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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The anticipation is greater than ever for the return of the roars to Augusta National. Even greater is the mystery surrounding the...

DUKE CENTER — It’s a league with no clear favorite, yet one that features several playoff hopefuls. The top of the Northern Allegheny baseball league ...

Leading off, a Northwest Regional wrestling champion and PIAA place winner. Batting second, a point guard who led his team to the PIAA quarterfinals a...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates manager Derek Shelton knew there would be growing pains when he took over a team in transition in the fall of 2019. He had n...

BROCKWAY — Joe Tettis’ 14 strikeouts weren’t enough for Elk County Catholic, as Brockway’s Ezra Swanson shut down the Crusaders across seven innings e...

After a season of mixed results, the Bradford baseball team returns much of its 2021 firepower for a new campaign. That, plus expanded pitching depth,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — William Byron began his fifth season at NASCAR’s top level in a contract year with the best team in the sport. Rick Hendrick li...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees once made a habit of winning the offseason. Not coincidentally, they won a lot of titl...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — It would be hard to top David Bednar’s first season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The right-handed relief pitcher had a sparklin...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds knows he earned a hefty raise after making the All-Star team and becoming a fi...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Major League Baseball’s free-agent frenzy was fun while it lasted. Less than two weeks after it started, it’s pretty much over. No...

CHICAGO (AP) — Adley. Tork. Witt. A couple of highly touted draft picks are on the brink of the major leagues. Nice timing, too, with baseball coming ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Roberto Pérez has some work to do — and not much time. Pérez is learning a new pitching staff after ...

CHICAGO (AP) — No more bargaining sessions on the calendar. The lockout is over, and it’s time for baseball again. Here are some dates to remember for...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Alford is getting baseball’s version of a mulligan. Alford won the Pittsburgh’s center field job in spring training las...

Ryan Boyer’s baseball career took a sharp turn each of the past three springs. This year has been no different. The 2015 Bradford High alumnus and 202...

VENICE, Fla. (AP) — Pitchers, catchers and batters will be able to appeal calls from human umpires to “robo umps” in the Low-A Southeast League this s...

BRADENTON, Fla. — The only transaction Ben Cherington has executed since Major League Baseball’s lockout ended was a waiver claim of pitcher Aaron Fle...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees remade the left side of their infield, acquiring former AL MVP Josh Donaldson, shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa and b...

CHICAGO (AP) — Allen Sanderson grew up in Idaho. He played high school baseball and worked for a minor league team in Twin Falls, providing a ride hom...