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Points to ponder while waiting to watch Pitt play at Duke
In his weekly Thursday chats with reporters — after “the hay is in the barn” as he occasionally points out — Pat Narduzzi almost always praises his team for a good week of work. He took it a step further this week when he said Pitt had “three really passionate...
No. 12 Penn State and flashy receiver KJ Hamler host Purdue
UNIVERSITY PARK — KJ Hamler’s juking, high-stepping, highlight-reel performance a week ago earned him praise from coaches and teammates. Penn State’s star receiver knows he can catch more than six passes for 108 yards in a game and points to his 58-yard touchdown catch-and-run against Maryland. “I don’t think last...
Justin Verlander, Jose Altuve lead Astros past Rays in Game 1 of ALDSVideo
HOUSTON — Asked what went wrong for his Tampa Bay Rays, manager Kevin Cash invented a word. “We got Verlandered,” Cash said. Justin Verlander looked every bit the October ace. Jose Altuve polished his postseason resume, and the Houston Astros kept rolling, beating the Rays, 6-2, on Friday to open...
WPIAL Week 6 football: How to watch, listen and find scores
This is the week for big matchups in WPIAL football. Franklin Regional-Gateway. Mt. Lebanon-Upper St. Clair. Central Valley-Thomas Jefferson. It doesn’t get any bigger in Week 6. You can find a complete list of all the games being broadcast here. And when results start to roll in, you can find...
Fishing report: Walleye active along Monongahela River in Washington County
• Walleye are starting to bite more and more throughout the stretch of the Monongahela River that winds through Washington County. In particular, the walleye appear to be most active around the locks and dams. Anglers are reporting a handful of white bass catches as well. • Dutch Fork Lake...
Teddy Blueger finds place on Penguins’ fourth line
Thursday’s season opener between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres involved some of the most voracious television markets for hockey in the United States. Countless television set between Leetsdale and Lackawanna, N.Y., and several other towns, villages and hamlets along the corridors of Interstates 79 and 90, were tuned into...
Pirates extend television deal to keep AT&T SportsNet as their television home
The Pittsburgh Pirates and AT&T Sports Networks on Friday announced a multi-year extension of their television rights deal that will continue to make AT&T SportsNet the regional television home for the Pirates. The network will televise at least 150 live Pirates game, along with pre- and post-game coverage and team-related...
Mark Madden: Time for Steelers to expand game plan for Mason Rudolph
I’ve been told all week via Twitter that throwing the ball an average distance of three-and-a-half yards doesn’t translate to a popgun offense. In fact, I’m told it equates to Tom Brady’s offense with New England, or the Steelers’ offense during Ben Roethlisberger’s rookie season in 2004. Those Steelers went...
Pitt basketball team practices at Pitt-Greensburg
Pitt-Greensburg had some special guests in for a visit Friday. No, they weren’t recruits; these basketball players’ recruiting days have long since passed — and they were courted at a much higher level. But the group has plenty of game and put it on display for spectators inside Chambers Hall....
All Steelers starters practice fully, but JuJu Smith-Schuster and others ‘questionable’ vs. RavensVideo
James Conner, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Vance McDonald practiced for the first time this week Friday, and each of the Pittsburgh Steelers starting skill-position players was a full participant. Only Conner, though, was cleared to play Sunday. On the Steelers’ final injury report of the week, receiver Smith-Schuster and tight end...
Steelers get 1st look at Ravens QB Lamar Jackson as starterVideo
There’s a saying in Baltimore: “You’re not a Raven until you beat the Steelers.” If that’s so, for all Lamar Jackson has done in accounting for 24 touchdowns over his first 12 NFL starts, he apparently won’t truly become a Baltimore Raven until this coming Sunday night at the earliest....
WPIAL team golf championship sites and brackets announced
The brackets and competition sites for next week’s WPIAL boys and girls golf team championships were released Friday. The two Class AA boys semifinal tournaments will take place at Beaver Valley Golf Course and River Forest Golf Course on Tuesday, beginning at 9 a.m. with the top three teams from...
Penguins make changes after season-opening loss to Sabres
A day after an insipid season-opening 3-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena, the Pittsburgh Penguins made several changes to their lines, defensive pairs and power-play units during practice at Cranberry on Friday. The team’s lines and pairs were: 59 Jake Guentzel – 87 Sidney Crosby –...
