October 23, 2025 4:32 am
TORONTO (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are on the verge of being considered a modern-day baseball dynasty. Winning a third World Series title in six years would solidify their status. The Dodgers have already won 12 of the last 13 NL West titles. However, the definition of a dynasty is debated. Some believe sustained success, rather than consecutive titles, qualifies a team for this status. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says winning another title would place them among the top sports organizations. Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts says each championship boosts his goal of reaching the Hall of Fame.
October 23, 2025 4:30 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are hiring University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as their manager for his first professional coaching job. It’s a bold gamble by San Francisco executive Buster Posey on a coach with no previous experience in the pros. The 47-year-old Vitello is making the jump after spending his entire career at the college level. He guided the Vols to their first NCAA title last year. The Giants went 81-81 this season under Bob Melvin. Posey calls Vitello “one of the brightest, most innovative and most respected coaches in college baseball today.”
October 22, 2025 12:01 am
WPIAL Soccer Brackets
Tuesday – First Round
1A Girls #4 Springdale > #13 Chartiers-Houston, 2-1
1A Girls # 2 Bentworth > #15 Freedom, 3-2
1A Girls #11 Waynesburg > # 6 Winchester Thurston, 1-0
2A Girls # 2 Freeport > #15 Ringgold, 11-0
4A Boys #5 Canon-McMillan > #12 Hempfield, 9-0
Wednesday – Quarterfinals
1A Boys # 1 Bentworth > #9 Eden Christian, 6-0
WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets
Tuesday – First Round
3A #2 Beaver Area > #15 Ringgold, 3-0
3A #6 Greensburg Salem > #11 Trinity, 3-1
2A #1 Hopewell > #16 McGuffey, 3-0
2A #2 Waynesburg > #15 Quaker Valley, 3-0
Wednesday, October 22, First Round
4A #10 Canon-McMillan > # 7 Hempfield, 3-1
1A # 9 Carmichaels > # 8 Rochester, 3-2
1A # 7 California > #10 Beaver County Christian, 3-0
1A # 2 Beth-Center > #15 Western Beaver, 3-0
1A # 3 Fort Cherry > #14 Trinity Christian, 3-0
1A # 5 St. Joseph’s > #12 West Greene, 3-0
October 22, 2025 4:29 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang both reached milestones in Pittsburgh’s 5-1 win over Vancouver. Crosby scored his fourth goal of the season to move past Mario Lemieux and into seventh place alone for most points in NHL history in regular season and playoff games combined. Crosby now has 1,896 career points, one more than Lemieux. Kris Letang became the 20th defenseman to reach 600 career assists. The 20-year-veteran set up Tommy Novak’s goal in the second period to get to 599 assists. Letang reached 600 assists in the third period on Justin Brazeau’s fifth goal of the year. The Penguins have won three straight.
October 22, 2025 4:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers special teams captain Miles Killebrew will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Killebrew, a two-time Pro Bowler and 2023 All-Pro, injured his knee earlier this month on what his teammates described as an unsafe turf at Acrisure Stadium. Veteran safety Jabrill Peppers filled in for Killebrew as the personal protector on punts, but Tomlin isn’t ready to make it permanent. Outside of Killebrew, the Steelers are relatively healthy as they prepare for a Sunday night game against Green Bay. Wide receiver Calvin Austin III could return after missing two games with a shoulder injury.
October 22, 2025 4:33 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell will start Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will pitch in Game 2, according to manager Dave Roberts. This pitching order repeats the strategy used in the NL Championship Series, which the Dodgers swept in four games against the Milwaukee Brewers. Snell had an impressive performance in Game 1 last week, striking out 10 over eight scoreless innings. He became the first Dodger pitcher to complete eight innings while allowing one hit or fewer in a postseason game. Yamamoto threw the first complete game by a Dodgers pitcher in the postseason since 2004.
October 21, 2025 2:34 am
WPIAL Soccer Brackets
Monday – First Round
4A Girls #8 Canon-McMillan > #9 Latrobe, 4-1
2A Boys #9 Beaver Area > #8 Charleroi, 6-0
2A Boys #4 Avonworth > #13 McGuffey, 4-0
Tuesday – First Round
1A Girls #4 Springdale > #13 Chartiers-Houston, 2-1
1A Girls # 2 Bentworth > #15 Freedom, 3-2
1A Girls #11 Waynesburg > # 6 Winchester Thurston, 1-0
2A Girls # 2 Freeport > #15 Ringgold, 11-0
4A Boys #5 Canon-McMillan > #12 Hempfield, 9-0
WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets
Monday – Preliminary Round
3A #15 Ringgold > #18 Blackhawk, 3-0
2A #16 McGuffey > #17 Chartiers-Houston, 3-2
Tuesday – First Round
3A #2 Beaver Area > #15 Ringgold, 3-0
3A #6 Greensburg Salem > #11 Trinity, 3-1
2A #1 Hopewell > #16 McGuffey, 3-0
2A #2 Waynesburg > #15 Quaker Valley, 3-0
October 21, 2025 4:26 am
TORONTO (AP) — George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays will host Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 on Friday night when the World Series comes to Canada for the third time. The defending champion Dodgers swept Milwaukee in the NLCS. Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez each hit a solo home run for Seattle in the team’s first postseason Game 7, but the Mariners squandered a 3-1 lead in the seventh and remain the only major league team without a pennant.
October 21, 2025 4:30 am
SEATTLE (AP) — Jaxon Smith-Njigba had his NFL-leading fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season as the Seattle Seahawks beat the Houston Texans 27-19. Smith-Njigba, who entered the game leading the league in yards receiving, gave Seattle a 14-0 lead late in the first quarter when he caught an 11-yard TD pass from Sam Darnold. Smith-Njigba celebrated his fourth touchdown catch of the season by dunking on the crossbar of the goalposts, drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the process. In total, Smith-Njigba caught eight passes for 123 receiving yards. He became the second player in franchise history to record three straight 100-yard games, and his five 100-yard games this season are tied for the second-most in a year by any Seahawks player.
October 21, 2025 4:32 am
DETROIT (AP) — Jahmyr Gibbs scored on a 78-yard sprint in the second quarter, a 5-yard spinning plunge in the third and accounted for a career-high 218 yards from scrimmage to lead the Detroit Lions in a 24-9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. The Lions bounced back from a loss as they have done flawlessly for nearly three years. Tampa Bay was outgained by more than 200 yards in the first half, but trailed 14-3 because Detroit had an interception, fumble, turned it over on downs and missed a field goal.
