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Someone needs to hurry up and address the slow play in pro golf

Over the past few years there has been a good bit of talk about slow play on the professional tours but little action. The LPGA deserves a bit of credit concerning the subject as it has actually handed out a few stroke penalties for pace-of-play violations. The PGA Tour, however, continues ...

Sheetz rallies to oust Cumming Motors from Teener playoffs

Sheetz overcame a 10-0 deficit and scored 18 unanswered runs to beat Cumming Motors, 18-10, to sweep a best-of-three Altoona Teener Major League semifinal series at Seitz Field on Thursday night. Shane Gority drove in five runs on three hits, including a triple, for Sheetz — which had 19 ...

Hole-in-one

Jeff Maier made a hole-in-one while playing golf at the Sinking Valley Country Club. Maier hit the shot on No. 10 from the gold tees. It was witnessed by John Frederick and Joey DeAntonio.

Gloria Gates Care takes 1-0 lead in Federation finals

Connor Waite will be one of the players the Altoona Area High School baseball team leans on heavily next season as he enters his senior year, and he’s been gaining confidence by dominating the George B. Kelley Federation this summer. Waite, a member of Gloria Gates Care — the new ...

Bucs can’t figure out Rodriguez in loss to Arizona

PITTSBURGH — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched eight shutout innings, Gabriel Moreno hit a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Wednesday, clinching the three-game series. Rodriguez (10-3) struck out two while giving up five hits on 105 pitches before ...

Another year of Rudolph proving himself to Steelers

LATROBE — Mason Rudolph knows the drill. At this point, maybe a little too well. The Pittsburgh Steelers begin training camp each summer and Rudolph sits down in a quarterback room that always seems to include a new face or two (or sometimes three) and gamely try to tune out the questions ...