Baseball players have never been known as the blood-and-guts, play-through-the-pain guys of the sports world. That distinction goes to the football and rugby players, the wrestlers and MMA fighters, the boxers and hockey players. Right or wrong, baseball players are generally considered to ...
The firing last weekend of Boston manager Alex Cora and five of his coaches had a trickle-down effect in the Red Sox system, one that has given former Waynesburg University baseball player Kyle Sasala an opportunity of a lifetime. When the Red Sox’s mass firing of coaches happened, Chad ...
Like it or not, the transfer portal has changed college basketball, not only at the Division I level but Division II as well. We’re in a new era. And the winds of change have swept through the men’s basketball program at Penn West California for the second consecutive year. The Vulcans, ...
Sports, by its nature, rewards the aggressor. You can’t win a team championship without an aggressive defense. Baseball and softball teams that are aggressive on the basepaths often can create scoring opportunities for themselves and force the opponent into mistakes. Being aggressive in ...
Between now and sometime tonight, when the Steelers finally make their first pick in the NFL draft, you will hear everyone from Mel Kiper Jr. to rowdy fans at the Golden Triangle offer their suggestions on who that pick should be. Most people believe the Steelers, who have a glaring need at ...
It doesn’t get much better for sports fans than this week will be in Western Pennsylvania. The NFL Draft finally comes to Pittsburgh, which is being billed as the largest event ever held in the city. The Penguins are back in the postseason, and get their arch-rival Philadelphia Flyers in the ...
