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Former MAC quarterbacks Maxwell, Reese find home, success with unbeaten IUP
Quarterbacks of Lenny Williams’ ilk don’t come along every day. During his time at IUP, the Sto-Rox product was one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in Division II, rushing for 2,787 yards and throwing for 8,189 while accounting for more than 100 touchdowns. So in the first season of the...
First Call: Ex-Pirate Charlie Morton is postseason star; Marc-Andre Fleury wins Vegas opener
In “First Call” Thursday, another postseason ex-Pirate moment. Marc-Andre Fleury’s 2019 is off to a good start in Vegas. Jon Gruden is mad about Vontaze Burfict’s suspension. Clutch Chuck Former Pirate Charlie Morton already has a World Series Game 7 win to his credit. He did that for the Houston...
New chapter of Steelers-Ravens rivalry has different feel
Thursday’s podcast takes a trip down to Baltimore. We check in with Jeremy Conn of 105.7 The Fan. The Ravens come to Heinz Field Sunday afternoon to play the Steelers. Conn gives us the reasons behind the ups and downs of the Ravens so far in 2019. Few teams looked...
U mad, bro? Fans pounce on Clint Hurdle firing, Steelers offense, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith
Are you mad about the Steelers? You’ve come to the right place. Angered over how the Pirates mangled the firing of Clint Hurdle? I’ve got you covered. Hate the NFL pass interference debate? Come on in. The water is just fine. Wanna nitpick minor flaws on supermodels wearing costumes of...
Tim Benz: In awful AFC, Steelers not dead yetVideo
An interesting dynamic is brewing in the AFC. It’s good news for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The dynamic is that, right now, most of the conference is awful. Not just the crummy AFC North. The whole conference has been lousy so far. It’s so bad, even at 1-3, the struggling Steelers...
Yandy Diaz homers twice as Rays beat Athletics in AL wild-card gameVideo
OAKLAND, Calif. — When he got to second base, Yandy Diaz stole a glance back toward the dugout and saw all his teammates going crazy. He gleefully kept running. Out for two months, no matter. Diaz slugged baseball’s lowest spender into a playoff matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced...
Nationals-Dodgers star-studded matchup all over fieldVideo
LOS ANGELES — Aces galore on the mound. Power hitters in the lineups. Shutdown relievers out of the bullpen. The National League Division Series between the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers is a perfect fit for Hollywood. There are stars all over the field. Having won a franchise-record 106...
Christian Yelich watches helplessly as Brewers fall short again
MILWAUKEE — Christian Yelich watched helplessly from the dugout as Milwaukee’s season ended. The Brewers controlled the first 71⁄3 innings of Tuesday’s NL wild-card game in Washington before a stunning collapse. All-Star closer Josh Hader was wild, and Milwaukee got stung by a disputed hit-by-pitch, a broken-bat base hit and...
Yankees have many roster and lineups decisions to makeVideo
NEW YORK — New nameplates greeted Yankees players in their clubhouse ahead of the Division Series against Minnesota: “OCTOBER SAVAGES” is spelled out under each number, a reference to manager Aaron Boone’s famous tirade at an umpire in July. As players worked out at Yankee Stadium on a summer-like Wednesday,...
Braves’ Ronald Acuna, Freddie Freeman healthy for Game 1 vs. Cardinals
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves’ top sluggers say they’re ready for the postseason. Freddie Freeman and Ronald Acuna Jr., two keys to Atlanta’s lineup who suffered late-season injuries, say they are healthy for the NL Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Acuna’s status for Thursday’s Game 1 was the...
New girls tennis champs will be crowned in WPIAL doubles
New WPIAL champions will be crowned on Thursday when the doubles tournaments conclude at the Oxford Athletic Club in Wexford. On Wednesday, four pairings, two from AA and two from AAA, worked their way into the finals. In Class AA, Knoch’s Ally Bauer and Libby Conlon will take on Greensburg...
Have the Penguins reclaimed their speed?
It was a throwback to a bygone era during the late stages of Penguins practice in Cranberry on Wednesday. They performed a task they have largely ignored for roughly half a decade. A shootout drill. Players in black and yellow jerseys took turns on goaltenders Tristan Jarry and Matt Murray,...
