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QB Dwayne Haskins to finish first half when Steelers open preseason in Hall of Fame Game
Mason Rudolph will start at quarterback Thursday when the Pittsburgh Steelers open the preseason against the Dallas Cowboys in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, but former first-round draft pick Dwayne Haskins will close out the first half in his debut with his new team. Coach Mike Tomlin...
Penguins re-sign restricted free agent forward Radim ZohornaVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed restricted free agent forward Radim Zohorna to a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $750,000, the league minimum. Per a release from the team, the contract is a two-way deal for the 2021-22 season and one-way for the 2022-23 campaign. As a rookie in...
Tamyra Mensah-Stock 1st first Black U.S. woman wrestler to win gold
CHIBA, Japan — As Tamyra Mensah-Stock celebrated winning her Olympic gold medal, she hoped her victory would encourage Black girls in the United States to consider wrestling. When she defeated Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu, 4-1, in the women’s 68-kilogram freestyle wrestling final Tuesday, she became the first American Black woman to...
Craig Wolfley to join Steelers radio booth, Max Starks to serve as sideline analyst
Two-time Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman Max Starks was added to the Pittsburgh Steelers radio broadcast team, and Craig Wolfley will move to the booth alongside longtime play-by-play man Bill Hillgrove. iHeartMedia made the announcement in a release Tuesday, two days before the Steelers’ 2021 preseason opener in the Hall of...
First Call: Steelers have ‘1% chance’ to win Super Bowl; Chase Claypool’s bold prediction; Fleury’s nudge to join Blackhawks
Tuesday’s “First Call” shows us that one national outlet isn’t painting a pretty picture for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl chances. Coronavirus is getting in the way of the Steelers’ takeover of Canton for the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions this weekend. Marc-Andre Fleury looks strange in red. Adam...
Mike Sullivan on coaching Team USA, facing Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, belief in Penguins goalies and revamping the bottom 6
Mike Sullivan rattled off the names as if he was reciting his current Penguins roster. However, it was a roster from 41 years ago. And it wasn’t the Penguins. “Mike Eruzione. Jim Craig. Jack O’Callahan. David Silk,” Sullivan said. “Those were the four guys from BU (Boston University) where I...
Tim Benz: Despite crowded depth chart, off-the-radar receivers drawing praise at Steelers training camp
If there is one position where the Steelers have depth — and it really may be just one position — it’s wide receiver. Well, when those receivers hold onto the ball anyway. The 2020 issue of drops aside, the Steelers can boast four wide receivers who seem to have at...
Simone Biles sticks landing in balance beam, wins Olympic bronze
TOKYO — Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by exhaustion or stress or something the American gymnastics star still can’t quite grasp — that forced her to pull out of four Olympic finals saw to that. Yet standing...
Kevin Durant leads U.S. past Spain into Olympic semifinals
SAITAMA, Japan — Back and forth they went, the reigning Olympic champions from the U.S. on one side, the reigning Basketball World Cup champions from Spain on the other. The difference: The Americans had Kevin Durant. He’s never gone to the Olympics and not won gold — and clearly, doesn’t...
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole tests positive for covid-19
NEW YORK — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has tested positive for covid-19 and will not make his scheduled start Tuesday, the latest virus setback for the team. New York manager Aaron Boone made the announcement after Monday night’s 7-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. He said he was told of...
This date in sports history: Aug. 3Video
1852 — The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the 2-mile course. 1949 — The NBA is formed by the merger of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America. 1955 — Scott Frost, driven by...
A look back at Pittsburgh sports in a year of covid restrictions
People have long turned to sports as a break from the challenges and responsibilities that fill their days. But for many, the sporting life is a career, a path to an education or a lifelong passion. Every athlete has his or her own unique motivation for working to excel as...
Bryse Wilson impresses in debut, but Brewers belt Pirates bullpen in 6-2 victory
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ three-game series in Milwaukee means little in the National League Central standings, with the Brewers in first place by 7½ games. But it matters to the Pirates who are using three starting pitchers — Bryse Wilson on Monday night, Max Kranick on Tuesday and Steven Brault on...