Steelers aim to contain Antonio Brown’s cousin Marquise of RavensVideo
Sunday won’t be the first time Hollywood comes to Pittsburgh. But it will be the first time Hollywood is wearing enemy colors. A cousin of mercurial former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, rookie Marquise Brown quickly has become a focal point of the Baltimore Ravens offense. And the Ravens play...
NFL Week 5 preview: Packers, Cowboys look to bounce back from 1st lossesVideo
Even with both teams losing last week — the Packers’ defense showed little, and the Cowboys’ offense showed even less — this is a juicy matchup. It almost always seems to be. The Packers have won seven of the past eight in this series, with Dallas’ victory coming during a...
Murrysville baseball trainer partners with Philly bat company to fund cancer researchVideo
Dave Muraco’s initial idea in starting up Grind 24/7 was to give Murrysville baseball players a local place to train and exercise. But when the business opens, he will be doing much more. Through a partnership with a Philadelphia bat company, he will also be raising money for cancer research....
Week before playing Steelers, Ravens add former Steelers linebacker L.J. FortVideo
In the days prior to their first of two annual showdowns with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, the Baltimore Ravens added a reinforcement from the other side. The Ravens earlier this week signed L.J. Fort, a special-teams ace and inside linebacker who spent four seasons with the Steelers. Ravens coach John...
First Call: Ed Reed’s ‘Steelers week’ speech to Ravens; Mark Melancon meltdown
In “First Call” Friday, the Ravens get a “Steelers Week” pep talk from a franchise legend. Mark Melancon melted down. What other teams are doing to Aaron Donald. Bring out the big guns Some have bemoaned the fact that so many of the players who laid the foundation of the...
Riverhounds starting to hit stride as playoffs near
The old saying goes, “Defense wins championships.” And as of late, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC has shown exactly why that’s the case. Before Tuesday’s 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Loudon United FC, the Hounds had not allowed a goal in 698 minutes, which ranks as the second-longest shutout streak in USL Championship...
Robert Morris hockey balancing youth, experience as season begins
The Penguins aren’t the only hockey team in town getting underway for 2019-20 campaign. The Robert Morris Colonials begin their season Saturday at the Island Sports Center. Three-time national champion Michigan Tech visits Neville Island. The Huskies are just one year removed from winning the 2018 Western Collegiate Hockey Association...
Tim Benz: Sabres’ Conor Sheary proves to Penguins that he ‘can still play’
By the middle of the third period, Pittsburgh Penguins fans were booing like they didn’t want to be at PPG Paints Arena anymore. Meanwhile, Conor Sheary was playing like a guy who wanted to be traded back. He scored twice en route to a 3-1 Buffalo Sabres win Thursday night...
Football Footnotes: Antonio Brown reportedly walks out of court; Ravens address in-fighting
This week’s “Friday Football Footnotes” starts with Antonio Brown’s latest slip from reality. Earl Thomas talks about the Baltimore Ravens clubhouse argument last Sunday. We look at the game of the week from the NFC. And we do some long-term forecasting in the AFC. It keeps getting better I know...
Buehler, Muncy lead Dodgers past Nats 6-0 in NLDS openerVideo
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers overpowered the Nationals on the mound and at the plate, extending the dominance that led to a franchise-record 106 victories in the regular season right on into the playoffs. Walker Buehler allowed one hit over six innings, Max Muncy drove in three runs and Los...
Empty Thoughts: Sabres 3, Penguins 1
Observations from the Penguins’ season-opening 3-1 loss to the Sabres. The Penguins were supposed to be faster, hungrier and more attentive than the squad which meekly lost to the Islanders in a four-game sweep during the first round of the 2019 postseason. Instead, on the opening night of the 2019-20...
Russell Wilson throws 4 TD passes, Seahawks hold off Rams 30-29Video
SEATTLE — Russell Wilson threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Chris Carson on fourth-and-goal with 2:28 remaining to give Seattle the lead, Greg Zuerlein missed a 44-yard field goal with 11 seconds left and the Seahawks held on for a wild 30-29 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday...
