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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
HUNTINGDON — The team of Bob Lamey and Gerry Huggler went 4-1 during week 5 action of the Big Orange Golf League at the Huntingdon Country Club. One team — Alan Herbster-Keith Black – went 3-2 while the Ed Gargula-Geoff Clarke team went 2-3. Phil Thompson and Larry Newton were last at ...
Eldorado Civics Association won the Altoona Teener Major League title. Team members include (from left): Front row — Coach Steve Pyo, Carter Gibson, Lucas Farabaugh, Grant Walters, Dom Pyo, Xavier Farabaugh, Chris Seymore (fan). Back row — Coach Brian Farabaugh, Vinnie Hite, Gabe ...
