June 6, 2026 4:34 am
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Go crazy, New York. Or, perhaps more accurately, crazier. The red-hot Knicks are going home, two wins away from an NBA championship that the capital of the world has been waiting to see for generations. Jalen Brunson hit a go-ahead free throw with 9.5 seconds left after a turnover by Victor Wembanyama moments earlier, then Wembanyama missed a jumper at the end of New York’s 105-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals. Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 13 rebounds, while Brunson and Mikal Bridges each scored 20 for the Knicks — who have now won 13 straight, the second-longest streak by any team in NBA playoff history.
June 6, 2026 4:39 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears are looking to build a stadium in Northwest Indiana after a proposal to provide financial incentives for the NFL team to build its new home in Illinois stalled in the state legislature. The Bears’ board of directors voted Thursday to move forward with a stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana. The team had been doing its due diligence on a tract of land near Wolf Lake, but it says an exact site has not been selected. The Bears say in a team statement that a stadium in Northwest Indiana “will bring Chicagoland together and deliver new opportunities to its residents and businesses.” Indiana Gov. Mike Braun welcomed the team’s announcement.
June 5, 2026 12:01 am
Seanna Riggle tripled in a pair of runs putting Chartiers-Houston up 5-0 in the third, and Taryne Drilak held Montrose to one run on six hits while fanning 10 as the Bucs reached the state softball semifinals for a third consecutive year with a run-rule win over the Meteors. Drilak also drove in three runs in the win, sending CHHS to a 12th all-time final four. Chartiers-Houston will play District 1 champion Bristol Monday somewhere in the center of the state. Thursday was not as kind as both Bentworth softball and Fort Cherry baseball lost late. Everett scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to down Bentworth. The Bearcats scored twice in the first and didn’t get another hit in the game. Fort Cherry baseball’s best season in 40 years ended when Mercyhurst Prep plated eight runs in the bottom of the sixth, blowing open a one-run game. Watch/Listen Here
Thursday, June 4
PIAA Baseball Quarterfinals Baseball Brackets
2A Mercyhurst Prep > Fort Cherry, 14-5 Watch/Listen Here
PIAA Softball Qurterfinals Softball Brackets
2A Chartiers-Houston > Montrose, 13-1 (6 inn.) Watch/Listen Here
2A Everett > Bentworth, 3-2 Watch/Listen Here
June 5, 2026 4:24 am
HOUSTON (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn homered and drove in three runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros. O’Hearn hit an RBI single in the first inning and his two-run homer in the sixth made it 4-0. Pittsburgh’s Jared Jones allowed four hits and walked two in five scoreless innings. Carmen Mlodzinski permitted four hits and a run the rest of the way to get his first save. Isaac Paredes hit a solo homer in the sixth inning for the Astros to become the fourth Mexican-born player in the MLB history to reach 100 home runs.
June 5, 2026 4:29 am
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge will be sidelined indefinitely with a stress fracture of one of his ribs, the team announced Thursday night. The three-time AL MVP was out of the lineup earlier in the day for a third straight game and the Yankees were awaiting clarity about what they said was a bone bruise in one of the slugger’s right ribs that is causing right shoulder pain. The team later announced Judge was diagnosed with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side and will need to rest and have limited activity. He will be re-evaluated after having additional imaging in about four to six weeks. The Yankees said Judge is expected to return “at some point this season.”
June 5, 2026 4:27 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis scored on a power play in overtime after Carolina erased a deficit in regulation only to gave up a late tying goal, and the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night to tie the series. Jarvis’ heroics 3:56 into OT came after a thrilling third period that included four goals being scored and another getting called off because of goaltender interference. Game 3 is Saturday in Las Vegas. There is now a guarantee the series will return to Raleigh for a Game 5 next week.
June 4, 2026 12:01 am
Fort Cherry baseball, Chartiers-Houston and Bentworth softball teams all hit the road Thursday for PIAA quarterfinal playoff games. The Rangers face District 10 champion Mercyhurst Prep at Slippery Rock. The Bucs take on District 2 champion Montrose at Bald Eagle Area, while the Bearcats travel to Somerset to face District 5 champion Everett. We’ll have all three games on the WJPA Sports Network, starting at 12:45 pm. The Fort Cherry & Bentworth games will be back-to-back on WJPA-AM (1450). All three games will be available online at wjpa.com and we’re producing the NFHS video for all three games. Watch/Listen Here
Thursday, June 4
PIAA Baseball Quarterfinals Baseball Brackets
12:45 pm 2A Fort Cherry vs. Mercyhurst Prep at Slippery Rock University, WJPA-AM (1450), Watch/Listen Here
PIAA Softball Qurterfinals Softball Brackets
2:45 pm 2A Chartiers-Houston vs. Montrose at Bald Eagle Area HS, wjpa.com Watch/Listen Here
3:45 pm 2A Bentworth vs. Everett at Somerset Area HS, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
June 4, 2026 10:49 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed tight end Darnell Washington to a new five-year contract. The towering 6-foot-7 Washington had a career-best 31 receptions for 364 yards and a touchdown last season. He was about to enter the final year of the rookie contract he signed after being selected in the third round of the 2023 draft. Washington’s size often helps him operate as a sixth offensive lineman but he has also become more involved in the passing game. Coach Mike McCarthy praises Washington’s work ethic and potential.
June 4, 2026 4:29 am
HOUSTON (AP) — Cam Smith hit a tiebreaking two-run triple to cap Houston’s six-run eighth inning, Isaac Paredes homered and the Astros overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-9 on Wednesday night. Yordan Alvarez had four hits and two RBIs for the Astros. Smith and Paredes had two hits and three RBIs apiece. AJ Blubaugh (3-2) pitched the eighth inning to get the victory. Josh Hader made his season debut and worked a scoreless ninth for the save, ending the Pirates’ winning streak at four. Houston starter Spencer Arrighetti, who went 4-1 in five starts with a 0.93 ERA in May, allowed four runs in four innings. Henry Davis hit his first career grand slam in the fourth inning for Pittsburgh.
June 4, 2026 4:34 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners’ salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that canceled the 1994 World Series. Owners last week made their first cap proposal since then, citing the failure of the luxury tax system. Manfred says the current system isn’t working and emphasized the need for a framework to address competitive balance. Players have vowed to fight the cap. The current collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1, and management is expected to impose a lockout. MLB would limit spending in 2027 and establish a payroll floor to force some teams to spend more.
