ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Brendyn Stillman verified what the stats already could tell anyone about what he felt like on the opening weekend of the 2020 season.
It’s four o’clock on a late March afternoon, and ordinarily, local umpires such as Dave Fuhrman and Ron Bacha would be at a local diamond to officiate high school baseball or softball.
Ryan Boyer’s numbers were turning heads across the country.
The pages featured almost everything you’d expect for this time of year.
The calls kept coming, and the bus never left.
Eric Haynoski was busy putting together a batting order and rounding out his pitching rotation for the upcoming season.
The irony isn’t lost on Eric Hemphill.
To minimize the spread of COVID-19, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has canceled all of its athletic events for the spring season and closed the Kessel Athletic Complex to gatherings …
It was another banner year for area athletes at the individual, team and school level in 2019. Records were set, championships were won and the bar has been set incredibly high across the regi…
PORT ALLEGANY — Port Allegany High School senior Howie Stuckey officially signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play Division I baseball for St. Bonaventure University next year.
Just how bad has the 2019 Pittsburgh Pirates season gotten?
Johnsonburg native Cole Peterson is known throughout the area as a promising young infielder in the Detroit Tigers organization. His glove, versatility, consistent contact, and speed on the ba…
One of the most decorated careers in Pitt-Bradford baseball history belongs to 2019 graduate Austin Parent. The Gilbert, Ariz. native enjoyed an excellent college career which allowed him to g…
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure University baseball team is quickly becoming District 9 University. Over the last decade, many D9 alumni have hopped the border into New York for th…
Bradford Area High School and the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford graduate Zach Foster’s game of choice has always been baseball. It is a game he admits he has not been able to take the e…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A former president of Honduras who was convicted in the FIFA soccer bribery scandal died in the United States on Saturday.
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President Donald Trump met by phone with many U.S. pro sports leaders Saturday to discuss how that industry has been affected by the global coronavirus pandemic, saying he was looking forward to the resumption of competitions “as soon as we can.”
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Scott McLaughlin’s real IndyCar debut is on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian V8 SuperCars champion isn’t letting that stop him from learning how to virtually drive the cars.
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DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) — Tajikistan started a new soccer season on Saturday, joining a small group of countries around the world where play has continued despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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Kobe Bryant was already immortal. Now he’s officially a Hall of Famer as well.
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett among 9 inductees into Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Anthony Davis didn’t need to score big to control a game for Kentucky.
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Nicole Sherry poked some holes in the turf at Camden Yards, cut the grass and then left the ballpark about the same time the Baltimore Orioles should have been wrapping up their season opener.
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
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A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Duke-Kentucky game on March 28, 1992, was voted …
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has become the latest Premier League club to use a government scheme to furlough some non-playing staff, with the competition having been suspended for almost four weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league and players are still far apart on the size of the salary cuts they need to take to help reduce the financial impact caused by the coronavirus outbreak, with the footballers saying the organization wants them to carry nearly half the total losses.
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia soccer player Aleksandar Prijovic has been arrested for flouting the curfew imposed to curb the coronavirus spread.
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CHELTENHAM, England (AP) — Cheltenham Festival organisers have defended their decision to go ahead with the meeting last month after fears were raised that the mass gathering of people for the annual horse racing event helped spread coronavirus more widely around Britain.
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Saturday was supposed to mark the beginning of a new Swedish soccer season, fuelled by the prospect of big broadcasting revenues from a new domestic TV deal and expectations of another tight title race to match last year’s dramatic finale.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Emmitt Peters Sr., an Alaska Native who won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as a rookie in 1975, has died at age 79 in his home village of Ruby.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A hacker posted a racial slur 45 times in an online fan video chat Friday with a black New York Rangers prospect.
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The attorney representing retired NFL players alleges the players’ union stonewalled his clients when confronted with questions whether their Social Security disability payments would be affected before the labor agreement with the league was narrowly ratified last month.
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Donna Houston knew her husband’s mind was deteriorating when the college football Hall of Famer and Cleveland Browns All-Pro known as “Mr. Dependable” struggled to manage his money.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by fantasy sports contestants who claimed they were damaged by sign stealing in Major League Baseball.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Robert Wickens never gave up on his dreams.
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ATLANTA (AP) — It would’ve been a magnificent weekend.
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NEW YORK (AP) — About 370 players who were at big league spring training with minor league contracts will get advance payments of up to $50,000 each from the Major League Baseball Players Association.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo is spending much of his time during the coronavirus-imposed hiatus working out, helping care for his newborn son and playing occasional video games.
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Days after the NFL revealed its hopes of conducting a normal regular season and playoffs, its chief medical officer warns that nothing is a certainty during the coronavirus pandemic.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Preakness is looking for a new date this year and has decided to cancel the infield party that is a staple of the Triple Crown race normally held on the third Saturday in May.
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A unique Hall of Fame class will be announced Saturday in a unique way.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Ryan Zimmerman is a two-time All-Star infielder who has played 15 years in the majors, all with the Washington Nationals. He holds most of the team’s career hitting records, and his two homers and seven RBIs last postseason helped the Nationals win their first World Series cha…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA has postponed the start of its season because of the coronavirus pandemic, with no indication when play would begin.
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St. Bonaventure’s Matt Johnson (4) dribbles underneath the basket while Vermont’s Bailey Patella (12) defends during the first half on Nov. 8, 2019, at the Reilly Center.
