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Pirates place RHP JT Brubaker on paternity list, add RHP Robert Stephenson to active roster
Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker will miss at least one scheduled start, as the Pirates placed him on the MLB paternity list Sunday. Brubaker (3-11, 4.39 ERA) leads the Pirates in starts (24), innings (127) and Pirates starting pitchers in strikeouts per nine innings (9.4). He allowed six runs...
Penn State preparing for challenges Purdue presents
Penn State’s preparations for its season-opening Big Ten contest Thursday at Purdue are more challenging than they might look. James Franklin and his defensive coaches know they must slow Boilermakers veteran quarterback Aidan O’Connell, a sixth-year player like the Nittany Lions’ Sean Clifford. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound O’Connell, who joined the...
Mickey Mantle card breaks record, as sports memorabilia soar
NEW YORK — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years. The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 27, 2022: Endy Rodriguez homers, doubles twice for Curve
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 62-58) beat Rochester (Nationals), 5-3. RF Jack Suwinski (.214) went 2 for 4 with two doubles and three RBIs. 1B Mason Martin (.211) was 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI. CF Travis Swaggerty (.258) had four plate appearances and no official at-bats, walking three times...
College football preview: Who will win the national championship in 2022?Video
Sometimes a prediction can feel right even though it ends up wrong. And vice versa. Last season, this column projected Ohio State and Alabama to miss the College Football Playoff. Bold? Dumb? The line is fine. One out of two isn’t bad, but in some ways the one that ended...
Backyard Brawl breakdown: West Virginia’s top 5 wins in series vs. Pitt
With so much talk about the Backyard Brawl resonating up and down Interstate 79, you might wonder: Where did the name Backyard Brawl originate? Most people believe it wasn’t bestowed on what would become one of college football’s most passionate rivalries until the 1960s when the late Pittsburgh Press sports...
Albert Dikwa nets pair as Riverhounds win in Atlanta
Albert Dikwa led the way for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Saturday night, scoring a goal in each half in a 2-1 road victory over Atlanta United 2. The Riverhounds (14-7-5) moved into a tie with Birmingham Legion FC in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference with eight games to play. Dikwa’s...
Florida State too much for Duquesne in season opener
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Treshaun Ward, Trey Benson and Lawrance Toafili surpassed 100 rushing yards, and Florida State dominated Duquesne, 47-7, in a lightning-delayed game Saturday. The Seminoles ran for 406 yards and opened the season with a victory for the first time since 2016. Ward (14 carries, 127 yards), Benson...
Pirates blanked by Phillies, drop 7th straight game
Saturday’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies was, in many ways, a near repeat of Friday night. In the series opener, the Phillies jumped on the Pirates immediately, scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning before adding two more in the second. By the end...
Pirates claim RHP Robert Stephenson off waivers from Rockies, DFA infielder Kevin Padlo
The Pittsburgh Pirates made an addition to their bullpen, the team announced Saturday afternoon, by claiming 29-year-old righty Robert Stephenson off waivers from the Colorado Rockies. Stephenson, 29, appeared in 45 games with the Rockies this season, going 2-1 with a 6.04 ERA in 44 2/3 innings pitched. He was...
Analysis: Bills’ ‘thorough examination’ clearly failed
A “thorough examination” by the Buffalo Bills into gang rape allegations against punter Matt Araiza failed because coach Sean McDermott only learned more of the important details after a civil lawsuit was filed against the rookie. Now, the Bills are under fire for sticking with a player facing serious accusations....
North Allegheny notebook: NA grad Jerry Richey tabbed for Pitt HOF
Jerry Richey, a cross country and track and field standout at North Allegheny in the late 1960s, will be inducted into the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame in the Class of 2022. During a Pitt career from 1967-71, Richey earned All-America stature five times, winning two NCAA championships, achieving a...
