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Man-down Riverhounds edge Indy Eleven on the road
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds played the final 31 minutes of Tuesday’s game a man short but still managed to earn a 1-0 victory over Indy Eleven (3-4-1) at Carroll Stadium in Indianapolis. Tommy Williamson scored on a free kick in the 37th minute to provide the winning tally for the Riverhounds...
Pirates farm report for June 15, 2021: Indianapolis pitchers combine for 3-hitter
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 19-17) rolled past Memphis (Cardinals), 6-1. Five Indians pitchers combined for a three-hitter. RHP Steven Wright (3-2, 4.57) allowed one run on two hits with six strikeouts in five innings to earn the win. LF Jared Oliva (.250) was 2 for 4 with a walk in his second...
Nationals dominate early, stretch Pirates’ losing streak to 9
For those wondering if the Pittsburgh Pirates finally were destined to end their losing streak, the question was answered early. On their way to an 8-1 victory Tuesday night at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., the Washington Nationals scored five runs in the first inning, and the Pirates (23-43) never...
Wide receiver Addison Copeland commits to Pitt; recruiting class grows to 7
Addison Copeland III, a wide receiver from Buffalo, N.Y., joined the recent parade of 2022 prospects to make public their commitment to Pitt when he put the news on his Twitter account Tuesday. 110% committed ??@Pitt_FB @BrennanMarion4 @CoachMcCannERT @wufosports @sportsQUBEtv @CoachDuzzPittFB You can’t even imagine the amount of thought that...
Column: Spieth can see progress in return to Open and TorreyVideo
SAN DIEGO — Jordan Spieth is more interested in what lies ahead than what’s in his rearview mirror. This week affords him a chance to look back because it’s the U.S. Open, and it’s Torrey Pines. Both represent a low point and a turning point in the rough road back....
Nashville Superspeedway welcomes NASCAR Cup debut as track reopensVideo
Erik Moses attended his first NASCAR race in 2019 as an XFL executive looking to poach marketing ideas during a trip to Dover International Raceway. A year later, Dover poached Moses and sent him to Tennessee to re-open Nashville Superspeedway. Moses, hired last August, will open the gates this weekend...
WVU will welcome the return of football fans to Milan Puskar Stadium at 100% capacity
In one of the final steps toward the return to normalcy at West Virginia football games, athletic director Shane Lyons said Tuesday that Milan Puskar Stadium will return to 100% fan capacity this season, with full stadium operating procedures, including pregame tailgating in the parking lots. Plus, all West Virginia...
Wild Things add locals Connor Perry, Ben Vicini to roster
The Washington Wild Things added a local pair to their roster Tuesday, announcing the signings of former Norwin and Pitt standout Connor Perry and Ben Vicini, a West Shamokin and Seton Hill product who just played in the NCAA Division II College World Series. Perry, who most recently played in...
Pirates pitcher Tyler Anderson says changes to baseball may have caused pitchers ‘to cross the line’
With MLB cracking down on the use of illegal substances on baseballs, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Tyler Anderson said Tuesday night that repeated changes to the balls might have caused some pitchers to cross “the line” to counteract “balls that fly.” “When your pitches aren’t doing something the same, I think...
Rays ace Tyler Glasnow hopes to avoid surgery after elbow tearVideo
CHICAGO — Tampa Bay Rays ace Tyler Glasnow has a partially torn elbow ligament, the team said Tuesday, putting in doubt his future for the rest of this season and beyond. An MRI showed Glasnow had a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament and also a flexor strain. The test...
Greensburg native Mark Goetz is WVU’s first All-American golfer
It was a historic day for the West Virginia golf team. That’s because senior and Greensburg native Mark Goetz became the school’s first All-American golfer. Goetz, who just missed qualifying for the NCAA Division I championship, was named an honorable mention All-American by Golfweek. “This is a big moment, not...
Jackson, Goetz look to continue solid play at Sunnehanna Amateur golf tournament
Palmer Jackson and Mark Goetz enter the 68th Sunnehanna Amateur on a roll. Now can two of the top golfers in Western Pennsylvania compete against some of the best golfers across the country, including returning champion Preston Summerhays? The four-day tournament begins Wednesday at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown. Jackson...
