When the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships take place this Thursday through Saturday at the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, there will be plenty of focus from wrestling fans in the local area on the juggernaut Penn State wrestling program, which will be a heavy favorite to win its 13th ...
PHOENIX — San Francisco Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge was logged at 6-foot-7 “and some change,” he said. That was the measurement for the slugger for the major leagues’ Automated Ball-Strike System. That is one expansive strike zone — but a more defined one, at least. “I think ...
God bless my wife. If I bump into a running friend, she gets that look you get when you’re about to hear the story of your Aunt Edna’s gall bladder surgery — for the fourth time. Yes, runners speak a different language. Most of it revolves around one of four things — running ...
GENEVA — Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments, Iran’s national soccer team says “no one can exclude” it from playing in the men’s World Cup in the United States. Instead, a post on the team’s official Instagram account Thursday suggested maybe the U.S. team ...
A couple of Blair County natives have played influential roles in helping Inverness Club secure one of the few remaining slots as a host of the world’s premier golf championship, the U.S. Open. Current Inverness Club president Fred Deichert, who graduated from Altoona High School in 1974, ...
PHOENIX — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester expects to miss at least the first month of the season as he recovers from a nerve issue. Priester had been dealing with an apparent wrist problem for much of the spring. Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters that Priester received a ...