After a big Altoona Curve offensive output on Saturday night, their game with Akron on Sunday night — the last of the six-game home series — was postponed due to inclement weather. The teams will make up the rained-out game on Thursday, Sept. 10 at PNG Field when the RubberDucks return ...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers and defensive tackle Keeanu Benton agreed to a new five-year contract that will keep Benton in black and gold into the next decade. The deal, which carries a total value of $73.75 million, replaces Benton’s rookie contract that he signed after being ...
LOS ANGELES — Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83. He died at his home in Bradenton, Florida, on Saturday night, agent ...
ATLANTA — Reliever Dennis Santana was called up by the Arizona Diamondbacks ahead of their game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. The 30-year-old right-hander is joining his sixth big league team, having appeared with the Dodgers, Rangers, Mets, Yankees and Pirates over his nine-year career. He had 16 saves a year ago for Pittsburgh but was designated for assignment last month with a record of 2-5, two saves and a 6.05 ERA in 44 games. Santana then joined Arizona’s Triple-A team in Reno on a minor-league deal. Baez has big debut CHICAGO — Joshua Baez became the first player ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne both used their Hall of Fame speeches to serve as a love letter to basketball. The sport has given so much to them, culminating with enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Parker carried a ...
Washington Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee, coach Dan Quinn confirmed on Sunday. Mariota, 32, will miss the remainder of the preseason, but Quinn is “optimistic that he’ll be ready for the start of the regular ...
