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Red Sox eliminate Rays with late sacrifice fly
BOSTON — Kike Hernandez delivered Boston’s second straight walk-off win, scoring pinch-runner Danny Santana with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to send the Red Sox to the AL Championship Series with a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. After winning Game 3 of their...
2-time NBA champion J.R. Smith makes NCAA golf debut for North Carolina A&TVideo
BURLINGTON, N.C. — J.R. Smith couldn’t help but feel anxious. Sure, he had spent 16 years playing in the NBA, making millions and winning two world championships in packed arenas at the highest level of a global sport. But he had never been in the situation like he was Monday:...
Joc Pederson delivers in pinch again; Braves blank Brewers for 2-1 NLDS leadVideo
ATLANTA — Joc Pederson credits his postseason success to “not making any moment bigger than it needs to be.” With another jolt, Pederson put the Atlanta Braves on the verge of advancing in the playoffs. Pederson kept enhancing his “Joctober” nickname with a three-run, pinch-hit homer and the Braves shut...
Alle-Kiski Valley Campus Clippings: IUP’s Brown does it all
Duane Brown was a double-edged sword that cut through the Clarion football team Saturday. The IUP junior punt returner and receiver from Apollo-Ridge earned Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Special Teams Athlete of the Week honors after totaling 75 yards on three punt returns in a 58-21 victory over the Eagles....
Jon Gruden out as Raiders coach over offensive emails
Jon Gruden is out as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. A person familiar with the decision said Monday that Gruden is stepping down after The New York Times reported that Gruden frequently used misogynistic...
Duquesne adds graduate assistant to active roster
Duquesne’s basketball season starts in less than a month, but Keith Dambrot is still putting the finishing touches on his team. With a scholarship available, Duquesne has added Davis Larson, who until recently was a graduate assistant on Dambrot’s staff, to the active roster for the upcoming season. Larson, a...
No bull: Henry Mondeaux filling in admirably on Steelers’ defensive line
Henry Mondeaux’s execution of his first career sack was exquisite. The celebratory dance that followed? Not as much. “It was supposed to be a matador,” the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman said Monday of his moves the day prior, “but I don’t know how good it looked out there because I...
What will the Penguins look like to open the season?Video
The Pittsburgh Penguins will see something familiar Tuesday night. A banner is being raised to celebrate a championship. But they’ll be spectators for that event. The host Tampa Bay Lightning will be the ones celebrated for winning the Stanley Cup championship in July. Four years removed from their most recent...
Deep Steelers WR corps confident it can withstand loss of JuJu Smith-Schuster
Through five games of this still-young season, the Pittsburgh Steelers have endured the equivalent of a one-game absence from each of their top four wide receivers. * Diontae Johnson sat out the Sept. 26 game against the Cincinnati Bengals. * The following week in Green Bay, Chase Claypool was absent....
Penguins announce season-opening roster
The Penguins announced their roster to open the 2021-22 season. It includes: Forwards: Zach Aston-Reese, Teddy Blueger, Jeff Carter, Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, Danton Heinen, Kasperi Kapanen, Sam Lafferty, Evgeni Malkin, Brock McGinn, Evan Rodrigues, Bryan Rust, Dominik Simon, Jason Zucker Defensemen: Brian Dumoulin, Mark Friedman, Kris Letang, John Marino,...
Back after an off week, Pitt must deal with lofty expectations and Virginia Tech
Pat Narduzzi is in the midst of a difficult week of preparation for Saturday’s game against Virginia Tech at loud Lane Stadium. And for good reason. • Pitt hasn’t won there since 2015 — only twice in nine games since the series’ inception in 1993. • Two years ago, Virginia...
Kraken have 5 players in covid protocol on eve of opener
SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken are expected to be without five players for the season opener at Vegas because of covid-19 protocols, coach Dave Hakstol said Monday. Forwards Jared McCann, Joonas Donskoi and Marcus Johansson, and defenseman Jamie Oleksiak were placed on the league’s covid-19 protocol list on Monday. Forward...
