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In the Pits: Time is now for Elliott to race into NASCAR title roundVideo

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott again has a chance to take the next step in his young but quite celebrated career. He’s back in the round of eight for a fourth consecutive year, again trying to drive through to his first championship finale. Is he a true contender? The time...
Manuel Margot’s homer, catch highlight Rays’ win over Astros

SAN DIEGO — Manuel Margot hit a three-run homer one batter after a crucial Houston error and made a spectacular catch in right field in his former home ballpark, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Astros, 4-2, on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series....
Pitt football notebook: Panthers will need fresh cornerbacks in Miami’s heat

Temperatures are expected to soar as high as 84 degrees Saturday when Pitt plays Miami in Hard Rock Stadium. But even if South Florida is hit with a sudden cold front, Pat Narduzzi plans to give his beleaguered cornerbacks a break against the No. 13 Hurricanes. “With the tempo we’re...
Penguins stocked in goal with Joel Blomqvist and Calle Clang

After trading away Matt Murray, one of the franchise’s most accomplished goaltenders, Wednesday the Pittsburgh Penguins wasted little time in restocking the position. An hour or so after sending Murray to the Ottawa Senators, the Penguins used their primary return in that transaction, the No. 52 overall selection in the...
Steelers notebook: Offensive line could have new look vs. Browns

Four games into the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers already have started three players at right guard and two at right tackle. Heading into their fifth game, they might be looking at a fourth offensive line configuration. Veteran former All-Pros Maurkice Pouncey (foot) and David DeCastro (abdomen) left Sunday’s 38-29 win...
Battered Joe Burrow, Bengals lacking in big plays, consistency

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Future opponents are bound to get ideas after watching tape of Joe Burrow being flummoxed and chased by the Baltimore Ravens’ blitzing defenders. The Cincinnati Bengals, on the other hand, need to work harder on keeping their talented rookie quarterback from getting maimed. Seriously. Burrow was sacked...
Browns are 4-1, looking like contenders heading to PittsburghVideo

CLEVELAND — Rising high above downtown Cleveland on an unusually warm autumn night, the Terminal Tower was bathed in bright orange lights Sunday, a glowing tribute to a team that has this football-obsessed city fired up. For the first time in 26 years, the beloved Browns are 4-1. Showing resiliency,...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi encouraged by Kenny Pickett’s initial response to ankle injury

Pat Narduzzi didn’t pull out X-rays of Kenny Pickett’s injured ankle and display them in front of his computer for reporters on Zoom to see. But he did talk about his quarterback’s injury Monday — a slight upset — and he didn’t rule him out of Pitt’s next game Saturday...
Kickoff time set for Penn State’s opener against Indiana

Penn State’s football team will open its 2020-21 season in a road game against Indiana at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24. The contest will be broadcast on FS1. The Big Ten had initially canceled its 2020-21 season because of concerns regarding the coronavirus before ultimately deciding to delay the start until...
Penguins forward prospect Jan Drozg loaned to HK Olimpija Ljubljana

Penguins forward prospect Jan Drozg has been loaned to HK Olimpija Ljubljana, a team based in his native Slovenia that plays in the Alps Hockey League. Drozg, 21, was a fifth-round pick of the Penguins in 2017 (No. 152 overall) and played his first full professional season in 2019-20, splitting...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Steelers win over Eagles, Penguins’ moves, moreVideo

Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at Heinz Field. The Steelers are 4-0 this season, but Madden doesn’t think the Steelers have had a convincing win yet....
Ray-Ray McCloud making play after play for Steelers

Ray-Ray is done-done with trying to be somebody he’s not-not. And what Ray-Ray McCloud is showing he is with the Pittsburgh Steelers is an electric playmaker. “When I got here, it was just my mindset was, ‘Go be you, just be Ray-Ray,’ ” McCloud said Monday. “Be who Ray-Ray was,...
Browns’ Mayfield ‘sore’ with rib injury, CB Williams to IR

CLEVELAND — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield only injured his ribs in Sunday’s win over the Indianapolis Colts, a victory that pushed surprising Cleveland to 4-1 for the first time in 26 years. Coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday that Mayfield is “sore” but that his injury is specific to the ribs....
Joe Morgan, driving force of Big Red Machine, dies at 77Video

CINCINNATI — At 5-foot-7, he was the smallest cog in the Big Red Machine. And to his star-powered teammates, Joe Morgan was a driving force, too. Morgan, the Hall of Fame second baseman who became the sparkplug of dominant Cincinnati teams in the mid-1970s and the prototype for baseball’s artificial...
Mark Madden: Steelers defense is getting splash plays but has areas of concern

About a month ago, this space proclaimed that the current Steelers defense might be comparable to the team’s unit in 1976, regarded by some as the best in NFL history. Uh…OK, maybe not. Look on the bright side: The check for that particular magnum opus has long since cleared and...
5 things we learned about Steelers: Cupcake part of schedule comes to an end

Five things we learned from Steelers 38, Eagles 29: 1. Tough tests on horizon If the Steelers played NCAA basketball, based on the first month of scheduling, critics would have pegged the team’s coach as Jamie Dixon and not Mike Tomlin. Based on the records of their first four opponents,...

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