Sports category, Page 52

The Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday placed third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes on the 10-day injured list with low back inflammation, marking the second time this season and fifth time in the past three years that the Gold Glove winner’s bothersome back has required a stay on the IL. Hayes, 27, is...

ASHBURN, Va. — Jayden Daniels has been selected as the starting quarterback for the Washington Commanders. Coach Dan Quinn declared Daniels the starter on Monday after two preseason games and a couple of joint practices. Daniels was 12 of 15 for 123 yards at the New York Jets and Miami...

After nearly three weeks of summer camp and with the first game upcoming Aug. 31 against Kent State, outside linebacker Kyle Louis said the new offense is helping prepare the defense for anything opponents might try. “It’s definitely challenging our coverages, our pacing, our conditioning,” he said. “The first week...

BROOKLYN, Mich. — Tyler Reddick capped an emotional week with his second NASCAR Cup Series win this year. Reddick’s mentor, Scott Bloomquist, died in a plane crash just three days before he won at Michigan International Speedway on Monday. “I can’t help but sit here in victory lane and think...

From Seton Hill to Alabama to Greece, basketball is taking Samuel Tabe around the globe. Tabe, a former go-to scorer at Seton Hill, signed to play professionally with AE Psychiko Athens of the Greek Elite League. The 6-foot-5 guard played his last college season at South Alabama, a Division I...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced several hockey operations staff promotions and hirings Monday afternoon. • Assistant general manager Jason Spezza has additionally been named general manager of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. • Amanda Kessel, entering her third year with the Penguins, has been promoted to manager, minor league operations, and will serve...

In interview settings, Zach Frazier is a man of few words. If he were paid by the sentence, he wouldn’t be able to afford a cup of convenience store coffee. Frazier is polite, courteous and professional around reporters. He also is uncomfortable. A sampling from the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie center...

When asked about Kyle Murray’s skills as a tennis player, Saint Vincent coach Brian Niemiec readily admits the rising junior isn’t the most polished. Murray admits it, too. And yet, what Murray might lack in technical proficiency, he makes up for with athleticism and tenacity. Niemiec recalled a match last...

Pitt-Greensburg women’s volleyball coach Kevin Conroy didn’t wait long to name one of his captains for the 2024 season. Immediately after the 2023 season concluded — the Bobcats went 6-21 overall and 3-6 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference — he pulled freshman Madison Friess aside. The job was hers,...

DALLAS — SMU athletic director Rick Hart gets goosebumps pretty easily these days. Whether it’s reflecting on the nearly year-old celebration of getting into the Atlantic Coast Conference or what’s about to happen on the football field his office overlooks, Hart’s emotions flow freely. Even then, Hart says he can’t...

It’s convenient to say exhibition play has no bearing on the NFL regular season. It’s even more convenient to expect a switcheroo in form from exhibition games to real ones by remembering that Kenny Pickett had a passer rating of 158.3 in the 2023 preseason, then fell apart when live...

Monday’s “First Call” has the latest scuttlebutt coming out of San Francisco about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ level of interest in 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk. One ex-Steeler was a standout in a preseason game, another has been released, and a third is retiring at a young age. Plus, we preview the...

At least Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington acknowledged it at one point during his weekly 93.7 The Fan radio show. “I’m not answering your question,” Cherington admitted Sunday as he tried to segue between multiple points during an answer that lasted almost four minutes. The extended response came after...

It may only be August, but Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLive has some alarms going off about the Pittsburgh Steelers. So far, the team has lost both of its preseason games and has scored just 15 points over eight quarters. “There’s every possibility this team could stink,”...

Oneil Cruz already has surpassed every statistical mark from his rookie season and is one shy of tying the franchise record for home runs by a shortstop, set 91 years ago by Hall of Famer Arky Vaughan. Although Cruz leads the Pittsburgh Pirates with 27 doubles and ranks among the...

The American Volleyball Coaches Association released its annual preseason rankings, and it’s no surprise that the Pitt women are again among the top 10. Pitt is ranked No. 4 in the nation (after No. 1 Texas, Nebraska and Wisconsin), making it back-to-back appearances for the Panthers in the top 5...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hideki Matsuyama could feel the tournament getting away from him, an odd sensation considering he had gone 27 holes without a bogey and had a five-shot lead just an hour earlier. Even more improbable was how it ended Sunday. On the verge of a collapse, Matsuyama rolled...

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders, looking for a spark to begin the season, named Gardner Minshew their starting quarterback Sunday. Minshew got the nod over second-year pro Aidan O’Connell after a long battle between the two. The veteran was not decidedly better throughout the competition, but still emerged...

The bad news? Anything relating to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense during Saturday night’s 9-3 preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills. The good news? If anything at all can be learned from last year’s preseason, it’s that there is little correlation between results from the first-team offense in the preseason and...

After ending a 10-game losing streak, the Pittsburgh Pirates took the first two games of their series against the Seattle Mariners and were seeking their third sweep of the season and first at home. But the Pirates’ inability to finish off opponents persisted. Cal Raleigh, Josh Rojas and Dominic Canzone...

Ben Cherington accepted responsibility for the 10-game losing streak that derailed the Pittsburgh Pirates’ postseason hopes but said it hasn’t changed the team’s goals. The Pirates general manager said Sunday afternoon on his weekly radio show that, after a 14-game jump in their win total last year, the expectation remains...