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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Major Matthew Blue was understandably hesitant. Blue, of the United States Airforce, had already seized his “once in a lifetime” ...

WILLIAMSPORT — Carter Nelson made local headlines ahead of the Little League World Series for his family connection to McKean County. After a week in ...

WILLIAMSPORT — A team from Pennsylvania will play in the Little League World Series this year, but many locals will instead be rooting for the team fr...

KANE — If someone is good enough at something, their talent will shine through. For Kane native and soon-to-be Gannon Golden Knight Carson Whiteman, a...

DUKE CENTER — When the conronavirus pandemic wiped out Cole Sebastian’s junior baseball season, uncertainty blanketed his college aspirations. Sebasti...

WILCOX — They’ve played as the Elk-McKean All-Stars. They’ve played as the Johnsonburg Rams. Most recently, they were branded as Wilcox American Legio...

ALBION — Gabe Watts and Carson Whiteman combined for eight scoreless innings pitched in the Pennsylvania Region 8 Legion baseball championship game. U...

ALBION — We know that Wilcox Post #476 can hit the deep ball. We know it can steal bases and pitch with the area’s best. But, ahead of the District 8 ...

ALBION — Three teams from the Elk County Legion Baseball League were slated to begin Region 8 tournament play on Friday. Thanks to inclimate weather, ...

When the announcement came, my thoughts went to Martha Ruether. The paralympic swimmer from Allegany, who qualified for the pandemic-delayed 2020 Olym...

He signed with the New York Yankees in 1951, spending his first professional season, at age 19, with the club’s Class D affiliate in … Olean, N.Y. And...

WILCOX — A timeless baseball adage forecasts that, win or lose, sometimes it rains. Lately, it has rained a lot. The storms that have poured rain on t...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — It only took scoring once for the Tampa Bay Lightning to strike twice and repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Backstopped by their sta...

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner vowed to keep manager Aaron Boone, general manager Brian Cashman and the core of his team, shaking off ...

Earlier this season, in this space, my frustration with the incursion of analytics into baseball telecasts boiled over. However, I’ve actually gotten ...

The last time Wilcox Post #467 played at Pitt-Bradford, Bradford Post #108 handed the team its only loss of the Elk County Legion league season thus f...

When you have the best baseball talent that two Big 30 communities have to offer, you’re likely to compile a good roster. That’s the way that Brandon ...

When Joe Beimel retired from professional baseball in 2017, he had already enjoyed a career that most players would be satisfied with — himself includ...

The Elk County Legion baseball league boasts multiple teams that could compete at the regional, or even state level. On Wednesday night, Joe Ruolo’s t...

WILCOX — You may remember them from their trip to the Little League World Series. The Elk-McKean All-Stars, one of the Big 30’s most successful baseba...