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Former Pitt kicker Chris Blewitt sets USFL record as Pittsburgh Maulers earn 1st victory of season
Chris Blewitt made quite an impact in his debut with the Pittsburgh Maulers on Sunday. But the former Pitt kicker had some help leading the Maulers to their first victory of the season. Blewitt connected on a USFL-record five field goals, and wide receiver Bailey Gaither scored the team’s first...
NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover rained out, moved to Monday
DOVER, Del. — Chase Elliott missed so many races because of a broken leg that NASCAR’s most popular driver likely needs to win one just to make the playoffs. How does a repeat rainout victory at the Monster Mile sound? Elliott picked up the win on a Monday last season...
Pirates trade catcher Tyler Heineman to Blue Jays for minor league infielder Vinny Capra
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded catcher Tyler Heineman to the Toronto Blue Jays for infielder Vinny Capra on Sunday. Heineman, who started 52 games for the Pirates last season and three this year, was designated for assignment Wednesday. Heineman returns to Toronto, where he played 10 games for the Blue Jays...
Gateway’s Gratton sisters face off on softball field for respective college teams
When Kayla and Deanna Gratton shared the softball diamond growing up, they always did it on the same team. But on April 8, the Monroeville sisters and Gateway High School graduates found themselves on opposite sides for the first time. Kayla, a junior captain for Waynesburg, and Deanna, a freshman...
Penn Hills grad Yasmine Logan finding comfort, success at Ohio U
Building relationships and the ability to maintain them is something Yasmine Logan came by honestly. The 2020 Penn Hills graduate learned through life communication is easier when things are direct. When Logan went to Ohio University to play softball, not much changed about her approach. When things need to be...
Steelers add kicker, 1 of nation’s sack leaders, ‘Monte the Mullet,’ 4 other undrafted free agents
The morning after completing a draft that has gotten rave reviews, the Pittsburgh Steelers announced the addition of seven undrafted free agents. Of note are four-year collegiate starters at quarterback and center, a player who finished tied for third in FBS in sacks last season, some competition for veteran kicker...
An NBA Playoffs total play and a Stanley Cup Playoffs parlay: Best Bets for April 30
By GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Pirates reliever Cody Bolton tosses 2 scoreless innings in major-league debut at Nationals
Cody Bolton went from top-10 prospect for the Pittsburgh Pirates to one who wondered whether he would get a shot at pitching in the major leagues — and only did after reinventing himself. Four words best describe Bolton’s major-league debut Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader against the...
Pirates farm report for April 29, 2023: Henry Davis hammers another homer for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 10-16) handled Columbus (Guardians), 8-5. RHP Luis Ortiz (2-1, 2.45) started and went six innings, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks with six strikeouts. CF Josh Palacios (.407) went 2 for 3 with a pair of home runs, his third and fourth, and five RBIs...
Riverhounds settle for draw in Indianapolis
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds gave up a late goal and had to settle for a draw in a road game against the Indy Eleven on Saturday night. The Riverhounds (2-2-4) took a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute when Albert Dikwa took a long pass from Luke Biasi, broke in on...
Drew Maggi collects 1st MLB hit, RBI in Pirates’ blowout win over NationalsVideo
Drew Maggi thought things would more or less die down when the Pittsburgh Pirates hit the road for six straight games away from home. Maggi had felt the love at PNC Park earlier this week, with Pirates fanatics warmly cheering on the 33-year-old and chanting his name when he made...
QB Tanner Morgan among undrafted free agents reportedly signed by Steelers
A record-setting quarterback and a fullback named “Monte the Mullet” highlight the group of rookie free agents reportedly signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers after the draft ended. Five-year University of Minnesota starting quarterback Tanner Morgan will become the third quarterback on the Steelers’ roster headed into organized team activities. According...
‘Khan Artist’ gets passing grade from Mike Tomlin after navigating 1st Steelers draft
For his first NFL Draft as Pittsburgh Steelers general manager, Omar Khan swung two trades, moving up to get a first-round pick and moving back to acquire the fourth-round selection he had given away a day earlier. All the while, Khan used his seven selections over three days to make...
