Category: Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Johan Oviedo acquired by the Boston Red Sox as part of a five-player trade

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Johan Oviedo delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday Aug. 20, 2025 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox acquired right-hander Johan Oviedo from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night as part of a five-player trade.

Boston also got left-hander Tyler Samaniego and minor league catcher Adonys Guzman from Pittsburgh in exchange for outfielder Jhostynxon Garcia and minor league right-hander Jesus Travieso.

Oviedo, a 27-year-old from Cuba, had Tommy John surgery in December 2023 and missed the 2024 season. He returned last season and went 2-1 with a 3.57 ERA in nine starts.

In 2023, he made 32 starts and went 9-14 with a 4.31 ERA with 158 strikeouts in 177 2/3 innings for the Pirates and ranked eighth among National League starters with a .237 opponent batting average. Oviedo is 15-26 with a 4.24 ERA in 81 appearances, including 67 starts, for St. Louis and Pittsburgh.

Boston designated right-hander Cooper Criswell for assignment to make room on its 40-man roster.

Pitt football Heisman Trophy winning running back Tony Dorsett one of nineteen inductees for the 2026 National High School Football Hall of Fame

(File Photo: Source for Photo: ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, right, visits with Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett before an NCAA college football game between Pittsburgh and Notre Dame in Pittsburgh, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Brook Park, OH) According to a release yesterday, former University of Pittsburgh running back Tony Dorsett is one of nineteen people that will be inducted into the National High School Football Hall of Fame on July 11th, 2026, in Brook Park, Ohio, during a special ceremony. Dorsett is the only player in Pitt college football history to win the Heisman Trophy as the best college football player in the country when he won it in 1976. Dorsett also played football at Hopewell High School and he will be part of the fourth induction class for the National High School Football Hall of Fame. All nineteen inductees are as follows:

  • Brian Bosworth – (LB) MacArthur High School
  • Henry Butler – (HB) University School
  • Channing Crowder – (LB) North Springs High School
  • Randy Crowder /P – (DL) Farrell High School
  • Tony Dorsett – (HB) Hopewell High School
  • Charles Follis – (HB) Wooster High School
  • Lou Groza /P – (OL) Martins Ferry High School
  • John Heisman/P – (OL) Titusville High School
  • Jim Kelly – (QB) East Brady High School
  • Vince Marrow – (TE) Cardinal Mooney High School
  • Terrence Metcalf – (OL) Clarksdale High School
  • Ozzie Newsome – (TE) Colbert County High School
  • Drew Pearson – (WR) South River High School
  • Greg Pruitt – (HB) B.C. Elmore High School
  • Sports Stars of Tomorrow – (Media)
  • Andrew Stockey – (Media) / (HB) Simsbury High School
  • Lee Tressel /P – (Head Coach) Mentor & Massillon High School
  • Joe Vadini /P – (Head Coach) Brecksville High School
  • Vince Young – (QB) Madison High School

Downtown Pittsburgh hosts celebration for the first title ever for the 2025 “champyinz” of the United Soccer League, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Soccer Club

(Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, Posted on Facebook on November 23rd, 2025)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A championship rally will be held today to celebrate the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Soccer Club’s first ever United Soccer League title that was won by them at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 22nd, 2025 by defeating Tulsa FC 5-3 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 tie occurred when the game ended. From around 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. this afternoon, Grant Street in Downtown Pittsburgh will be closed between Fourth Avenue and Forbes Avenue for the celebration.

L.C. Greenwood, the late Steelers defensive lineman, voted as a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026 in the seniors category

(Photo Courtesy of Getty Images and Focus on Sport, JANUARY 20: American professional football player L.C. Greenwood #68 of the Pittsburgh Steelers during Super Bowl XIV against the Los Angeles Rams at the Rose Bowl on January 20, 1980 in Pasadena, California. The Steelers defeated the Rams 31-19. (Photo by Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The late Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman L.C. Greenwood has now made it as one of three finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026 in the seniors category after a recent round of voting from people from the museum located in Canton, Ohio. Greenwood was a four-time Super Bowl Champion who played all thirteen of his NFL seasons with the Steelers. Greenwood, along with both former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson and former running back for the Los Angeles Raiders, Minnesota Vikings and the San Francisco 49ers, Rodger Craig, received this honor. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft also became a Pro Football Hall of Fame 2026 finalist as a contributor and Bill Belichick, who was the head coach for both the Cleveland Browns and the New England Patriots before becoming the head coach for the University of North Carolina college football team in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, became a finalist for this class as a coach. These finalists would need approval from 80% of the selection committee from the Pro Football Hall of Fame to be inducted and no more than three of the five finalists can be chosen. According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: “If none of the five individuals receives 80% approval, then the individual who receives the most support would be elected to the Class of 2026.”

