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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Imperial, PA) The West Allegheny boys high school basketball team will have a new head coach entering the 2026-27 season.

Longtime boys basketball coach Jeff Ackermann was named the next head coach of that team during a school board meeting yesterday, and he replaces Ben O’Connor, who resigned after spending the past three seasons with the program.

Ackermann spent the last six seasons at Baldwin and has won five WPIAL championships, a PIAA championship and won over 400 games.

(Credit and Caption for Photo: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – DECEMBER 21: A detailed view of an NFL football is seen at M&T Bank Stadium on December 21, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The NFL FLAG Championships, which is the largest youth flag football tournament in the world, will bring the game of flag football’s next generation of stars and three teams from the Pittsburgh region are set to compete on the global stage.

This year’s NFL FLAG Championships which is presented by Toyota will take place from today through July 26th in Westfield, Indiana and it will feature over 350 girls and boys teams from across the world, which makes it the biggest tournament in the history of the event.

According to a release from the Pittsburgh Steelers, the following teams from western Pennsylvania have earned the opportunity to compete as the
Steelers at the NFL FLAG Championships:

• Pittsburgh Flag Football League (PFFL) STEEL (age 8 and under) – Pittsburgh/ PFFL STEEL is coached by Derrick Miles. Former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Mike Logan is
the assistant coach.

• Boyce Park (age 10 and under) – Plum Borough/The team is coached by Larry Fielder and assistant Maurice William.

• Pittsburgh Flag Football League (PFFL) Ladies of Steel (high school girls) – Pittsburgh/The team is coached by Dennis Wolford and assistant Ryan Glass.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jake Mangum celebrates as he stands on second after driving in a run with a double off Atlanta Braves pitcher Jr. Ritchie during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Jake Mangum was scratched from the second game of yesterday’s doubleheader against the New York Yankees after he fouled a ball off his right foot in the opener at Yankee Stadium. 

His injury status is considered day-to-day as the Pirates prepare to go back to PNC Park for a three-game series at home against the Chicago Cubs starting tomorrow.

Mangum will go through further tests to determine how severe his injury is and the Pirates will give an update on his status for their next game.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, left, fakes a handoff to running back Kaleb Johnson during practice at the team’s NFL football training camp in Latrobe, Pa., Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Latrobe, PA) The 2026 Pittsburgh Steelers training camp will be held at its long-time location at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe from Wednesday, July 29th through Monday, August 17th.  

Players will report on Tuesday, July 28th and tickets are free for fans. 

However, those who attend must have a mobile ticket. 

You can see the full schedule and get tickets for this event by going to this website:

https://www.ticketmaster.com/pittsburgh-steelers-training-camp-tickets/artist/2901876

(File Photo: Source for Photo: New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried delivers in the first inning during the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried allowed one hit over five innings in his return from a two-month layoff, Jasson Domínguez and Anthony Volpe drove in runs on consecutive pitches in the seventh and the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 Wednesday night for a doubleheader split.

Pittsburgh won the opener 5-3 in 10 innings.

Bubba Chandler pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball in his first scoreless outing this year.

Brandon Eisert (2-2), acquired from the Chicago White Sox on July 11, relieved and walked Cody Bellinger. One out later, Domínguez doubled down the left-field line and scored when Volpe singled for his second RBI since June 19.

Fried struck out seven and walked one, inducing 10 swings and misses while throwing 37 of 57 pitches for strikes and retiring his last 12 batters. He had not pitched since May 14 because of a bone bruise in his left elbow and was to have thrown one more minor league rehab start before Tuesday night’s rainout caused the Yankees to change their plans.

He was economical, with 13 pitches in the first, 10 each in the second, third and fourth, and 14 in the fifth. Fried’s four-seam fastball averaged 96.2 mph, 1.5 mph above his season average coming in. He threw his two fastest pitches this year, topping at a 98.5 mph fastball for a called strike against Marcell Ozuna in the second.

Nick Gonzalez singled down the left-field line leading off the game but was throwing out at second trying to stretch by Bellinger in left.

Paul Blackburn (3-1) pitched two hitless innings, escaping a runners-at-the-corners jam in the seventh by striking out Ryan O’Hearn and Ozuna.

Will Warren, who was to have started Tuesday, allowed Nick Gonzales’ single starting the ninth and a two-out walk. Tim Hill retired O’Hearn on a groundout that was upheld in a video review for his first save since June 30, 2021, for San Diego at Cincinnati.

Up next

Pirates: RHP Jared Jones (2-1, 4.05 ERA) will be on the mound Friday against the visiting Chicago Cubs, who start LHP Matthew Boyd (6-1, 4.15).

Yankees: RHP Cam Schlittler (9-6, 2.20) starts Friday’s series opener at Philadelphia against LHP Jesús Luzardo (9-4, 3.43).

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski reacts after giving up a three-run home run to New York Yankees’ Ben Rice in the seventh inning during the first baseball game of a doubleheader, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Triolo and Jake Mangum hit run-scoring singles against Fernando Cruz in the 10th inning, Jacob Gonzalez and Nick Gonzales homered off Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Yankees 5-3 Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

Ben Rice tied the score with his 30th home run, a three-run drive in the seventh inning off Carmen Mlodzinski.

Triolo and Mangum drove in runs off Cruz (4-4), who allowed two hits and two walks while getting just one out.