Steelers sign veteran slot CB Chandon Sullivan during the draft, per agentVideo
Not satisfied with merely adding two cornerbacks in the draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a rare signing of a veteran during it. Slot/nickel back Chandon Sullivan will join the Steelers, according to a post to the Twitter account of the agency that represents him, Katz Brothers Sports. Katz Brothers did...
Tim Benz: Annual ‘What the Steelers didn’t get in the draft’ column has very different tone this year
My annual “What the Steelers didn’t get in the NFL Draft” column is going to take on a different tone this year. That’s because a quote from coach Mike Tomlin before the draft actually resonates more now than it did Monday. “We’ve been able to do some things in free...
Steelers NFL Draft bio in brief: Spencer Anderson
Spencer Anderson Seventh-round pick, No. 251 overall Offensive lineman, Maryland 6-foot-4, 305 pounds Stats: Made 32 starts and appeared in 38 games over four college seasons, starting each of Maryland’s 31 games the past three seasons. Hometown: Bowie, Md. Maryland running back Roman Hemby gives the Terps a 7-0 lead...
Steelers use final draft pick to add versatile Maryland lineman Spencer Anderson
The Pittsburgh Steelers concluded the NFL Draft the way they started it: by taking an offensive lineman. With their second selection of the seventh round Saturday, No. 251 overall, the Steelers took Maryland’s Spencer Anderson. His selection bookends with left tackle Broderick Jones, who was chosen by the Steelers with...
Steelers NFL Draft bio in brief: Cory Trice
CORY TRICE Seventh-round pick, No. 241 overall Cornerback, Purdue 6-3, 206 Numbers: In 30 career games at Purdue, he started 24 games and totaled 106 tackles, five interceptions and 15 pass breakups. … He had a team-high 10 pass breakups and two interceptions in his senior year in 2022. …...
Steelers take another cornerback in 7th round, 6-foot-3 Cory Trice
This might be looked back on as a draft in which the Pittsburgh Steelers went big at cornerback. Really big. Less than 24 hours after drafting 6-foot-2 ½, 193-pound cornerback Joey Porter Jr. in Round 2, the Steelers spent the first of their two seventh-round picks on an even bigger...
Brandon Hill chosen by Texans, 8th Pitt defensive back drafted in past 6 years
The list of Pitt defensive backs recruited and developed under coach Pat Narduzzi and eventually drafted by an NFL team grew by two to eight Saturday when the Houston Texans selected strong safety Brandon Hill in the seventh round (No. 249 overall). Hill’s partner at safety, Erick Hallett II, was...
West Virginia defensive tackle Dante Stills goes to Cardinals in 6th round
During his record-setting career at West Virginia, defensive tackle Dante Stills evolved from a freshman All-American in 2018 to a four-time All-Big 12 selection. He was second-team all-conference in 2019 and 2020, rising to first team in 2021 and 2022. All those months in the weight room, at practice and...
Jaguars pick Pitt safety Erick Hallett II in 6th round
If there’s one trait the NFL values over almost every other, it’s reliability. And former Pitt free safety Erick Hallett II certainly showed that by finishing his college career by making 31 consecutive starts. The Jacksonville Jaguars were paying attention, and they made Hallett a sixth-round draft choice Saturday (the...
Eagles acquire RB D’Andre Swift from Lions
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles acquired running back D’Andre Swift from the Detroit Lions in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round pick. The two teams also swapped 2023 seventh-round picks. Swift, a former St. Joseph’s Prep star who attended Georgia, will provide the Eagles with a dynamic talent in the backfield. He...
Odds update for each second round series in the 2023 NBA Playoffs
BY GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports The 2023 NBA Playoffs are off to a crazy start with high seeds dropping like flies. If you’re a bettor who had futures on the NBA Finals favorites, the Milwaukee Bucks, or the new kids on the block, the Cleveland Cavaliers or Memphis...
Pirates sweep Nationals doubleheader with 16-1 rout in Game 2, earn 20th win
It took all of one day for the Pittsburgh Pirates to earn a series victory against the Washington Nationals. Having taken down the Nationals in the first game of Saturday’s day-night doubleheader, the Pirates scored runs in six of the first seven innings of the nightcap to win 16-1, setting...