Astros dismiss sign-stealing implications by White Sox pitcherVideo
CHICAGO — The Houston Astros found themselves in familiar territory Monday, brushing aside comments by Chicago White Sox reliever Ryan Tepera after he implied they stole signs while winning the first two games of the AL Division Series in their ballpark. “He can say what he wants to say,” Astros...
5 things we learned: Commitment to running game pays off for Steelers
Five things we learned from Steelers 27, Broncos 19: 1. First things first When team president Art Rooney II said in the offseason that he wanted to see a more effective and efficient running game, what was on display Sunday at Heinz Field likely was what he had in mind....
‘I learned we’re fighters’: No. 7 Penn State faces latest test in rebounding from 1st loss at No. 2 Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ellis Brooks lingered by the Penn State tunnel at the southeast corner of Kinnick Stadium on Saturday night and surveyed the scene. Iowa fans clad in black and gold poured out of the stands, which held a sellout crowd of 69,250 for the top-five matchup, poured...
Ovechkin begins 5-year contract chasing Gretzky’s goals mark
ARLINGTON, Va. — Wayne Gretzky’s 894 career goals has for a long time been one of hockey’s hallowed numbers, a record that would never be broken with scoring in the NHL so different now. But great players will keep coming after the “Great One.” Alex Ovechkin is ready to take...
Game 4 of Astros-White Sox ALDS postponed because of forecast
CHICAGO — Game 4 of the AL Division Series between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox has been postponed because of rain in the forecast. The teams are now set to meet Tuesday afternoon. José Urquidy was scheduled to start Monday for Houston, with Carlos Rodón pitching for Chicago....
Golden Knights, Avalanche appear to be teams to beat in West
The Vegas Golden Knights have made deep playoff runs in three of their four years and are used to being looked at as the team to beat in the Western Conference. Advancing in the postseason, though, is not going to satisfy a young franchise that lost in the Stanley Cup...
NHL Eastern Conference race still runs through ‘Champa Bay’
It’s going on 40 years since the NHL last celebrated a three-peat Stanley Cup champion as part of the New York Islanders’ run of four straight titles from 1980-83. The Lightning have won two straight, and defenseman Victor Hedman doesn’t see why Tampa Bay can’t make it three in a...
Penguins forwards Zach Aston-Reese, Jake Guentzel ruled out for season opener
Penguins forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Jake Guentzel were ruled out for their team’s season-opening road game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach Mike Sullivan said. Both tested positive for covid-19 during the team’s recently completed training camp. Aston-Reese rejoined the team for a morning skate Saturday in Cranberry, and both...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Steelers’ win, Smith-Schuster’s injury, and preview the PenguinsVideo
“All is right with the world. Hockey is about to start. Penguins season about to get underway. The Steelers are victorious over the Denver Broncos. And Mark is wearing his JuJu Smith-Schuster jersey.” So begins another edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLIVE’s Facebook page. Columnists Tim Benz and mark Madden dive...
NHL preview: What to know about the 2021-22 season
There is more high-level hockey on tap over the next nine months than ever before. Thanks to the addition of the Seattle Kraken as the NHL’s 32nd franchise and the return to a full schedule, 1,312 regular-season games are set to be played before the start of the playoffs next...
Mark Madden: Given Penguins’ injuries, here’s what must go right to keep playoff streak intact
If the Penguins were 100% healthy all season, they would definitely make the playoffs for a 16th straight year. But, as the campaign opens, they’re not. Evgeni Malkin had knee surgery. He will miss two months, maybe three. Sidney Crosby had wrist surgery. He was supposed to be out of...
Hempfield graduate Justin Sliwoski relishes chance to start at St. Francis
Hempfield graduate Justin Sliwoski hopes to take care of patients someday as a physician’s assistant. He is good with a different kind of patience, as well. Sliwoski made his first collegiate start Oct. 2 for St. Francis (Pa.), the first time he started a game since his senior year of...
Report: Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster to go on injured reserve with shoulder injury
JuJu Smith-Schuster is expected to be placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury that the fifth-year wide receiver sustained before halftime Sunday in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 27-19 victory against the Denver Broncos. NFL Network and ESPN reported that Smith-Schuster, who was treated at a hospital Sunday night, will have...
