Shrouded by the mists of time former Uniontown High School and University of Pittsburgh basketball standout Lester Cohen is slated to be inducted posthumously into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania on May 5. The Cohen family is thrilled with the honor. “We were very ...
Connellsville has always had a rich baseball heritage. Former Geibel Catholic High School two-sport standout Keith Smith is just one of the many players produced by the city along the Youghiogheny River. Smith, like many athletes, got his start in sports at an early age. “I got a start in ...
PITTSBURGH – The Penguins showed what an exhilarating hockey team they are to watch in their last two games. They also showed why this isn’t a playoff worthy team. The Pens do have fight in them and deserve credit for battling back from being almost out of the playoff picture to ...
Veteran Belle Vernon Area softball coach Tom Rodriquez has forged a Hall of Fame career by building his program on three core principles: 1. Pitching. 2. Defense. And 3. Timely Hitting. Rodriquez was a baseball player during his high school days at Mon Valley Catholic High School and ...
Zack Dillow is a prime example of perseverance and hard work paying off in athletics. Dillow was a standout on the Albert Gallatin football team during the 1990s. Like many athletes Dillow got an early start in athletics, but it wasn't football. “I started in wrestling,” Dillow ...
Pitt’s men’s basketball team is still stinging from being left out of the NCAA tournament field and the Panthers took another hit on Wednesday. Star freshman Carlton “Bub” Carrington declared for the NBA draft with Pitt coach Jeff Capel alongside him during a news conference at ...