T.J. McConnell stays with Pacers as point guards headline NBA free agent signings
Point guards were the immediate focus when the NBA’s free agency window opened Monday night, with Kyle Lowry headed to the Miami Heat, Lonzo Ball on his way to the Chicago Bulls while Chris Paul and Mike Conley landed lucrative deals to remain with their current teams. The Indiana Pacers,...
Steelers Hall of Fame RB Jerome Bettis announces he has tested positive for covid
Three days after Troy Polamalu announced a covid diagnosis, former teammate and Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis said he also has tested positive. On his Twitter account Monday, Bettis wrote that he has mild symptoms and is isolating at home. Bettis said he has been vaccinated. Part 1:...
Allman’s Joy: Discus thrower waits out rain for gold medalVideo
TOKYO — The path to Valarie Allman’s gold medal — the first for the U.S. track and field team at Olympic Stadium — started with, of all things, a plate of spaghetti. That promise of pasta from her high school team was enough to lure her into the discus and...
Steelers ‘discovering’ if fullback Derek Watt can play bigger role on offense
For all of the money the Pittsburgh Steelers spent on fullback Derek Watt in free agency, they didn’t get much return on their investment in 2020. Then again, the Steelers didn’t exactly give Watt a chance to live up to his three-year, $9.75 million contract in his first year with...
Steelers’ Diontae Johnson relies on pre-practice routine to combat dropsVideo
When drops became an issue for Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson early last season, he turned to an unlikely member of the team for help. Speaking to reporters after Monday’s training-camp practice at Heinz Field, Johnson detailed a new pre-practice routine he began last season that’s helped him keep a...
Inside the ropes: Plenty of long balls thrown by Steelers quarterbacks
Plenty has been made recently about the ability (or lack thereof) of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense to stretch the field by throwing deep. It was only one practice in a seven-week preseason, but if Monday’s training-camp session at Heinz Field is any indication, the Steelers won’t have any trouble airing...
Steelers notebook: Mike Tomlin likes physical nature of practice, but not fight that ensued
The Pittsburgh Steelers worked on short-yardage and goal-line situations Monday, which meant a lot of close-contact collisions between the offensive and defensive lines. One rep in a team drill got extra physical when rookie center Kendrick Green and 11-year veteran Cameron Heyward tussled. Rookie left tackle Dan Moore Jr. jumped...
Saban’s new deal worth at least $84.8 million over 8 yearsVideo
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban will make $11.5 million in the final year under a new eight-year contract that’s worth at least $84.8 million. The university released details Monday of Saban’s previously announced deal, after the board of trustees’ compensation committee formally approved it. Saban, who has won...
Nick Chubb inks 3-year extension with BrownsVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Nick Chubb signed a three-year, $36.6 million contract extension Monday with the Cleveland Browns, an indication of the team’s regard for his skills as an elite running back and his quiet, unassuming leadership. The Browns made sure they locked him up early in training camp as they...
NFL Alumni, CDC fight covid-19 vaccination hesitancy
Marshall Faulk’s high school football coach died of covid-19 early on in the pandemic. The coronavirus hit home for Rod Woodson when he and his family got sick and his daughter’s boyfriend lost his father. They are two of 15 Hall of Famers among 40 current and former players who...
Steven Brault recovered, will pitch Wednesday against Brewers, but Pirates lose Chad Kuhl to covid injured list
On the day the Pittsburgh Pirates welcomed back their best pitcher from 2020, a rotation regular through most of 2021 must sit down. Manager Derek Shelton said Monday that Steven Brault, who has missed the entire season with a left lat strain (latissimus dorsi muscle in his back), will pitch...
Penguins forward Brock McGinn is ready for tough expectations
Toughness can be defined a lot of ways in hockey. A generation or two ago, it could have been tabulated by penalty minutes or fighting majors. Today, the sport has a far less pugilistic bent. But being tough is still an attribute that is as vital to the sport as...
