ANAHEIM, Calif. — Despite a 10-21 start and a recent 12-game losing streak, the New York Mets are expected to keep Carlos Mendoza as manager, according to president of baseball operations David Stearns. The Mets snapped their franchise-worst 12-game losing streak on April 22 with a 3-2 win ...
Curbstone idle on Monday The Curbstone Coaches will not be having their weekly luncheon on Monday. The 57th annual Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will be held this coming Sunday at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. The keynote speaker will be former Pittsburgh Steelers stand out wide receiver Louis Lipps. This year’s event is sponsored by Briarfield Health Care Centers and Ed and Diane Reese. The cost of each ticket is $60 and $480 for a table of 8. The doors will open at 4:00 with dinner at 4:45 and the program will start at 6:00. If you have any questions ...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins took a significant step forward this season, returning to the playoffs after a three-year absence. To go deeper than the first round will require another leap. Whether Evgeni Malkin gets a chance to be a part of it is anyone’s guess. Malkin’s ...
Sometimes the timing just works out. Dan Bubon felt as if his time was winding down at Howland. Holding the head coach position with the Tigers for the last decade, he thought things had probably run their course. Around the same time, the same position for his hometown team opened up. For the 1991 Harding graduate, the timing was too perfect. In April, Bubon was named the next head coach at Warren G. Harding High School, taking over a program he had once both played and coached for. “It was like a perfect storm at Howland,” Bubon said. “My son’s graduating this year, our ...
YOUNGSTOWN — During her freshman season at Youngstown State in 2023, there was a time when Kennedy Dean thought she might not be cut out to play Division I softball. A Winfield, W.Va., native, Dean first arrived in Youngstown as a well-regarded hitting prospect from the Mountain State after ...
PITTSBURGH — Henry Davis hit his first two home runs of the season, Mitch Keller pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 9-1 on Friday night to end a five-game losing streak. Davis homered in consecutive innings. He hit a solo shot to ...
