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With Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig ailing, Steelers’ depth at OLB might get tested early on
A reasonable case can be made that T.J. Watt is the NFL’s best edge defender of his era. A similarly rational argument could be posited that Watt and Alex Highsmith form the NFL’s best tandem of pass rushers off the edge. Additionally, with a stat line of 81⁄2 sacks over...
U.S. Open gets testy: Taylor Townsend, Jelena Ostapenko have tense back-and-forth
NEW YORK — U.S. Open opponents Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko got into a face-to-face argument on the Court 11 sideline right after Townsend won their second-round match 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday. Townsend, an American who is ranked No. 1 in doubles, said Ostapenko, a Latvian, who won the 2017...
Robert Morris football team ready for challenges, including West Virginia in opener
Robert Morris returned to the Northeast Conference to reestablish itself amongst rivals. The Colonials were in the conference from 1996 to 2019 and went 4-2 in the NEC last season for a 7-5 overall record after four seasons in the Big South. “That’s where we belong,” coach Bernard Clark said....
Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to Green Bay Packers
Micah Parsons is headed to the Green Bay Packers after a blockbuster trade Thursday, leaving the Dallas Cowboys after a lengthy contract dispute. The two-time All-Pro edge rusher confirmed the deal in a text to the Associated Press. A person with knowledge of the details said Parsons and the Packers...
Braxton Ashcraft battles, but Cardinals pull away from Pirates with 3-run 7th to split series
The Pittsburgh Pirates were positioned for their third consecutive series win but couldn’t overcome their biggest offensive issue: They continue to come up empty with runners in scoring position. The Pirates went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position, leaving eight runners on base, and stranded runners on third...
Robert Morris men’s basketball to open season at Iowa
Robert Morris’ men’s basketball season will tip off against a familiar face. The Colonials will visit Iowa on Nov. 4, for a meeting with Hawkeyes and Alvaro Folgueiras, who helped lead Robert Morris to the Horizon League regular-season and tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament last winter....
Penn State’s James Franklin’s hopes to create depth while limiting his stars’ workload
Balancing the present and the future can be tricky for a college football coach. As Penn State continues preparations for what could be a special season, James Franklin is pleased with the way his talented veterans progressed through preseason camp. But Franklin also knows 2026 is coming fast. The Nittany...
Tim Benz: Sharpening Joey Porter Jr.’s skills every bit as important as new additions to secondary
Most of the attention on the Steelers’ secondary has been centered on new guys coming in and some key contributors heading out. Jalen Ramsey, Darius Slay, Brandin Echols and Juan Thornhill are chief among the new additions. The likes of Minkah Fitzpatrick, Donte Jackson and Damontae Kazee are playing elsewhere....
Fox Chapel author details ‘The Rebirth and Rise of Duquesne University Football’
It was 1969 when a group of college-aged boys gathered in St. Martin’s Hall at Duquesne University to ignite a grassroots effort to return football to the Bluff. Fox Chapel resident Sam Costanzo helped draw up the game plan – and said it was sheer industriousness and passion that led...
Deion Sanders calls for paying players who reach the playoff; Nick Saban supports the proposal
Leave it to Deion Sanders to come up with an idea for the College Football Playoff that nobody has really mentioned yet: Pay the players for making the tournament, and pay them more when their teams win. If they do that, then “now it’s equality, now it’s even and every...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans find preseason useless, stick up for Mike Tomlin in the face of criticism
Steelers fans are still hammering Cam Heyward. They are torching my takes on Mike Tomlin. And they are pounding the NFL preseason. Then we punctuate by punishing the Pirates. All that and more in this week’s “U mad, bro?” Mark is complaining about sloppy regular-season football over the first few...
First Call: Miami GM ‘shocked’ to get Minkah Fitzpatrick; 2 rumored Steelers targets go elsewhere in AFC North
Thursday’s “First Call” has the Miami perspective on the Dolphins’ big offseason trade with the Steelers. A pair of potential Steelers are heading to Cleveland and Cincinnati. Ex-Pirate Ke’Bryan Hayes had a rough night against Shohei Ohtani. And T.J. McConnell’s popularity in Indianapolis knows no limits. Swimming with the Dolphins...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 27, 2025: Carlson Reed, 2 relievers throw 2-hit shutout for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 73-54) lost 6-3 to Buffalo (Blue Jays). RRF Nick Yorke (.283) went 2 for 4 with a double, run scored and RBI. SS Cam Devanney (.264) went 2 for 5 with an RBI. DH Nick Solak (.332) went 1 for 3 with a double and an RBI. RHP...
