PHILADELPHIA — The bridge of Islam Makhachev’s nose, right cheek and forehead were scraped or sliced open and his left cheek sported a baseball-sized bruise after taking a few too many brutal blows to the face. He may not have looked the part, yet Makhachev was again a winner — all ...
SAN FRANCISCO — The All-Star Game is returning to San Francisco in two years. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Friday that the 2028 Midsummer Classic will be at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. The 2007 game was played in the picturesque ...
It wasn’t Altoona’s night Friday at Peoples Natural Gas Field as Akron downed the Curve, 7-1, in front of 5,015 fans. But the lone run for the locals came from a man who has been experiencing one of the best stretches of his career — Lonnie White Jr. White hit his 17th home run for the ...
RICHMOND, Va. — NASCAR finishes have fallen into a familiar pattern for Christopher Bell. Second-place finishes in four of the past five Cup Series races have felt like a “kick to the gut” for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. But those disappointments are always followed by a shot in the ...
PITTSBURGH — If only Mike McCarthy graded on production, then Drew Allar would be in for smooth sailing when the Pittsburgh Steelers sit down to dissect their preseason-opening win over Green Bay. The rookie quarterback, however, is already well-versed in how his head coach’s mind works. ...
Altoona Curve third baseman Murf Gray can’t handle a bouncing single from Akron’s Luke Hill during an Eastern League baseball game at Peoples Natural Gas Field on Friday night. The Curve lost to the RubberDucks, 7-1. See the story here. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
