to use the Highlands School District track and football field will need to find a new place to get their steps in, at least temporarily.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Laurel softball captured the first PIAA championship in program history with a 7-1 victory over rival Chartiers-Houston in the Class 2A title game Friday at Penn State’s Beard Field.

UNIVERSITY PARK — The wait for an Eden Christian state baseball title will continue.

Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong in the spring of 1916 placed copies of the city’s newspapers, a Bible and Pittsburgh and American flags into a copper box.

Roman Williams was promoted to a sergeant in Bridgeville’s police department.

BRUSSELS — The European Union is set to implement a new set of rules Friday governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular migration and asylum seekers.

NEW YORK — Elon Musk may never colonize Mars as promised, but enough investors consider the SpaceX founder to be a sort of miracle man that they’ll help him reach another fantastic goal Friday when he takes the rocket company public.

LOS ANGELES — In “Disclosure Day,” out Friday, Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life — and the implications it would have for religion on Earth.

WASHINGTON — A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire Friday after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it failed in bipartisan fashion.

Some graduation gowns are going back to school.

For those despairing about the imminent closure of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s “Polar World,” the Senator John Heinz History Center in the Strip District will fill the void.

Penn-Trafford High School esports coach John Carlisle considers the team’s state championship win the crowning achievement of the six-year-old program.

Penn Township commissioners next week will vote on a proposed ban that would bar electric bicycles and scooters from the township’s Municipal Park.