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Penn State coach James Franklin seeks improvement in many areasVideo
For Penn State football coach James Franklin, there were plenty of areas in need of improvement after his team’s 38-25 loss to Ohio State on Saturday at Beaver Stadium. “There’s a bunch of things that we got to get cleaned up,” Franklin said via video conference Saturday. “You know, obviously,...
AP Top 25: No. 2 Alabama closes gap with Clemson; Liberty in
Clemson remained No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, but not by much. Trevor Lawrence’s absence because of covid-19 and the Tigers’ narrow win over Boston College created a divide among the 62 writers and broadcasters on the voting panel. Clemson received 33 first-place votes —...
Steelers CB Mike Hilton won’t play in first-place showdown with Ravens
BALTIMORE – The Pittsburgh Steelers are without a key contributor in their effort to limit the Baltimore Ravens and reigning MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson. Nickel cornerback Mike Hilton will not play in Sunday’s game because of a shoulder injury suffered two weeks prior. Hilton missed last week’s win at the...
Former Quaker Valley standout Dane Jackson makes impact in NFL debut for Bills
Cornell graduate Dane Jackson played his high school football at Quaker Valley because the Raiders didn’t have a football team, and he continued his career at Pitt, where he became an impact player. Now, Jackson is playing on Sundays for the Buffalo Bills, and the former Quaker had himself a...
Gateway graduate JaQuan Brisker making impact in Penn State secondary
While Penn State football’s season opener against Indiana on Oct. 24 didn’t go as planned, the Nittany Lions players, including Gateway graduate JaQuan Brisker, were happy to be back on the field competing. The Big Ten announced in August it was cancelling its 2020 football schedule because of covid-19 concerns....
Pirates A to Z: Oft-injured Nick Burdi proves to be reliable reliever when healthy
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z, an alphabetical player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Anthony Alford to pitcher Trevor Williams. (The only MLB player with a surname that starts with Z is Detroit Tigers pitcher Jordan Zimmerman). Nick Burdi Position: Pitcher Throws: Right...
Ohio State drops Penn State to rare 0-2 start
STATE COLLEGE — Justin Fields passed for 318 yards and four touchdowns, two to Chris Olave, and No. 3 Ohio State beat No. 18 Penn State, 38-25, on an eerily quiet Saturday night at what is usually one of the most raucous settings in college football. Jeremy Ruckert also caught...
Chris Archer hits free agency after Pirates decline his $11 million option
PITTSBURGH — Chris Archer’s $11 million option for 2021 has been declined by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the 32-year-old right-hander became a free agent. Archer will receive a $250,000 buyout, completing a contract he agreed to with Tampa Bay in April 2014. The deal originally guaranteed $25.5 million over six...
Martinsville set for high-stakes Sunday in NASCAR playoffsVideo
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Denny Hamlin’s dazzling season could potentially collapse if things go sideways Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR’s oldest and shortest track that has been slotted as the final playoff elimination race. NASCAR’s needed horsepower for its stale playoffs so Martinsville was shuffled to the back of a revamped...
West Virginia gets complete performance in rout of No. 16 Kansas State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Inconsistent for most of the season, West Virginia finally put together an all-around performance to boast about against a ranked opponent. Jarret Doege threw two touchdown passes, Dylan Tonkery returned an interception for a score and West Virginia beat No. 16 Kansas State, 37-10, on Saturday. Leddie...
With Dalton out, Pine-Richland grad DiNucci set to start for CowboysVideo
FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys declared quarterback Andy Dalton out Saturday for their game in Philadelphia because of a concussion, clearing the way for rookie Ben DiNucci’s first start. DiNucci, a Pine-Richland graduate, will appear in prime time Sunday night against the Eagles (2-4-1) in his home state of...
5 things we learned in opening round of WPIAL football playoffs
Sto-Rox’s coach LaRoi Johnson has a bundle of 2-point plays he will call in any situation, but with Friday’s game on the line, he summoned his sophomore kicker. Johnson admits even he wouldn’t have predicted that’s how his Vikings would win their WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal. Yet, Adam Devine made...
Mark Madden’s hot take: Baseball no longer belongs to fans, and they’re catching on
I hadn’t watched a baseball game in its entirety all year. Baseball is boring. Too rarely does anybody run the bases or chase the ball. I don’t give a flip about the three true outcomes. I want the ball to be in play. But I watched the World Series Tuesday...
