Freedom's John Challis gets a hug from Beaver's Al Torrence after a game April 24.
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McKeesport High School basketball player Zeke Marshall, considered the top college prospect in the WPIAL class of 2009, has made a verbal commitment to the University of Akron. (05/09/2008)
Freddy Sanchez scores ahead of a tag by Giants catcher Steve Holm in the third inning yesterday at PNC Park.
Matt Capps got quite the alarming phone call from his father late Wednesday night. "He asked me if my arm was hurt," the Pirates' closer recalled early yesterday morning at PNC Park. ... (05/09/2008)
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The first time they met, they were expansion siblings playing the first hockey game in the Spectrum. ... (05/09/2008)
Hundreds of Penguins fans turned out for a noontime rally in Market Square today (05/09/2008)
Thousands of towel-waving, Philadelphia Flyers-hating, Sidney Crosby-adoring Penguins fans will flock to Mellon Arena tonight for a much anticipated playoff battle against the team's cross-state ... (05/09/2008)
Rashard Mendenhall, wearing #34, works out with his teammates during the Steelers' minicamp at the team's facility on the South Side May 2.
Rashard Mendenhall lost more than his wallet and cell phone in a Chicago stickup early Monday morning. He lost his Rose Bowl watch. He was thankful he still had his life after the 2 a.m. ... (05/09/2008)
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