South Range head baseball coach Jim Hanek is confident his 2026 team can climb back to the top of the Northeast 8 Conference (NE8) after a few years of parity in the league. For the first three seasons of the NE8’s existence, the Raiders reigned, winning 37 of their 41 conference games and ...
ATLANTA — Matt Olson gave Atlanta the lead with a long two-run homer off Slade Cecconi in a six-run sixth inning and the Braves beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-5 on Friday night in a matchup of first-place teams. The Guardians led 2-1 before Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a tying homer off Cecconi ...
One of my fishing friends reels in a pretty penny organizing and promoting fishing adventures in exotic locations in Central and South America. His business serves people who scratch their itch for trophy catches of tuna, marlin, dorado, grouper and all manner of saltwater species aboard skippered charter vessels operating out of lodges and marinas that cater to U.S. anglers. Anglers yearn for amazing encounters with fish that fight hard and break the scales, but most are shy about digging into their retirement savings to pay for trips to Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and ...
CHICAGO — Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer and Carmen Mlodzinski pitched six-hit ball into the sixth inning, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Friday. Pittsburgh was shut down by Shota Imanaga before breaking through against Caleb Thielbar in the seventh. Ryan O’Hearn hit a leadoff single for the Pirates’ first hit of the chilly afternoon, and Reynolds drove Thielbar’s next pitch deep to left for his third homer. Pittsburgh won for the seventh time in nine games since its 1-3 start. Chicago went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position and left ...
PITTSBURGH — It might be a stretch to say that the rivalry between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin saved the NHL. There is no doubt their arrival ushered in a new era for a league desperately in need of a jolt after losing the 2004-05 season to a lockout. Separated by a year in the NHL ...
Age has its privileges, something Rick Bowness is fondly enjoying in the overtime of his coaching career. At 71 and by his count twice retired, Bowness hasn’t lost the urgency to win in his latest interim job coaching the Columbus Blue Jackets. What he has also instead is that he is freed ...
