Pedro has landed. He signed a one year deal with the Baltimore Orioles. It is worth 5.75-million dollars with an additional 1.25 million in bonuses. Alvarez was not offered a contract by the Pirates in December. His role with Baltimore will be mostly as a designated hitter with spot duty at first base.
Category: Sports
Penguins and Flyers To Play Outside
2017 will be the 50th anniversary of both the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. To celebrate the teams will play an outside game at Heinz Field. It will be Saturday February 18th. It is part of the Coors Light Stadium series. The Winter Classic is set for next year. It will be the Chicago Blackhawks vs St Louis Blues in Busch Stadium on Monday January 2nd. These are two of the four outdoor games scheduled for the NHL next season.
Free Agency Is Coming
NFL free agency begins at 4-pm Wednesday. On Monday the Steelers signed two players. Special team captain and safety Robert Golden and fourth wide receiver Darius Heyword Bey agreed to three year deals. Off the field, wide receiver Antonio Brown announced on ESPN he will be contestant on ABC’s “Dancing with The Stars” The contest begins on March 21st.
Penguins Rebound
After a disappointing loss at home to the lowly Calgary Flames, The penguins routed the New Jersey Devils 6-1 Sunday in Newark. Evgeni Malkin lead the way with two goals. Matt Cullen, Nick Bonino, Ryan Rust, and Scott Wilson also scored for the Pens. The Penguins travel to the Barclay Center Tuesday night to face the Islanders.
Pirates Loose A Wild One To The Astros.
Behind two home runs from prospect Matt Duffy, the Houston Astros split squad out lasted the Pirates in a spring training game Sunday. A.J. Reed had three hits. Other minor league prospects Jake Marisnick and Tyler White also homered against five Pirates pitchers. Jeff Locke gets his second start of the spring as the Pirates play the Philadelphia Phillies in Bradenton this afternoon.
College Basketball Results
Penn State ended the regular season with a 86-79 double overtime win over Illinois at the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday. PSU was paced by Shep Garner’s 22-points and Brandon Taylor’s 21 points and 11 rebounds. With the win, Penn State has earned their first bye in the program history. They will face Ohio State in the second round of the Big Ten tournament Thursday evening. In women action. George Washington won their second in a row Atlantic 10 championship. They edged Duquesne 63-60 behind Hannah Schaibe’s 17 points. George Washington gets the the automatic bid to the NCAA Women Tournament. The Lady Dukes have 27 wins. They will watch tonight to see if they get an at large bid. The Robert Morris Lady Colonials have advanced to the semi-finals of the NEC Tournament. They beat Farleigh Dickenson Sunday 68-59.
Warriors Stub Their Toe
The L A Lakers are the second worse team in the NBA (12-51). The Golden State Warriors are having a record season (56-6). The two teams met Sunday afternoon at the Staple Center in L. A. Despite the huge difference in talent, The Lakers routed the Warriors 112-95. The Lakers shot 47-percent from the floor and 21 of 22 from the foul line. The Lakers held the high flying Warriors of Curry, Thompson, and Green to just 42 points
Bolland family guests on “The Lead Lap”
(Beaver County, PA) The temperatures really heated up figuratively and literally as a milder than normal winter has gotten Beaver County Radio listeners thinking about racing. Along that line, The the airwaves got revved up like a big block chevy at red line speed as Beaver County’s first family of racing, the Bollands were special guests
on the “The Lead Lap” which aired from 10 to 11 A.M. on WBVP and WMBA. Show sponsor Don Bolland, from Bolland Machine company, along with his sons, local dirt race car “trip 7’s” driver Kevin Bolland and crew chief, Keith Bolland Joined hosts Frank Sparks and Jason Colangelo.
Listeners were treated to lively discussion about local racing, local track schedules and National racing events during the one hour special racing oriented broadcast.
Coaches Corner March 2, 2016
(Bridgewater, PA) Beaver County Radio hosted another edition of “Coaches Corner” live on the Sports Patio/Winter Lodge at Robert’s Roadside Inn Wednesday evening. Special guests included Beaver Falls Head Coach Doug Biega and several Tigers Players, and Nick Lackovich from Aliquippa and many of his Quip basketball players. Both coaches talked about winning their respective WPIAL Championship games this past weekend and how they are preparing for the start of PIAA playoffs beginning on Friday.
On Friday, March 4, Beaver Falls will take on Steel Valley with air time at 5:30 on WBVP and WMBA. On Saturday March 5, Aliquippa takes on Tyrone in it’s first round of state playoff action. Air time for that broadcast on WMBA is 5:00 P.M.
Tuesday Was An Upset For The WPIAL
Two number one seeds were knock out of the playoffs Tuesday night. The first was in Triple A. Highlands came from 7-points back to defeat defending WPIAL Champion New Castle 79-76. In the other tripe A game Beaver Falls survived a come back by Mars to beat the Planets 59-58. Highlands faces Beaver Falls in the Triple A Championship Game Friday night at the Peterson Event Center starting at 9pm. The other upset was in Class A. C W North Catholic stunned number 1 seed Monesson 79-77 in overtime. They will play Sewickley Academy in the Championship game . Sewickley came from 21-points down to edge Jeannette 69-68.