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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker is hoping to pull his campaign off the mat by taking on unions — a familiar foe fo...

CHICAGO (AP) — Tricycles might seem pretty tame but they send thousands of kids to emergency rooms each year and are even linked to a handful of death...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots’ fourth Super Bowl banner will be unveiled at Gillette Stadium on Thursday night. The fans will have...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jung Ho Kang provided a positive and emphatic ending to a road trip that didn't start so well for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kang hit P...

NEW YORK (AP) — CC Sabathia left the mound with a two-run lead and the bases loaded with two outs in the fifth inning, muttering to himself after hitt...

TORONTO (AP) — The World Cup of Hockey is coming back, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman insists that doesn’t necessarily mean the league will skip th...

TORONTO (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said he hasn’t attempted to talk to Patrick Kane while the Chicago Blackhawks star has been investigated ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates can't figure out the woeful Milwaukee Brewers. The Pirates hoped to gain ground in the Central Division title ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers spent their summer watching all their offseason mojo disappear underneath a steady stream of injuries, suspe...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT (AP) — Kaden Peifer and his Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, teammates use the same word over and over when describing what it’s like to b...

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — IndyCar drivers got back to work Friday, climbing into their cars as a distraction — albeit a temporary one — from their grief o...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gregory Polanco saw one of the fastest players in baseball standing at third and knew there was little margin for error. A month ago...

ATLANTA (AP) — Didi Gregorius and Brian McCann combined to give the New York Yankees' lineup a much-needed boost. Gregorius drove in a career-high six...

NEW YORK (AP) — NASCAR star Tony Stewart said he didn’t see a driver walking on a dirt track in upstate New York last year before he struck and killed...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT (AP) — The title round at the Little League World Series is flush with second chances. Pearland, Texas, hit a pair of homers in the...

MIAMI (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates took on the deepest parts of Marlins Park on Thursday night, and won. Gerrit Cole snapped the longest winless drou...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The No. 16 jersey and what it ultimately signifies for Tyler Murphy fits just fine and all. It’s just not the one he would prefer to...

James Harrison made his kids give their trophies back. There’s no reward, the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker insisted, just for showing up. Sorry, Jam...

HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Fiers has pitched the second no-hitter in the major leagues in nine days, leading the Houston Astros to a 3-0 victory over the Los...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates still have no answer for Madison Bumgarner. Ten months after getting shut out by the San Francisco ace in the...