Sports category, Page 1608
Riding a 12-game hitting streak, Adam Frazier continues to ‘check boxes’ for Pirates
When Adam Frazier got a leadoff single against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night, it extended his hitting streak to tie his career-best at 12 games. Afterward, the Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman was more interested in talking about his second hit of the game. Frazier drove a Sean Doolittle four-seam...
Steelers to open season on road again, play at Buffalo Bills
The last three times the Pittsburgh Steelers have played the Buffalo Bills, the game has been contested in December. Not this season. When the 2021 NFL season kicks off, the Steelers will play the Bills at the newly named Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. The...
Robert Morris men’s lacrosse embraced ‘gift’ of challenging independent season; relishes new conference in 2022
If there is one thing every D-1 college coach wants right now, it’s a return to normalcy. Perhaps none more than Robert Morris men’s lacrosse coach Drew McMinn. The last time his Colonials finished a season in a pre-pandemic world, they were taking on Virginia in the 2019 NCAA tournament...
First Call: Ravens star heard Ben Roethlisberger give plays to receivers; JuJu Smith-Schuster against 17-game schedule
Wednesday’s “First Call” informs us that the Pittsburgh Steelers were giving away their plays at the line of scrimmage last year. And, no. Before you ask, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots video crew were not involved. Also, James Conner is taking advantage of a new league rule in...
Tim Benz: Is Barry Trotz already playing mind games with Penguins’ goalies? Or just telling the truth?
I don’t think what New York Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said about the Pittsburgh Penguins exactly qualifies as “trash talk.” Hardly “straight fire” as you kids say on the Twitters and the TikToks. But it’s worth noting. During his postgame comments following New York’s overtime loss in Boston on...
This Date in Sports History: May 12
1909 — The Preakness Stakes is held in Maryland after 16 runnings in New York. As part of the celebration marking the return of the Preakness, the colors of the race’s winner were painted onto the ornamental weather vane at Pimlico Racecourse for the first time. 1917 — Omar Khayyam,...
Pirates farm report for May 11, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 3-3) won 4-3 over Toledo (Tigers). The Indians had four hits, all of which were home runs. 1B Will Craig belted a pair of solo shots, including one in the seventh inning for what proved to be the winning run. CF Travis Swaggerty homered to lead off the...
JT Brubaker stops Reds’ hit parade, Troy Stokes Jr. gets 2 RBI hits as Pirates win
The Cincinnati Reds had pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates for double-digit runs in three consecutive meetings, a streak that required a stopper after the Reds scored 39 runs on 42 hits – 20 for extra bases. JT Brubaker was just the man for the job. The Pirates right-hander held the Reds...
Golf notes: Thanks to covid-19, Jordan Spieth gets longer break
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jordan Spieth returns to competition after four weeks off following the Masters. That wasn’t the plan. Covid-19 wasn’t part of the plan, either. Spieth revealed Tuesday that he tested positive for the coronavirus the second week after the Masters, which is what kept him from playing the...
Preakness allows Medina Spirit to enter with extra testingVideo
BALTIMORE— Medina Spirit is set to run in the Preakness on Saturday to go for the second leg of the Triple Crown, as long as the Kentucky Derby winner passes a series of additional drug tests. Maryland racing officials reached an agreement with trainer Bob Baffert on Tuesday to allow...
Seton Hill softball advances to PSAC finals for first time
Seton Hill made history Tuesday. The Griffins softball team downed visiting Gannon, 4-1, to win a best-of-three PSAC semifinals series and advance to the conference finals for the first time. The top seed from the West Division, Seton Hill (32-12) will host East No. 3 West Chester (28-11) in a...
Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. tests positive for covid-19, goes on ILVideo
DENVER — San Diego shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for covid-19 and was placed on the 10-day injured list, manager Jayce Tingler said Tuesday Tatis was among three players the Padres added to the injured list because of health and safety protocols. Joining Tatis on the list were utility...
