June 7, 2025 11:00 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Mia Scott hit a grand slam, Teagan Kavan claimed another win and Texas defeated Texas Tech 10-4 in Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series championship series on Friday night to win its first national title. Kavan, a sophomore, allowed no earned runs in the 31 2/3 innings she pitched at the World Series, going 4-0 with a save for the Longhorns (56-12). Texas Tech star pitcher NiJaree Canady, who had thrown every pitch for the Red Raiders through their first five World Series games, was pulled after one inning in Game 3. She allowed five runs on five hits and only threw 25 pitches in the deciding game.
June 7, 2025 5:24 am
Friday’s series opener between the Washington Wild Things and the Evansville Otters was postponed due to rain in the Evansville, IN area. The game was to be the first of 12 between the teams this year. Friday’s game will be made up later in the season due to more forecasted rain. It has been tentatively re-scheduled as part of a June 19 doubleheader.
June 5, 2025 1:37 am
Meadow Ferri dominated in the circle and drove in the game’s only run as Chartiers-Houston topped Seneca, 1-0, in Thursday’s PIAA 2A softball quarterfinal. Ferri allowed only two singles and a walk in the complete-game win, striking out a dozen. The teams went scoreless to the bottom of the fifth when Ella Richey singled with one out. Lauren Rush grounded out with Richey taking second. Ferri singled sharply to center, scoring Richey easily. Chartiers-Houston is now 11-8 all-time in PIAA quarterfinals. The Bucs get a rematch with WPIAL champion Neshannock Monday at a site/time to be announced. PIAA Softball Brackets PIAA Baseball Brackets
Thursday, June 5
PIAA Softball Quarterfinals
2A Chartiers-Houston > District 10 champion Seneca, 1-0
June 6, 2025 4:31 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings, Isaac Paredes homered twice, and the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 after a lengthy rain delay. Valdez (6-4) won his fifth straight decision by limiting the Pirates to two runs on five hits with three walks and a season-high 11 strikeouts after waiting out the delay that pushed the start of the game back 3 hours and 22 minutes. Paredes hit his 13th homer of the season leading off the fourth against Mitch Keller (1-8). His 14th, a two-run shot in the ninth, put the game away. Jared Triolo had two hits and scored twice for the Pirates.
June 6, 2025 4:33 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is back for a 21st season. The four-time NFL MVP agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The decision ends months of “Will he? Or won’t he?” speculation for Rodgers, who even visited the team’s facility in March but took his time before deciding to join Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh. Rodgers is coming off a season in which he threw 28 touchdowns against 11 interceptions for the Jets, who limped to a 5-12 finish. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.
June 6, 2025 4:35 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored with 0.3 seconds left for Indiana’s first and only lead of the game and the Pacers, the last-minute comeback kings of these playoffs, did it again to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. The Pacers were down by 15 with 9:42 left, matching the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in a finals game since Dallas came from 15 down to beat Miami on June 2, 2011. The coach of those Mavericks: Rick Carlisle. The coach of these Pacers: Rick Carlisle.
June 6, 2025 4:25 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — NiJaree Canady scattered six hits and pitched her way out of a seventh-inning jam, and Texas Tech forced a decisive third game in the Women’s College World Series with a 4-3 victory over Texas in Game 2 on Thursday night. The Game 3 showdown on Friday matches teams looking for their first national title. Canady, who allowed a go-ahead, two-run single for Texas while trying to walk a member of the Longhorns in the sixth inning of an eventual 2-1 loss in the series opener on Wednesday, again went the distance for the Red Raiders. She has pitched every inning in the super regionals and World Series and carried a 4-1 lead to the seventh.
June 5, 2025 4:13 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is back for a 21st season. A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the four-time NFL MVP plans to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Thursday because Rodgers has yet to sign a contract. The decision ends months of ‘will he or won’t he’ for Rodgers, who even visited the team’s facility in March but took his time before deciding to join Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh. Rodgers is coming off a season in which he threw 28 touchdowns against 11 interceptions for the Jets, who limped to a 5-12 finish.
June 5, 2025 4:35 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Mike Burrows held Houston in check into the sixth inning to pick up the first victory of his career as a starter as the Pirates topped the Astros 3-0. Burrows, whose rise through the Pirates system was slowed by Tommy John surgery in 2023, allowed five hits and struck out six in 5 1/3 innings. The 25-year-old right-hander took a significant step forward after giving up eight runs in 8 1/3 innings across his first two starts. David Bednar worked the ninth for his seventh save. Starter Ryan Gusto took the loss for Houston.
June 5, 2025 1:16 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dan Muse is the new head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins have hired the former New York Rangers assistant and tasked him with helping the franchise navigate a rebuild during the twilight of longtime captain Sidney Crosby’s career. Muse replaces Mike Sullivan. Sullivan and the Penguins split in April after a near decade-long tenure that included a pair of Stanley Cup titles. The Rangers quickly scooped up Sullivan, naming him head coach in early May. The 42-year-old Muse was hired after a month-long search by Penguins general manager and director of hockey operations Kyle Dubas. Muse’s hiring leaves the Boston Bruins as the last of eight offseason head coaching vacancies.
