The regular season for Mt. Pleasant’s baseball team was, by all standards, impressive.

By the time they reach college, most athletes have been playing their chosen sport for some time. Likely more than a decade. The skills, mechanics and muscle memory required to succeed are there. The athletes are programmed to perform. But sometimes the mind can short-circuit that programming and restrict performance.

Senior Rayla Smith set the all-time goals record for Plum girls lacrosse last season and has added to her total.

Even before they put on Pitt-Greensburg softball uniforms, Makenzie Lang and Hunter Taylor were well acquainted. Lang, a Plum grad, and Taylor, a Fox Chapel alum, often played against each other in high school. One particular sequence of events from their confrontations stood out: Plum and Fox Chapel played against

The Pirates could be on the verge of turning a corner soon. The Paul Skenes phenomenon might be even bigger than expected. Every game Skenes starts is an event, like a playoff game. That won't wear off anytime soon. I just hope he doesn't get rattled and drop the ball.

Tom Brush is the new women's basketball coach at Westmoreland County Community College. Brush coached the Hempfield girls for five seasons, from 2018-23, before stepping down because of a change to his work schedule. He is back in the game and ready to take a stab at the college level.

On Monday, Andy Pages (.237 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 64 points below season-long percentage) and the Los Angeles Dodgers play the Arizona Diamondbacks, whose starting pitcher will be Joe Mantiply. First pitch is at 10:10 PM ET.He notched a home run while going 1-for-4 in his previous game

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic hasn’t won a tournament all year. Record 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal has been far from his best.

In Game 7 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round versus the Edmonton Oilers, which starts at 9:00 PM ET on Monday, can we bet on Ilya Mikheyev to find the back of the net for the Vancouver Canucks? Let's dive into the most relevant numbers and trends to determine which

With the Pittsburgh Penguins' 2023-24 season coming to an end without any postseason action, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 51 individuals signed to an NHL contract " including those whose deals do not begin until next season " with the organization, from fourth-line

Monday's "First Call" has a report connecting the Pittsburgh Steelers to a veteran free-agent wide receiver. Some NFL macroeconomics may soon influence the Steelers. T.J. McConnell and the Indiana Pacers are onto the Eastern Conference Finals. And at least one NHL award has plenty of Pittsburgh connections to it. Something

Even before the Pittsburgh Pirates embarked on their seven-game road trip to Milwaukee and Chicago, which concluded Sunday with a series win over the Cubs, manager Derek Shelton already had a good feeling about the nucleus of his starting rotation. On paper, any combination of Mitch Keller, Jared Jones and

It's early for the Pittsburgh Pirates to go full Col. Hannibal Smith from the "A-Team." But in terms of the club's starting rotation, don't you just "love it when a plan comes together"? For one series, anyway, that just happened. And for a franchise whose best laid plans so often

When it comes to Cameron Heyward's contract situation, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLIVE is imploring the Pittsburgh Steelers to take a very pragmatic stance. Be sensible, not sentimental. The three-time All-Pro defensive lineman is entering the final year of his contract with the franchise. It's a $22.4