The free PIAA Radio Network is ready to launch

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(File Photo of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Mechanicsburg, PA) The PIAA Radio Network will officially launch tomorrow on Thursday, December 4th. This is the first statewide audio network of its kind for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc., and it will cover all six of the PIAA Football Championship games starting tomorrow. It will feature play-by-play
announcers Bob McCool and Eric Thomas, along with color analysts Travis Sparks and
Cade Pribula, as well as producer James Dotson. You can listen for free through either the PIAA website or by streaming via YouTube. You can access the live streams by going to piaa.org and by clicking on “Listen Live,” or by going to youtube.com and search for the PIAA Radio Network’s channel. 

Steelers cut veteran corner Darius Slay and sign wide receiver Adam Thielen to practice squad

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE = Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen warms up before an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Oct. 19, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt, File)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Thielen didn’t stay out of work long.

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed the veteran wide receiver to their practice squad on Tuesday, a day after the 35-year-old was released by the Minnesota Vikings so he could pursue more playing time elsewhere.

Thielen had just eight catches for 69 yards in his return to Minnesota, where he starred from 2014-22 before a two-year stint with Carolina.

It might not take Thielen long to find his way onto the field in Pittsburgh. The Steelers (6-6) have struggled to do much in the pass game of late with neither Roman Wilson nor Calvin Austin III becoming consistent contributors alongside DK Metcalf.

Thielen is the second experienced wideout to join Pittsburgh’s practice squad in recent weeks. The Steelers signed Marquez Valdes-Scantling last month, though he has yet to find his way onto the 53-man roster on gamedays.

Pittsburgh also promoted Asante Samuel Jr. from the practice squad and released six-time Pro Bowler Darius Slay, who had been a healthy scratch in recent weeks.

Samuel made his first appearance with the Steelers in Sunday’s loss to Buffalo, finishing with three tackles in his return to action after undergoing neck surgery last spring. Tomlin saw enough of Slay to sign him to the active roster rather than risk someone poaching Slay from the practice squad late in the season.

“We certainly wanted to have an opportunity to see him in stadium before we maybe had to make a decision on him, before someone else forced our hand regarding decisions,” Tomlin said, later adding, “we liked some of the things we saw.”

Slay, signed to a one-year deal in March, had essentially been benched by Tomlin in favor of less experienced players, including James Pierre.

ALL AMERICAN+ Field House and League One Volleyball Sign 10-Year Lease to Grow Volleyball in Pittsburgh Region

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the All AMERICAN+ Field House)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monroeville, PA) According to a release from the All AMERICAN+ Field House in Monroeville yesterday, they announced that day that League One Volleyball, (LOVB) has signed a 10-year lease with the Monroeville-based complex, a long-term partnership designed to accelerate the growth of the sport in Western Pennsylvania and position Pittsburgh as a hotspot for volleyball. ALL AMERICAN+ Field House, which is already the largest sports and volleyball facility in the region of Pittsburgh, will expand to 13 in-house volleyball courts, which enables the venue to host multiple large-scale tournaments yearly and serve as a regional hub for elite training and competition with the agreement. 3DGE Volleyball, a new elite junior volleyball club, will operate the club program at ALL AMERICAN+ Field House under the LOVB umbrella, delivering leagues branded by LOVB and training pathways locally while aligning with the broader competition framework of LOVB under the agreement. LOVB also operates a league that is professional and this partnership will establish a roadmap for high-performance development in the region. Six new 3DGE-dedicated courts will be installed in November and will be ready ahead of the next club season. Programming that is near-term will prioritize junior girls’ club teams, camps and clinics, youth development programs and events, which focuses on divisions spanning elementary, middle and high school athletes, specific age divisions, dates, and registration details, which will be released with the tournament calendar. The presence of LOVB at ALL AMERICAN+ Field House will help centralize programming, elevate coaching standards, and expand opportunities for local and regional athletes to train and compete within a unified pathway as part of the lease and the facility plans to attract more major events, invite national competition to the region, and deepen the talent pipeline across Western Pennsylvania with thirteen dedicated courts.

Crosby scores 58th, 59th career goals against Flyers in Penguins’ dominant 5-1 victory

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) and Bryan Rust (17) celebrate after a goal by Crosby during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby scored his 58th and 59th career goals against the Philadelphia Flyers and his continued excellence in the cross-state rivalry helped lead the Penguins to a 5-1 win on Monday night.

Crosby, who has 18 goals this season, has dominated the Flyers like no other visiting player has done in Philadelphia’s franchise history. Crosby has 59 goals and 137 points in 92 games against Philadelphia, the most in both categories any opponent has ever put up on the Flyers.

He owns the Flyers.