Pirates place Kyle Crick on IL, reinstate Gregory Polanco, add LHP Chasen Shreve to bullpen
The Pittsburgh Pirates placed reliever Kyle Crick on the 10-day injured list with a right triceps strain and reinstated right fielder Gregory Polanco on Tuesday in a series of roster moves. Polanco has been out since May 4, though the Pirates never offered an explanation for his stay on the...
Avalanche seeking to overtake Golden Knights for West Division titleVideo
DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog recently caught a teammate staring at him over breakfast. More specifically, the Colorado Avalanche captain’s bent nose, which also featured a fresh-looking scratch. “He’s like, ‘Your nose is super-crooked lately,’ ” Landeskog recounted of Andre Burakovsky’s quizzical glance. “I’m all right. … I’m able to breathe...
Rangers’ Mika Zibanejad acknowledges virus affected slow startVideo
Mika Zibanejad didn’t want to use covid-19 as an excuse for his slow start this season. With just three goals in the New York Rangers’ first 27 games, there were questions about his struggles. “It was hard, it wasn’t easy and everyone reacts to it differently,” Zibanejad said on a...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent forced to forfeit PAC playoff spots
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference softball and men’s lacrosse playoffs were going on in full force over the weekend, but one school was missing from both tournaments: Saint Vincent. The Bearcats had to forfeit their earned spots in both tournaments because of a covid-19 shutdown on campus in Unity Township. The...
Robert Morris’ Andy Toole doesn’t fret over transfers
Holding tight to reality, Andy Toole isn’t afraid to share what he believes to be the truth about college basketball. “Some fan bases might not want to get overly attached to a roster every year,” Robert Morris’ 11-year coach said. No one knows better than Toole — and his colleagues...
2019 series sweep not on mind of Penguins as they prepare for Islanders
It has been 43 days since the Pittsburgh Penguins faced the New York Islanders and 102 days since the teams completed a stretch of six meetings over a span of about three weeks. Then again, it has been 756 days since the longtime division rivals met in the postseason. For...
Column: It’s hard to keep score when paying for popularityVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The PGA Tour is giving away $40 million to the leading 10 players who move the needle, a term that’s been around for some 60 years because it’s a simple way to define popularity. It’s part of the “Player Impact Program,” a title that doesn’t necessarily move...
Ben Gamel looking forward to ‘fresh start’ with Pirates, no matter where he plays
Before Ben Gamel’s first game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, manager Derek Shelton jokingly asked if the team’s newest acquisition — a natural outfielder — had ever played first base. If Gamel thought his first answer (two innings) was going to get him off the hook, he was in for a...
2021 NFL schedule release: What to know
Some of the biggest news of the NFL offseason is coming Wednesday: the 2021 NFL regular-season schedule. Next season’s schedule will be released at 8 p.m. and broadcast on NFL Network, NFL.com and the NFL app. The league is touting the upcoming campaign as the “biggest season ever” with the...
Penguins to increase capacity for playoff games to 50% at PPG Paints Arena
It has been more than 14 years since the Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t sell every ticket available for a game. To keep their sellout streak of more than 600 games alive, they will have a few extra tickets to sell beginning next week. Gov. Tom Wolf announced the state is easing...
MLB tells Athletics to explore relocation if no new ballparkVideo
OAKLAND, Calif. — MLB instructed the Athletics to explore relocation options as the team tries to secure a new ballpark it hopes will keep the club in Oakland long-term. MLB released a statement Tuesday expressing its longtime determination that the current Coliseum site is “not a viable option for the...
Famed Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan dead at age 37Video
HONOLULU — Colt Brennan, a star quarterback at Hawaii who finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy balloting, died early Tuesday, his father said. He was 37. Brennan, who has had public struggles with alcohol, died at a hospital in California, his father, Terry Brennan, told the Associated Press. “He...
Aliquippa’s Will Gipson decides to transfer from Pitt
Wide receiver Will Gipson, an Aliquippa graduate who spent two years at Pitt without getting on the field, has announced his decision to transfer. 4 years of eligibility left!! Respect my decision. pic.twitter.com/mCj6rfexdd— Will Gipson (@TrxllWill3) May 11, 2021 Gipson plans to join former Pitt teammate Carson Van Lynn, an...