Mason Montgomery (3-3) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings and Gregory Soto got three straight outs for his 13th save in 18 chances.

Cole retired his first 14 batters before allowing Nick Gonzales’ single and Jacob Gonzalez’s two-run homer. Nick Gonzales added a solo homer in the seventh off Cole, who in his previous start gave up Max Muncy’s two-run, eighth-inning homer that lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win.

Cole struck out 11, his most since Aug. 25, 2023, and extended his Yankees record for double-digit strikeouts games with 29. He allowed three runs and four hits with no walks.

Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller gave up three hits in five scoreless innings.

New York went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

Yankees hitting coach James Rowson was ejected in the sixth inning for arguing after José Caballero was called for a pitch clock violation for not for engaging Mlodzinski with more than eight seconds remaining. Caballero took an inning-ending called strike and Yankees manager Aaron Boone continued arguing with plate umpire Quinn Wolcott during the break.

Brent Headrick struck out the side in the eighth and extended his home scoreless streak to 35 innings, the longest for the Yankees since Allie Reynolds’ 36 innings from Sept 16, 1953, to June 2, 1954, according to STATS.

Up Next

New York LHP Max Fried (4-3) and Pittsburgh RHP Bubba Chandler (3-8, 4.77) were to start the night game.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: New York Yankees’ Cody Bellinger, center left, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) celebrate after Chisholm’s home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 20, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night was postponed because of a forecast of rain and will be made up as part of New York’s second doubleheader in a four-day span.

New York announced the postponement about five hours before the scheduled start and said it will play two games on Wednesday. The regularly scheduled game starts at 1:05 p.m. and the makeup at 7:05 p.m.

The Yankees are off Thursday, then start a series at Philadelphia. New York split a day-night doubleheader Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers after a rainout Saturday night.

Pittsburgh also is off Thursday before a home series against the Chicago Cubs.

(Caption and Credit for Photo: Broadcast analyst Ryan Clark sits on stage during a television show before an NFL game between the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium. (AP))

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Bristol, CT) According to the Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, ESPN has fired former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark as part of a round of layoffs. 

Marchand confirmed that Clark was on “NFL Live” yesterday, was informed about the layoff in the middle of the broadcast and did not finish the show. 

ESPN reportedly planned to tell Clark that he was let go this morning initially, in line with other layoffs, but media inquiries had led the network to fear that Clark would find out he was fired online before it had a chance to tell him. 

Clark, who is a Super Bowl XLIII (43) Champion with the Steelers, joined ESPN as an NFL analyst in 2015. 

(Credit and Caption for Photo: New York Jets running back Le’Veon Bell walks the field as his team warms up before an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Courtesy of the Associated Press)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Canton, OH) Police arrested former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell on Sunday in Canton, Ohio.  

According to the Canton Repository, the 34-year-old Bell had a warrant out for his arrest in Michigan, which is why he was taken into custody. 

The warrant was issued after he fell behind on payments for child support. 

Bell took part in a meet-and-greet at a mall in Canton, and the arrest occurred at some point shortly after the event. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. hits a home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 20, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in consecutive at-bats against All-Star Braxton Ashcraft and drove in five runs, powering the New York Yankees to an 8-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.

Both benches and bullpens emptied after José Caballero bounced into an inning-ending double play against Pirates reliever Dennis Santana in the eighth. Santana became heated and started yelling at Caballero on the field. The right-hander was restrained by teammates Rafael Flores and Bryan Reynolds before order was restored after a few minutes without any punches or ejections.

On a night when New York squandered an early four-run cushion, Chisholm’s 10th career multihomer game and first since Sept. 2 last year helped the Yankees win for the third time in their last 12 home games.

Chisholm hit a three-run drive for a 4-0 lead in the first inning, two batters after the Pirates committed two errors on one play. Third baseman Nick Gonzales misplayed Paul Goldschmidt’s grounder into a two-base error, and Ben Rice scored when Reynolds bounced his throw from left field.

Chisholm added a two-run shot for a 6-5 lead in the third when he lifted a slider into the first row of the second deck, giving him homers in three straight plate appearances dating to Sunday night. Chisholm leaned over the plate to watch the ball stay fair before completing his home run trot.

The flashy second baseman also hit a tiebreaking homer to left-center in the eighth inning to send New York to a 2-1 win in the nightcap of Sunday’s doubleheader against the Dodgers.

Chisholm connected for his second homer off Ashcraft after rookie Esmerlyn Valdez launched a 431-foot two-run shot off Ryan Weathers into the right-field seats to give Pittsburgh a 5-4 lead in the third. Valdez became the first Pirates player since Kevin Young in 1999 to drive in a run in eight straight games and has 13 homers in his first 33 games.

Caballero followed Chisholm’s second homer with a two-run double in the third after Austin Wells reached on an infield single to load the bases.

Jared Triolo hit a two-run double and Gonzales added an RBI single in Pittsburgh’s three-run second.

Angel Chivilli (1-0) worked 1 1/3 hitless innings for the win and Fernando Cruz got four outs for his second save.

Ashcraft (9-4) permitted a career-high eight runs — seven earned — and nine hits in three innings.

Up next

Pittsburgh RHP Bubba Chandler (3-8, 4.77 ERA) opposes New York RHP Will Warren (7-4, 4.03) on Tuesday night.