’78 Steelers players see similar traits, styles in this year’s 6-0 start
The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers started a season with six consecutive wins, they had a defense littered with Pro Bowl players, a strong-armed quarterback seeking his third Super Bowl ring and a core of talented young wide receivers. The Steelers also were recovering from a turbulent offseason that followed...
Former Shady Side star Skyy Moore ready to begin sophomore season at Western Michigan
The Western Michigan football team returns to the field Nov. 4 to take on Akron, and former Shady Side Academy star Skyy Moore couldn’t be more elated. “I’m super excited, and I feel like we’ve been working long, longer than usual, so I’m just happy to get back on the...
Pirates A to Z: After a lost season, JT Brubaker showed he has the stuff to be a starter
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z, an alphabetical player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Anthony Alford to pitcher Trevor Williams. (The only MLB player with a surname that starts with Z is Detroit Tigers pitcher Jordan Zimmerman). JT Brubaker Position: Pitcher Throws: Right...
Clairton’s Dontae Sanders racks up 428 rushing yards in Class A win over OLSH
“Prime Time” was the nickname of NFL great Deion Sanders, but Clairton senior Dontae Sanders might need to repurpose the nickname, looking more like Barry Sanders in prime time in Clairton’s playoff win Friday night. Sanders rushed for 428 yards and six touchdowns, leading Clairton to a 54-20 victory over...
WPIAL football playoff opening round scores for Oct. 30, 2020
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s WPIAL high school football playoff action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • 6A (semifinals): No. 3 CENTRAL CATHOLIC 35, No. 2 MT. LEBANON 0 Central Catholic defensive lineman Bralen Henderson had four sacks and his teammates added four more. • 5A: No. 4...
Plum shuts down McKeesport to reach first WPIAL semifinal since 1996
The Plum and McKeesport football teams were no strangers to each other when they met Friday at Plum’s Mustangs Stadium for a berth in the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals. The Tigers and Mustangs clashed for the eighth time in the past 10 years. The latest meeting was one of the...
Penn-Trafford’s defense does talking against Upper St. Clair in rout
With two high-scoring offenses meeting Friday night at Warrior Stadium, some expected a shootout. Penn-Trafford shot down that notion. The fourth-seeded Warriors took the air out of No. 5 Upper St. Clair and produced a pair of 100-yard rushers in a relatively painless 35-7 victory in a WPIAL Class 5A...
Dominant Central Catholic defense shuts out Mt. Lebanon, returns to WPIAL finalsVideo
Like old west prospectors searching for gold, defensive lineman Bralen Henderson and his Central Catholic teammates spent this fall talking about nuggets. That’s his defense’s lingo for shutouts. They’d found none in the regular season, so questions lingered whether they were good enough to find any. That made Friday’s win...
Thomas Jefferson bounces back from loss, routs Mars in Class 4A
If there was any thought Thomas Jefferson was in trouble in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs after dropping its regular season finale to McKeesport, the Jaguars quickly squashed that notion Friday night. No. 2 TJ got three first-half passing touchdowns from Jake Pugh, two to Preston Zandier and one to...
Next 4 games will determine if Pitt can salvage its season
When Pat Narduzzi fired Shawn Watson in 2019 after two seasons as Pitt’s offensive coordinator, he did not arrive at that nasty bit of business easily. Watson was more than a trusted colleague. At the time of Watson’s hiring, Narduzzi called him “one of my first mentors in this business.”...
Fred Funk makes cut, Ryan Armour, Wyndham Clark share Bermuda lead
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Ryan Armour and Wyndham Clark survived ferocious wind Friday in the Bermuda Championship to share the lead going into a weekend that includes 64-year-old Fred Funk. Armour could only guess where the 30 mph gusts would blow his golf ball across Port Royal. The 44-year-old from Ohio...
No. 1 Clemson turns to DJ Uiagalelei before expected with Trevor Lawrence outVideo
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney always planned for talented freshman quarterback DJ Uiagalelei to take over for Trevor Lawrence, just not this weekend against Boston College. That’s the situation for the Tigers, however, after Lawrence tested positive for covid-19. He is out against the Eagles (4-2, 3-2 ACC) and his status...
