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Hallander’s first career goal sparks Penguins’ comeback win

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filip Hallander scored his first career goal to give Pittsburgh the lead and the Penguins rallied to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Thursday night. Hallander, playing in his seventh NHL game, jammed in Rickard Rakell's rebound at the near post for the short-handed goal ...

Flacco rallies Bengals past Steelers

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Flacco passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns, Evan McPherson made a 36-yard field goal with seven seconds remaining and the Cincinnati Bengals snapped a four-game losing streak with a 33-31 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night. Acquired from the ...

Dodgers near repeat World Series trip, beat Brewers, 3-1

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Edman hit a tiebreaking single off hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski in a two-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Thursday to take a 3-0 lead in their NL Championship Series. Los Angeles moved within one win of ...

Game will have playoff feel for Canon-Mac, Norwin

The WPIAL has scheduled the first round of its football playoffs for Oct. 31, Halloween night. Excuse the players and coaches at Canon-McMillan and Norwin if they disagree with when the postseason begins. As far the Big Macs and Knights are concerned, the playoffs begin tonight. Both teams ...

W&J upgrading athletics facilities

By John Sacco For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com The baseball and softball programs at Washington & Jefferson College will seemingly take a big step forward with the building of a new training center on campus. W&J celebrated last week the beginning of ...

Penn State turns to Grunkemeyer at QB

By Travis Johnson Associated Press STATE COLLEGE — Ethan Grunkemeyer was immediately swarmed by reporters as he emerged from the locker room after Penn State practice. As bodies and cameras enveloped him on Wednesday night, the quarterback's eyes glanced back toward his teammates. One ...