September 30, 2024 4:43 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball season is going extra innings. While the American League playoff picture cleared up Sunday, the National League remained muddled heading into what was supposed to be an off day before the postseason. Houston hosts Detroit, and Baltimore is at home against Kansas City in best-of-three AL Wild Card Series starting Tuesday. The Astros-Tigers winner faces AL Central champion Cleveland in a Division Series starting Saturday, and the Orioles-Royals winner plays the AL East champion New York Yankees. The NL is still uncertain because of two rainouts last week, with the New York Mets, Arizona and Atlanta vying for the final two wild-card spots in the 12-team playoffs. The Mets traveled back to Atlanta on Sunday and will play a makeup doubleheader Monday against the Braves.
September 30, 2024 4:45 am
Alabama has returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two years following its dizzying victory over Georgia, making this 16 of 17 seasons the Crimson Tide have held the top spot at some point. UNLV is making its first-ever appearance and is tied for No. 25 with Texas A&M. Alabama received 40 of 63 first-place votes and leapfrogged three teams to take over No. 1 from Texas. The Longhorns tussled with Mississippi State and slipped to No. 2. Ohio State remained No. 3, Tennessee is No. 4 and Georgia is No. 5.
September 29, 2024 6:51 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched two perfect innings in his Yankee Stadium debut and the Pittsburgh Pirates hit five homers, including four off rookie Luis Gil, in a 9-4 win, New York (93-68) later clinched home-field advantage throughout the American League playoffs when Cleveland (92-69) lost to Houston. The Yankees won the season series against the Guardians and hold the tiebreaker. Yasmani Grandal and Nick Gonzales hit solo homers in the first four innings off Gil. Rookie Billy Cook in the fifth and Jared Triolo in the sixth added two-run drives. Nick Yorke hit a two-run homer in the ninth against Will Warren. (Photo: AP)
September 29, 2024 7:24 am
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins were unable to make their preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings because of transportation issues. In a statement, Evan Schall, Senior Director of Communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins, said the team’s plane had continued mechanical issues that were not able to be fixed. “We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused to all fans, media, officials and the Red Wings who were already at Little Caesars Arena,” the statement said. The Penguins say a great effort was put towards fixing the plane, but there was ultimately no safe way to travel to the game. The game was set to begin at 7 p.m. Saturday night.
September 29, 2024 7:20 am
Washington & Jefferson’s homecoming was marred Saturday with an overtime loss to Carnegie Mellon 30-27. Saturday’s loss was W&J’s first this season, leading them to fall to 3-1 overall and in the President’s Athletic Conference as well. CMU, however, is now 4-0 in the conference and overall. This was CMU’s final season in the PAC.
September 29, 2024 7:14 am
MONTREAL (AP) — The Americans again are in control of the Presidents Cup with an 11-7 lead at Royal Montreal. But it took a lot of work and lot of big putts from Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay over a long day. Scheffler delivered a pair of big shots in helping he and Russell Henley to a foursomes victory. Cantlay came up with clutch putts in the morning, and he saved his best for the final putts in the dark. Cantlay drained a birdie putts from just inside 17 feet as he and Xander Schauffele beat Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim.
September 28, 2024 10:28 am
Washington & Jefferson looks to snap a four-game losing streak to Carnegie-Mellon Saturday afternoon when the Presidents hosts the Tartans at Cameron Stadium and on WJPA-AM (1450). A share of the Presidents Athletic Conference lead goes to the winner of this final PAC meeting between the two who have played 72 times coming into the game. CMU announced earlier this year that it would be leaving the League following the football season. Both teams have shown proficient offenses and stubborn defenses through the season’s first three weeks. Presidents Football Preview airs at 1:30 pm with the homecoming game kickoff scheduled for 2 o’clock. You can listen on-air on WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Online!
September 28, 2024 7:00 am
Matt Sieg threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, leading Fort Cherry to a running-clock win at Burgettstown. Avella lost a 16-point lead but rallied past Beth-Center, extending the Bulldogs losing streak to eight games. Bentworth picked up an important win in the fight for a playoff spot, beating Carmichaels while Jeff-Morgan kept a firm grip on a share of the Tri-County South lead. Charleroi snapped a 14-game losing streak, beating Sto-Rox, the Cougars’ first win win beating Waynesburg to end the 2022 season. Trinity was the only big school winner in the two-county area, rolling past Ringgold. Canon-McMillan lost in overtime while Peters Township was shutout in the second half in a loss to Upper St. Clair. McGuffey, Wash High and Waynesburg were all shutout.
Week 5 scores:
1A Black Hills
Fort Cherry 42, Burgettstown 0
Bishop Canevin 70, Chartiers-Houston 0
1A Tri-County South
Avella 22, Beth-Center 16
Bentworth 33, Carmichaels 15
California 58, Mapletown 0
Jeff-Morgan 42, West Greene 7
2A Century
Charleroi 17, Sto-Rox 6
Seton-La Salle 55, Waynesburg 0
3A Western Hills
Beaver Area 49, McGuffey 0
4A Big Six
Trinity 45, Ringgold 0
5A Allegheny Six
Upper St. Clair 21, Peters Township 7
6A Quad County
Hempfield 33, Canon-McMillan 27 OT
Non-Conference
South Park 37, Wash High 0
September 28, 2024 3:42 am
(WPXI) Bryan Reynolds recorded the seventh multi-homer game of his career to carry the Pittsburgh Pirates past the New York Yankees, 4-2, at Yankee Stadium on Friday night. Trailing by a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, Nick Gonzales got the Pirates (75-85) on the board with a solo home run to left off of Yankees starter Carlos Rodón. Bryan Reynolds followed with an opposite-field home run, giving the Bucs their fourth instance of hitting back-to-back homers this season. In the top of the eighth, Reynolds connected on a two-run shot to dead center off reliever Tommy Kahnle to put the Pirates up 4-2.
September 27, 2024 4:30 am
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Dak Prescott threw one of his two touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys taunted the Giants yet again, winning 20-15 for their seventh straight victory over New York and 14th in 15 games. Prescott has won his last 13 starts against the Giants. He found Lamb for a 55-yard catch-and-run touchdown on a play that ended with the receiver being called for taunting. There were some significant injuries in the fourth quarter with Dallas’ Micah Parsons carted off the field with a leg injury and the Giants’ Malik Nabers suffering a concussion.