The Flyers promoted the game all night as a Keystone Rivalry game but the series — even as fans voraciously booed Crosby with each touch — has never been much of a rivalry. Crosby has won three Stanley Cup titles while the Flyers have won only two in franchise history, in 1974 and 1975. Crosby wasn’t even born until 1987.

Crosby did enough damage to snap the Flyers’ modest three-game winning streak.

Rick Tocchet has the Flyers hopeful of a playoff berth in his first season since he returned to the franchise as coach. Tocchet knows how to win a Stanley Cup. He won one as a player and two as an assistant coach — both with the Penguins.

Crosby scored to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead — his 60th career road game-opening goal — and added a wrist shot through traffic on the power play for a 2-1 lead in the second period. Bryan Rust scored his eighth goal in the second for a 3-1 lead. Thomas Novak and Kevin Hayes scored in the third.

The 38-year-old Crosby has 1,716 career points and is close to eclipsing Mario Lemieux’s 1,723 for most in franchise history. Lemieux owned the team when Crosby captioned the Penguins to championships in 2009, 2016 and 2017.

Tyson Foerster scored his 10th goal for the Flyers. Foerster dropped to his knees and clutched his right arm on a shot later in the period and skated straight to the locker room. He leads the Flyers in goals.

Up next

Penguins play Thursday at Tampa Bay.

Flyers host Buffalo on Wednesday.

Ekman-Larsson extends point streak as the Maple Leafs rout the Penguins 7-2

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Toronto Maple Leafs Oliver Ekman-Larsson, left, celebrates with Easton Cowan after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2 on Saturday.

Ekman-Larsson extended his point streak to a career-best nine games, tied for second-longest by a defenseman in team history. He has three goals and seven assists during the streak.

Toronto won in regulation for the first time since Nov. 5. It improved to 3-6-2 in its last 11 games.

Auston Matthews, Nicolas Roy and Bobby McMann also had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs. Morgan Rielly had two assists to become the third defenseman in team history with 100 multipoint games.

Toronto goaltender Dennis Hildeby, making his first start since Nov. 13, stopped 32 shots.

Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby scored his 641st carer goal, passing Dave Andreychuk for 15th on the NHL list. He also had an assist and passed Mario Lemieux for most home points in team history (941) and sole possession of the seventh-most home points in league history.

Ben Kindel added a power-play goal for Pittsburgh, which is 4-5-3 in its last 12 games after an 8-2-2 start.

Arturs Silovs allowed four goals on 10 shots for Pittsburgh before he was replaced by Tristan Jarry in the second period. Silovs, who has been pulled in consecutive starts, has allowed eight goals on the last 20 shots he faced.

Jarry made 10 saves for the Penguins.

Ekman-Larsson and Easton Cowan scored on two of Toronto’s first three shots to give the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead through one period.

McMann and Dakota Joshua scored in the first five minutes of the second period to help Toronto pull away. McMann tipped Rielly’s point shot behind Silovs, and Joshua scored on a quick turnaround shot from the top of the crease.

Up next

Maple Leafs: Continue a six-game trip Tuesday at Florida.

Penguins: Begin a three-game trip Monday at Philadelphia.

Letang scores in OT, Crosby nets 2 as Penguins beat Blue Jackets 4-3

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins center Tommy Novak (18), defenseman Kris Letang (58) and center Evgeni Malkin (71) celebrate Letang’s overtime goal during an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into overtime, Sidney Crosby had two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Friday night.

Tommy Novak faked a shot and passed to Letang, who beat Jet Greaves on a snap shot past his glove.

It was Letang’s 12th overtime goal, moving him into a tie with Erik Karlsson and Seth Jones for third-most by a defenseman in NHL history.

Bryan Rust also scored and Novak had two assists for the Penguins in their second straight win. Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots.

Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist, becoming the first Columbus defenseman to record three different home goal streaks of at least three games. Sean Monahan and Brendan Gaunce also scored, and Greaves made 20 saves.

The Blue Jackets have gone to overtime in eight of their last 11 games. They are 4-2-5 in their last 11 overall.

Crosby tied it at 3 at 8:28 of the third period when he chased a loose puck off the boards that Novak sent into the zone and lifted it past Greaves. It was Crosby’s 640th career goal, tying him with Dave Andreychuk for 15th place on the NHL list.

It also was the 109th career multigoal game for Pittsburgh’s captain, tying Jarome Iginla for 20th. The only active player with more is Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin with 180.

Gaunce gave Columbus a 2-1 lead 3:51 on a short-handed goal. The Blue Jackets are one of nine teams to have two short-handed goals in November.

Up next

Penguins: Host Toronto on Saturday.

Blue Jackets: Host New Jersey on Monday.