Pitt set to follow Jimmy Morrissey, Damar Hamlin into the meat of scheduleVideo
Jimmy Morrissey was torn between telling the truth and trying not to disrespect a defeated opponent. He managed to succeed on both fronts, but the bottom line going forward for Pitt’s junior center and co-captain is this: Pitt’s offense needs to get better. “We put up 17 points last week...
Steelers run defense to face stiffest test against RavensVideo
Overlooked in the Pittsburgh Steelers sacking Andy Dalton a career-high eight times Monday night was that the defense produced its best performance stopping the run in a 27-3 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. Opponents averaged 139 rushing yards against the Steelers in their 0-3 start. The Bengals finished with just...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers counting on LBs Mark Barron, Devin BushVideo
Neither Mark Barron nor Devin Bush has ever played against Lamar Jackson, so the Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebackers can only go by what they have watched on film. Barron and Bush are impressed by the Baltimore Ravens second-year quarterback, who has evolved into the NFL’s most dangerous dual-threat playmaker. “It’s...
Mark Madden: Penguins will be better than last season
Are the Penguins going to win the Stanley Cup in 2020? Let me answer that question with a question: Did anybody predict St. Louis would win the Stanley Cup in 2019? The NHL is wide-open, with salary cap-dictated parity seeming to grow by the year. But I can predict without...
JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Conner, Vance McDonald, Cameron Heyward miss Steelers practice
JuJu Smith-Schuster was a surprise addition to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ injury report Wednesday when he sat out practice because of a toe injury. The wide receiver had injured a toe during the opener at New England last month, but he played in the Week 2 loss to Seattle. There was...
Steelers’ James Washington on struggles: ‘Just stay confident’
After not having a catch and only having one pass thrown his direction in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most recent game, James Washington’s season stat line through four weeks sits at six receptions on 15 targets for 88 yards and no touchdowns. So much for that jump coach Mike Tomlin likes...
Steelers LB Vince Williams returns to practice after ‘temporary misery’
Vince Williams hasn’t missed many games in his seven-year NFL career, so few that he can count them on one hand. The Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker was “just mad and uncomfortable” about being forced to sit out the past two games against San Francisco and Cincinnati with a hamstring injury....
Steelers a home underdog for only the 2nd time in almost 3 years
The Pittsburgh Steelers won their first game of the season Monday. The professional sports handicappers aren’t impressed that it will be enduring. For just the second time since Week 7 of the 2016 season, the Steelers are a home underdog. According to www.BetOnline.ag, the Baltimore Ravens are 3 ½-point favorites...
Longtime Cardinals owner William V. Bidwill dies at 88Video
TEMPE, Ariz. — William V. Bidwill, who owned the NFL’s Cardinals franchise in three cities, has died. He was 88. The team announced that Bidwill passed away Wednesday. A cause of death wasn’t immediately given. “Our dad passed away today the same way he lived his life: peacefully, with grace,...
Cox’s EAF program to take participants to Penn State game
Educated Athletes First is providing another college tour experience and stepping up its game at that. EAF, the nonprofit venture of former Jeannette star athlete Demetrious Cox and his father, Dorsey, designed to help aspiring athletes and their parents along the path to college-level sports and academics, will hit the...
Steelers QB Taryn Christion’s role for 1st week: imitating Ravens’ Lamar JacksonVideo
Mike Tomlin on Tuesday lamented that the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t have anyone on their roster who could help them appropriately prepare for the distinctive skillset of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. So they made a call that night to, of all places, South Dakota, where a young man getting a...
Alex Galchenyuk resumes practicing with the PenguinsVideo
Penguins forward Alex Galchenyuk resumed practicing for the first time in a week Wednesday in Cranberry. Skating primarily on a line with Evgeni Malkin and Brandon Tanev, Galchenyuk reported feeling good in his recovery from an undisclosed injury. While he has skated on his own (or with a coach) before...
Point Park men’s basketball coach sets new team for 3×3 tourney in China
Point Park men’s basketball coach Joe Lewandowski has assembled another 3-on-3 team to represent the states overseas. Lewandowski, who guided Team USA to a FIBA 3x3 World Cup title with a 7-0 record over the summer in Amsterdam, will lead another four-player crew to the 2019 FIBA Men’s 3x3 U23...
