PITTSBURGH — Ronny Simon raced home on Spencer Horwitz’s eighth inning sacrifice fly and the Pittsburgh Pirates assured themselves of the club’s first non-losing season in eight years with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Simon reached on a walk by Ryne Stanek (2-3), ...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. “definitely” sees himself playing at some point this season. When that is, even Porter doesn’t know, though he didn’t rule out making his 2026 debut on Sunday against Cincinnati. The fourth-year pro sat out each of ...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes is only too aware of the impossibly high bar he set for himself during his first two years in the major leagues. And while his third didn’t come particularly close to meeting it, the Pittsburgh Pirates ace doesn’t view 2026 as a failure. “I’m not going to ...
Adam Fantilli had his bags packed by the door of his Michigan home for the past two weeks while he waited for a contract extension from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Fantilli finally got the call he was waiting for on Thursday morning telling him that it was time to drive down Interstate 75 and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House. Trump’s decision to greet Xi ...
At the behest of Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, the GOP-controlled state Legislature will have a special session next week to vote on a 90-day suspension of the Ohio gas tax. Ramaswamy unveiled his proposal about six-and-a-half hours after Amy Acton, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, called for an emergency gas tax holiday in Ohio with diesel fuel prices hitting record highs and the cost for unleaded gas continuing to increase. On Wednesday, Ramaswamy and Republican leaders in the General Assembly, including Senate President Rob McColley, who is ...
