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Rodgers recalls fun Green Bay days with Packers

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has one regret about starting his final NFL season with an exhibition game against the team that drafted him. He would have preferred Thursday’s matchup with the Packers take place in Green Bay rather than Pittsburgh. Rodgers wanted to have one ...

Division I title game is set for Lakemont Park Summer League

Mike’s Court and HoopsFest met for the Division 1 championship in the 2025 Central Blair Recreation Commission’s Lakemont Park Men’s Summer Basketball League. HoopsFest won last year’s title, and Mike’s Court will be looking to even the score when the two teams square off for the ...

Bad night for Curve pitchers

On an extremely difficult night, the Altoona Curve found it extremely difficult to avoid giving up runs en route to a 16-1 loss to the Akron RubberDucks on Tuesday. Akron right fielder Ryan Cesarini put on a clinic with three home runs and six RBI in front of 5,079 fans at PNG Field in the ...

Rodgers ready to play for Steelers but not in Thursday’s game

LATROBE — There was a time when the preseason felt like the Super Bowl to Aaron Rodgers. Now is not that time. While the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback is trying to soak in every moment of what he says will be his 22nd and final NFL training camp, he doesn’t sound like someone who ...

Pirates continue their struggles on offense

MIAMI — Eury Perez allowed three hits over seven innings, Esteury Ruiz homered and the Miami Marlins beat Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 on Tuesday night. Perez (6-9) struck out three straight Pirates to start the game and surrendered only three singles — two in the third and ...

Ex-Tyrone football star Johnny Franco going into IUP Hall

Johnny Franco once dreamt of being a professional football player when he was just a boy growing up in Altoona. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, but he still left his mark in Blair County on the scholastic level, and at the collegiate level at IUP. He will have a Hall of Fame credential ...