JOHNSTOWN — A game that was already emotionally charged boiled over in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point in a pool-play contest between the league runner-ups from Altoona and Johnstown. With the scored tied at two, it appeared as though Cumming ...
MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn homered, Logan Henderson allowed two runs in six innings to win his sixth consecutive decision, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Tuesday night. Henderson (6-1), whose only loss was in early May, allowed four hits, ...
Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Tuesday. The Buckeyes received 38 of the 72 first-place votes and were well ahead of the Ducks, who got six first-place votes. Penn State was ranked No. 17. No. 3 Georgia received seven first-place votes, No. 4 Texas got two and No. 5 Notre Dame five. Defending national champion Indiana was No. 6 with 14 first-place votes and was followed by Miami, the team it beat in the College Football Playoff championship game. ...
LATROBE — Saint Francis introduced itself as the newest football member of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference during the league’s Media Day on Tuesday, with head coach Chris Villarrial and senior defensive back Campbell Melzer representing the Red Wolves. Villarrial acknowledged the ...
Conrad Chiropractic/Lilly American Legion has won seven straight Altoona Greater City Baseball League championships and 20 over the past 23 seasons. That kind of dominance tends to leave a team with a target on its collective back. An upstart Sheetz squad enjoyed some added motivation ...
Mauricio Pochettino is staying with the U.S. soccer team, agreeing to a four-year contract to coach the Americans through the 2030 World Cup. The 54-year-old Pochettino took over the national team in October 2024. He led the U.S. to the round of 16 at this year’s World Cup, where the tournament co-hosts were eliminated in a 4-1 loss to Belgium. He still helped the seeded U.S. team to a pair of firsts in the expanded 48-nation tournament, clinching advancement from the group stage with a game to spare and winning three games in a single World Cup. Elsewhere in soccer: - European ...
