Beyond the Scoreboard

ESPN gave the University of Scranton women’s basketball team a .1% chance of beating the University of Pittsburgh on Sunday. Scranton entered Pitt’s arena as the underdog — and left with an upset and the attention of national media and new fans.

Mark Duda's football program at Lackawanna College changes lives. The former NFL player announced this week that a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease has caused him to retire after this season.

AJ Moncman hears what he can’t see. The student assistant for the East Stroudsburg University football team is blind. He serves as an inspiration for the team — and for other members of the coaching staff, who say he’s helped change the way they look at the game.

Tom Cillo spent 33 years plowing streets, fixing roads and maintaining parks in Williamsport. Now the 58-year-old is a freshman on the Lycoming College football team. If he plays a snap this season, he’ll be one of the oldest to ever play in a college football game.

Under blue skies and with an international audience, a team of baseball players from Luzerne County showed what can be possible. The 2025 Little League Challenger Division Exhibition Game brought overwhelming emotion to both the players at bat and the families cheering in the stands.

Acceptance, friendships and confidence flourish at a baseball diamond in Wilkes-Barre. The Wyoming Valley Challenger Baseball league, which has expanded and thrived at the field over the last six years, will play at the Little League World Series next month — with a national audience.

The Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department encouraged members to get screened for cancer during a three day clinic. And a Scranton roller derby skater is in Innsbruck, Austria this week, competing in the Roller Derby World Cup.

Charlotte "Bear Jew" Jacobson has had one goal in mind for the past year: To skate with Jewish Roller Derby in the Roller Derby World Cup. In just a few days, she will.

As St. Clare/St. Paul advanced through the playoffs and to the state championship game, three fathers watched with a different perspective.

A former West Scranton High School valedictorian is the NCAA runner-up in his weight class. He will soon pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry. Beyond the Scoreboard is a new occasional sports feature highlighting the unique stories of local athletes.