Penn State preview: 5 storylines to monitor as Nittany Lions prepare to start 2022 campaign
Penn State’s football season is just around the corner, with a game looming against Purdue on Thursday in West Lafayette, Ind. Here are five storylines that could be key to success for the Nittany Lions in 2022. 1. Do or die with O-line Offensive line is the position group that,...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Fantasy football skews rooting priorities
It’s the time of year when everybody unwittingly ruins their enjoyment of the NFL by drafting a team in that most counterproductive of activities, fantasy football. You love it. You shouldn’t. It’s popular. So is drug abuse. Say your fantasy team includes Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow. Who do you root...
New coordinator, QB give West Virginia hope for improvement
Neal Brown took himself out of the equation after West Virginia’s offense struggled last season. The fourth-year coach handed play-calling duties in January to newly hired offensive coordinator Graham Harrell, who was prolific in the same role at Southern Cal and North Texas and as a quarterback under Mike Leach...
5 things to watch for in Steelers preseason finale vs. Lions
It was a tradition that went back two decades. Every year, just before Labor Day, the Pittsburgh Steelers played the Carolina Panthers in the teams’ annual preseason finale. It wasn’t quite Michigan-Ohio State or Alabama-Auburn, but the “rivalry” was a staple of the end of the preseason, a mishmash of...
Pitt football preview: That pretty ACC championship trophy from 2021 means nothing in 2022
When Pat Narduzzi appeared on the ACC Network last week — somewhat of a celebrity after winning the conference championship nine months ago — Pitt’s coach said he planned to put a blanket over the 2021 conference championship trophy. “We’ll just focus on what we’re going to do this year,”...
Pirates farm report: Hoy Park, Jack Suwinski homer in Indy win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 61-58) defeated Rochester (Nationals), 9-1. SS Hoy Park (.228) opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning, his eighth, and went 2 for 5. LF Jack Suwinski (.204) hit his sixth home run with a two-run shot in the seventh and went 2 for...
Brad Birch perseveres in pressure-packed opener, lifting Gateway past Mt. Lebanon
Fourth-and-20 is a pressure situation no quarterback wants, but Brad Birch knew where the ball needed to go. The Gateway quarterback threw a high, arcing pass toward receiver Dallas Harper, who cut his route a little short, came down with the ball and scored on a 34-yard catch. That was...
Backyard Brawl breakdown: Pitt’s top 5 wins in the series vs. WVU
The football teams of Pitt and West Virginia started playing each other in 1895. The Mountaineers won the first three games by scores of 8-0, 6-0 and 6-5. They decided to keep playing, anyway. In 1904, after scoring a total of 29 points over six games, Pitt won 53-0, starting...
Hempfield rolls past Greensburg Salem in game shortened by lightning
The only thing that slowed down the Hempfield football team’s offense Friday was a lightning delay at the end of the first half. Play was stopped with 1 minute, 58 seconds left in the first half because of lightning in the area. The game was called at 9:15 p.m. after...
Phillies pound Bryse Wilson early to hand Pirates 6th consecutive loss
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies are on opposite ends of the state and headed in different directions. The Phillies scored six runs in the first two innings, knocking Pirates starter Bryse Wilson out early, and added an insurance run in the eighth on their way to a fifth consecutive...
Pitt Take 5: Panthers hope Jared Wayne can make fans forget Jordan Addison
After losing a Heisman Trophy finalist and Biletnikoff winner, it’s only natural to expect some degree of regression in Pitt football. Kenny Pickett’s arm and leadership and Jordan Addison’s ability to make defensive backs look like they were standing still made it difficult to defend Pitt’s passing attack last season....
Serena Williams prepares for farewell at U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Someone, of course, will end up in the history books as the last opponent of Serena Williams’ stellar career. It could be Danka Kovinic, a 27-year-old from Montenegro who is “honored” to be the first-round U.S. Open foe of someone she remembers watching on TV as a...
Schauffele’s burst cuts into Scheffler lead at East LakeVideo
ATLANTA — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is playing every bit like the No. 1 player in golf and was on the verge of turning the Tour Championship into a rout. Three holes by Xander Schauffele changed everything going into the weekend at East Lake. Schauffele holed a pair of birdie...