Trib 10: Week Zero surprises shake up big school, small school power rankings
Some eyebrow raisers up and down the WPIAL led to some early changes in both the big and small school power rankings heading into Week 1. In the big school Trib 10, top-ranked Central Catholic lost to District 12 power LaSalle College in Week Zero, but it wasn’t enough to...
Bubba Chandler shines again, Tommy Pham lifts Pirates to victory
Pirates right-hander Bubba Chandler is checking off boxes and he’s doing it quickly. Chandler, the top pitching prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline, picked up his first major-league win Wednesday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis as the Pirates held off the Cardinals to earn a 2-1 win,...
Kevin May steps up to lead Seton Hill football team into season opener
From Day to May. By a single letter, Seton Hill enters another college football season under its fifth coach since the birth of the school’s program in 2005. Kevin May is in. Dan Day is out. “I didn’t need to be a figurehead, but when this really came down, I...
Drew Allar’s command of Penn State’s offense is the focus in Year 2 with offensive coordinator Kotelnicki
STATE COLLEGE — Andy Kotelnicki and Drew Allar have developed quite the coach- quarterback tandem in their 18 months together. Their partnership has grown to the point where Kotelnicki, Penn State’s second-year offensive coordinator, let Allar plan out most of what the No. 2 Nittany Lions would drill during their final...
Chargers’ Najee Harris returns to practice after July 4 fireworks mishap and could play in opener
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Najee Harris practiced Wednesday for the first time since the Los Angeles Chargers running back injured his eye in a July 4 fireworks mishap. The team activated him from the non-football injury/illness list, making him eligible to play in the Chargers’ season-opening game against Kansas City...
YouTube TV reaches ‘short-term extension’ in dispute with Fox, warding off immediate disruptions
NEW YORK — YouTube TV says it’s reached a “short-term extension” in its contract dispute with Fox, meaning subscribers of the Google-owned streamer won’t see immediate disruptions of Fox channels on the platform. The current carriage agreement between YouTube TV and Fox originally faced a Wednesday afternoon deadline — with...
Man United humiliated in penalty shootout loss to 4th-division team Grimsby Town in League CupVideo
GRIMSBY, England — Manchester United sank to a new low under Ruben Amorim by getting eliminated by fourth-tier Grimsby Town after a marathon penalty shootout in the second round of the English League Cup on Wednesday. Grimsby won 12-11 on spot-kicks at 9,000-capacity Blundell Park on England’s east coast, with...
As business of college football booms, the Chiefs bet big on Nebraska-Cincinnati game in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cincinnati will be playing a home game in Nebraska’s own backyard Thursday night. The crowd, most of which will be making a relatively short drive south to Arrowhead Stadium, will be almost entirely behind the Huskers. So why did the Bearcats agree to play in Kansas...
QB Will Howard goes on injured reserve as Steelers roster shuffling continues
The Pittsburgh Steelers continued to tinker with their 53-man roster Wednesday when they placed quarterback Will Howard and defensive back Donte Kent on injured reserve and signed offensive lineman Max Scharping and safety Chuck Clark, according to a source. Howard and Kent must miss a minimum of four games while...
Surviving roster cuts just 1st step for Steelers players who occupied the bubble
A day after the Pittsburgh Steelers unveiled their initial 53-man roster, players on the proverbial bubble expressed emotions that varied about as much as their skill sets. For seventh-round draft pick Carson Bruener, it was a sigh of relief and an affirmation that his special teams work — and not...
With vets, new faces, a few wrinkles, Pitt prepares to debut Kade Bell’s 2025 offense
Much of the talk surrounding Pitt’s prospects this season centers around Eli Holstein’s performance. That’s unsurprising and an accurate place to begin the conversation about the Panthers. Holstein’s play — and his health — carry major implications for Pitt football this fall, good or bad. For coordinator Kade Bell, Holstein...
Beanie Bishop, Robert Woods, DeMarvin Leal among those on Steelers’ initial practice squad
Welcome back, recently cut Pittsburgh Steelers. Of the 37 players cut from the 90-man camp roster in the lead up to Tuesday’s league-mandated deadline, 16 were back with the team and at practice Wednesday after they were added to the practice squad. The entire initial practice squad consists of players...
