The Major League Baseball season resumes today with one game. Houston will host the Texas Rangers. The Pittsburgh Pirates visit the Chicago Cubs to open a three-game series tomorrow afternoo... Read more
The American League All-Star team defeated the National League 4-3 last night in Cleveland. It was the seventh straight win for the A.L. All-Stars. Pirates first baseman Josh Bell started th... Read more
Slippery Rock University in Butler County.Photo Courtesy: SRU A total of 204 Slippery Rock University student-athletes were recognized this week as Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Sch... Read more
Pirates second baseman Adam Frazier was named the National League’s player of the week. Frazier led the National League with a .600 batting average for the week. He also led in hits, runs sc... Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell was eliminated in the opening round of the Home Run Derby last night at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Bell lost to Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna, Jr. 25... Read more
The Butler 10-11 year old baseball team won the District-25 championship Saturday with a 7-4 win over Titusville. Three Butler pitchers, Billy Makepiece, Jordan Vicari and Preston Richter co... Read more
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 Sunday at PNC Park. Rookie outfielder Bryan Reynolds hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning for the win. He drove in four ru... Read more
The United States Women’s Soccer team successfully defended their World Cup title following a 2-0 victory Sunday over the Netherlands. It was their fourth World Cup win. Megan Rapinoe was na... Read more
Justin Haley won the rain-shortened Nascar Monster Energy Cup race Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Haley was making just his third start in the Cup Series. He took over the lead ju... Read more
The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-3 Thursday afternoon. The win kept the Pirates from sweeping the four-game series with Chicago. Pirates starting pitcher Jordan Lyles allo... Read more