HOLLIDAYSBURG — It’s a noteworthy, memorable accomplishment for a high school sports team to win a district championship. Successively defending one is even more impressive. But pulling off the feat four straight times puts a team in elite, often uncharted territory. The Bishop ...
PITTSBURGH — Tomas Hertl’s second goal of the night with 32 seconds left in regulation lifted the Vegas Golden Knights past the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night. Vegas won in Pittsburgh for just the second time in franchise history when Hertl tipped a pass from Mark Stone past ...
The 2026 season has been a special one for both Cambria Heights and much-improved, senior-laden Central Cambria. The two teams will meet Friday night in a District 6 Class 3A semifinal-round playoff game at Highlander Stadium, with a berth in next Friday’s district championship game on the ...
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball proposed delaying the start of a salary cap until 2028, saying teams have too many commitments for next season that wouldn’t allow them to reduce spending quickly enough. A day after the start of free agent negotiations for the 2026-27 offseason, owners on ...
NEW YORK — A young Pennsylvania woman running the New York City Marathon for the first time to raise money for Parkinson’s disease research collapsed just over two miles from the finish line and later died. Authorities say 24-year-old Rachel Apa of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, collapsed on Sunday as she approached the 24-mile marker in the 26.2-mile race. Her father told The New York Times she’d been stricken with rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle condition in which muscles break down during exertion, poisoning the body. It was Apa’s first marathon. Elsewhere in sports: - The ...
Altoona graduate Kevin Givens is on the Indianapolis Colts’ 53-man roster. Givens, who played defensive tackle at Penn State, had played a majority of his career in San Francisco with the 49ers. He was signed off the 49ers’ practice squad by Indianapolis. The Colts are 2-6 this season ...
