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When Morgan Singletary was hired as the varsity baseball head coach at Hopewell High School, he knew he had a talented group that would go far. Unfortunately, a pandemic ended his first year on the job, forcing him to wait and see what his club truly had to offer. In...

PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Pirates 1996 first round pick Kris Benson was the last to do it. Now a Mars High School graduate matched the amazing performance at college baseball’s marquee event Sunday. Mississippi State redshirt freshman Will Bednar struck out 15 in 6 innings in a 2-1 win...

On Monday, Jeff Capel and Pitt dished out an offer to an intriguing big man in the class of 2022, Christian Fermin, who plays his high school ball for Pocono Mountain West High School in Pennsylvania. “Jeff Capel reached out,” Fermin told Pittsburgh Sports Now on Monday. “I had my...

As Payton List walked off the mound in the middle of the fourth inning at California University of Pennsylvania in the WPIAL Class 4A softball championship game, Metallica's "Enter Sandman" began to play. The song has numerous connections to the world of sports. It serves as the entrance music to...

PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Pitt head coach Jeff Capel has said he wants to reconnect the program with former players. Monday, Pitt named Gilbert Brown Director of Player and Alumni Development. “Gil is an outstanding Pitt man with a great deal of passion for the game of basketball and...

A key member of Pitt’s recent glory days is returning to the basketball program. Jeff Capel announced that former Panther captain Gilbert Brown has been hired as the teams Director of Player and Alumni Development. Brown replaces former Panther guard Ronald Ramon, who took an assistant coaches job with Fordham.

The New Castle High baseball team capped off an exciting 2021 campaign with the program’s first PIAA championship, topping Wyoming, 7-3, on Friday at Penn State University’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. It’s the first state championship for the Red Hurricane in the program’s history. Shenango opened the day, falling...

Things are starting to heat up ahead of the start of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League as the Girls division hosted the first of two meet and greets at Court Time Sports Center in Elizabeth Township Monday night. There will be a second meet and greet Wednesday. Returning...

ELLWOOD CITY — One of the activities that many people enjoy, regardless of their age, is playing catch with a baseball. This could be playing catch between family members, young or old, between friends, or between teammates. For Ellwood City native Jeff Potter, this simple activity will be used to...

Pat Narduzzi and his program historically have enjoyed tremendous success receiving verbal commitments in the months of May and June. Last season’s recruiting class received seven commitments in those two months while back in the Class of 2020, the Panthers received ten commitments. Currently, four players have committed to Pitt in June but no doubt, the decrease in numbers can be attributed to the college recruiting dead period just opening up on June 1 after no official or unofficial visits being permitted for over a year.

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After earning a camp offer from the Wisconsin Badgers back in early June, athlete Cade Yacamelli wasted very little time scheduling an official visit to Madison for this past weekend. The day after leaving campus the Harrison City, Pa. product announced his commitment to the Badgers on Monday afternoon and is now the fourth commitment, and second on Monday, in the class of 2022.

SALEM — Former Toronto running back Garrett Dozier has found a level of comfort being named to the Penn-Ohio Stateline Classic. Not just because he is used to being a jolt of energy, but also because his new elite teammates have made times on the field easier for him. Dozier...

All 105 is a Pittsburgh Sports Now series profiling each of the 105 members of Pitt’s 2021 training camp roster. 24 • Phil Campbell III, redshirt senior linebacker. Last year: Campbell, a 6-foot-1, 220-pound linebacker, started all 11 games as a senior before deciding to return to Pitt to take advantage of the COVID-19 eligibility waiver. He’s played 44 games over the last four seasons.

The hills that roll through the borough of Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, and surround its namesake golf club are covered with sunlight long before 6 on a late spring weekday morning. The trees are green and in full bloom. The drive is bucolic. This is still as perfect a setting for a golf course as it was when Seth Raynor designed each hole nearly a century ago.

Original research for this story was conducted by the author for a book he co-authored with David Proctor entitled “Pie Traynor: A Baseball Biography.”. Hunched over a lathe on a steamy factory floor, Pie Traynor — World Series champion, future Hall of Famer, and the man widely considered the greatest third baseman who had ever lived — was looking for an exit.