Get a covid-19 shot, score 2 free tickets to Pirates game
The Pittsburgh Pirates, who have helped facilitate the covid-19 vaccination of more than 16,000 people, are now offering free tickets as an incentive to those who are still unvaccinated. The Pirates will serve as hosts Saturday at PNC Park to Major League Baseball’s “MLB Vaccinate at the Plate” campaign that...
Mike Tomlin: Steelers ‘tops in the league’ in vaccinations
If the NFL is concerned about its players being slow to receive a covid-19 vaccination, it shouldn’t cast an eye toward the Pittsburgh Steelers. That was the news coach Mike Tomlin relayed Tuesday, the first day of the team’s mandatory minicamp. Tomlin said he is “really comfortable” with the number...
Steelers have near 100% participation for opener of 3-day minicamp at Heinz Field
The first day of minicamp began Tuesday for the Pittsburgh Steelers with 89 of the 90 players on the offseason roster in attendance. The exception was defensive end Stephon Tuitt, who was excused because of the recent death of his brother. Tuitt’s brother, Richard Bartlett III, was killed two weeks...
Franklin Park teen Sophia Gentile among nation’s top powerlifters
In only 16 months of competition, Sophia Gentile has made a name for herself as one of the nation’s top teen powerlifters. The Franklin Park resident’s efforts have translated into competition victories and both national and world records, and she is excited to keep pushing forward in the sport. “This...
Former Pitt football player Kellen McAlone earns part in movie ’12 Mighty Orphans’
In five football seasons at Pitt, Kellen McAlone did anything coaches asked of him. “He’ll come in here and mop the floors if we wanted,” coach Pat Narduzzi said after rewarding his former walk-on wide receiver a scholarship. That was then (2018). Leave it to the movie industry to bring...
Steelers OC Matt Canada: ‘We’re going to do what Ben wants to do’
Matt Canada made one thing clear Tuesday in discussing changes he is bringing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in his first year as offensive coordinator: Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger won’t bend to his system. The system will bend to Roethlisberger’s comfort level. “We’re going to do what Ben wants to do,” Canada...
MLB threatens pitchers with 10-game bans for altering balls
NEW YORK — Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21. The commissioner’s office, responding to record strikeouts and a league batting average at a more than half-century low,...
Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka keep distance on U.S. Open tee sheet
SAN DIEGO — Anyone clamoring for Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka to play in the same group to start the U.S. Open will have to wait for another tournament. DeChambeau, the defending U.S. Open champion, will play the opening two rounds at Torrey Pines with Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and...
T.J. Watt shutting out contract talk during Steelers minicamp
T.J. Watt isn’t going to let his contract situation become a distraction during Pittsburgh Steelers minicamp. On the first of the three-day session at Heinz Field, the veteran outside linebacker shot down a question about negotiations on a long-term deal. “With respect to the process, I’m not going to be...
Here’s why the Green Bay Packers should trade Aaron Rodgers
The Green Bay Packers should trade Aaron Rodgers. President Mark Murphy should stop taking public digs at the “complicated fella” playing quarterback for his franchise — as Murphy did last Thursday at an event at Lambeau Field — and start focusing on the King’s ransom he might receive in a...
Upper St. Clair’s Josh Matheny, Oakland Catholic grad Leah Smith earn top 5 finishes at U.S. Olympic Trials
Josh Matheny made a push for a top-two finish and a spot on Team USA on Monday evening in the finals of the men’s 100-meter breaststroke at the Wave II U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Neb. The Upper St. Clair grad and Indiana commit swam slightly faster than his...
Without 5th-year option, Steelers safety Terrell Edmunds ready to ‘bet on myself’ in 2021
Terrell Edmunds has a chance to enter free agency a year earlier than expected given that the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t exercise the fifth-year option on his contract for the 2022 season. That doesn’t mean Edmunds is guaranteed to test the open market in March. “Of course I’d love to come...
Lightning benefit from exploiting cap loophole with Nikita Kucherov
Nikita Kucherov would have much rather grinded through the season with his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates than sit out all 56 games while recovering from hip surgery. “Missing a whole year, you ask any player, you don’t want to be that guy,” Kucherov said. Kucherov was that guy. The leading...
