Sports category, Page 1912
Riverhounds looking to bounce back from disappointing loss in regular season finale
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are coming off one of their most disappointing losses of the season. A win last Saturday against Hartford Athletic, a team the Hounds had beaten twice already this season, would’ve allowed Pittsburgh to lock up the No. 1 spot in Group F and secure home-field advantage in...
West Virginia wary of Baylor multitasker Trestan Ebner
Neal Brown watched Trestan Ebner zig, zag and bull his way to four touchdowns in Baylor’s opener, leaving West Virginia’s coach with the task of devising a plan to slow him down. Ebner became the first player in the Big 12’s 25-year history to score three types of touchdowns in...
Steelers Four Downs: Suffocating run defense on all levelsVideo
1. No run zone By any measure, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ run defense has been elite through three weeks this season. It ranks No. 1 in the NFL by total yardage allowed (54.0 per game), No. 1 in average yards per carry (2.766) and tied for No. 1 in touchdowns ceded...
Steelers-Titans game rescheduled for Oct. 25, Steelers-Ravens bumped back a week
The NFL announced the plans for the postponed Pittsburgh Steelers game for this weekend, and its contingency went the most expected route. The Steelers will play the Tennessee Titans on Oct. 25, three weeks to the day after the game was originally scheduled to be played before multiple Titans players...
Postponements, early bye weeks haven’t had negative effect on Steelers
Parking lots and highways turned into ice rinks and speedskating tracks on a January weekend almost four years ago in America’s Heartland. Eleven years earlier, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ night-before-game meetings were conducted by flashlight at a blacked-out hotel near Miami as wind gusts bent palm trees outside. Although Hurricane Jeanne...
Pitt Take 5: Defense is good, but Pat Narduzzi sees room for improvementVideo
Pat Narduzzi is not unlike most coaches who insist on living in the present. The only game that matters is the next one and past teams, games and tendencies aren’t relevant in terms of comparisons. So, when he was asked to compare Pitt’s defense — No. 2 in the nation...
Report: 2 more Tennessee Titans players test positive for covid-19
One day after the NFL postponed the Pittsburgh Steelers game at Tennessee until later in the season, two more Titans players tested positive for covid-19, ESPN reported Friday morning. That increased the number of Titans players with positive tests to seven. Six staff members also have tested positive. The postponement...
Mark Madden: Steelers are inconvenienced but no punishment necessary for Titans
The postponement of the Steelers game at Tennessee is much ado about nothing. The NFL wasn’t as ready as it should have been. Nor was MLB when covid hit the Miami Marlins. The pandemic provides an unprecedented situation. Until an outbreak happens, you don’t know how you’ll react. When it...
Clayton Kershaw Ks 13 as Dodgers eliminate Brewers
LOS ANGELES — Beat up in the postseason over the years, Clayton Kershaw orchestrated one of his best performances against the weakened Milwaukee Brewers. Kershaw struck out 13 while delivering eight innings of three-hit ball, Mookie Betts hit a two-out, two-run double in the fifth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers...
First Call: JuJu’s ‘cringeworthy’ quote, some Steelers not happy about schedule shuffleVideo
Friday’s “First Call” gives us some sassy Pittsburgh Steelers who are speaking out about the NFL’s schedule change. An ex-Steeler is surprised about JuJu Smith-Schuster’s quarterback comments. Duquesne basketball is getting some love. And a stroll down Pirates memory lane. Bye-bye, bye Some of the Steelers are less than thrilled...
This Date in Sports History: Oct. 2
1950 — Jim Hardy throws six touchdown passes, including five to Bob Shaw, as the Chicago Cardinals pound the Baltimore Colts, 55-13. 1970 — Fourteen members of the Wichita State football team are killed in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. 1980 — Larry Holmes registers a technical knockout...
Tennessee reporter ‘fully confident’ that ‘the Titans did not break any protocol’
Normally what Pittsburgh Steelers fans want more than anything else on any given Sunday is a win from their team. This Sunday, Steelers fans will get something almost as good: a permanent excuse. If the Steelers don’t make the playoffs, or don’t win the division, or don’t win the Super...
Tim Benz: For Ben Cherington, it’s not what he ‘learned’ in 2020. It’s what he chooses to believe for 2021.
I’ve always been a big fan of the cartoon “South Park.” Don’t tell me what happened in “The Pandemic Special.” I’ve got it on the DVR. A recurring spoof in the early seasons of that show was that every episode ended with one of the kids telling the other characters,...
Fernando Tatis Jr., Wil Myers homer twice, Padres outslug Cardinals to stay alive
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers each hit two home runs and Manny Machado also connected for the San Diego Padres, who rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-9 Thursday night to force a deciding Game 3 in their NL wild-card series. San Diego’s powerful offense...
Broncos get first victory of season at expense of winless Jets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Melvin Gordon sealed the Denver Broncos’ first win of the season with a 43-yard touchdown run with 1:48 remaining, and the defense made just enough plays in the fourth quarter to beat the lowly — and still winless — New York Jets 37-28 on Thursday night....
Ian Anderson shines, Braves shut out Reds again to sweep series
ATLANTA — It had been so long since the Atlanta Braves won a postseason series, Marcell Ozuna wanted to make sure he captured the moment. Then Adam Duvall joined the selfie bandwagon. Ian Anderson dazzled in another shutout performance for Atlanta, and the Braves won a playoff series for the...
Penn State is comfortable with options to replace Micah Parsons
In a shortened season bound to be filled with uncertainty, one thing will be concrete for Penn State. There will be no Micah Parsons. On Aug. 6, the star linebacker decided to opt out of the 2020 campaign because of the coronavirus pandemic as well as his prospects as a...
Pitt’s Charlie Partridge, N.C. State’s Dave Doeren hit the road, learned to coach
At the Wormy Dog Saloon in Stillwater, Okla., you could listen to top country bands and, according to its Facebook page, have “a rowdy good time.” But that’s not what young Drake football coaches Charlie Partridge, Dave Doeren and Chris Ash were chasing in the late 1990s as they rolled...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 4
Class 6A No. 2 Central Catholic (2-1, 2-1) at No. 3 Seneca Valley (2-0, 2-0) 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nextier Stadium at Seneca Valley Coaches: Terry Totten, Central Catholic; Ron Butschle, Seneca Valley Players to watch: Eddy Tillman, Central Catholic (Sr., 5-8, 165, RB); Ethan West, Seneca Valley (Sr., 6-2, 200,...
Pirates claim right-handed pitcher Sean Poppen off waivers, DFA infielder JT Riddle
The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed right-handed pitcher Sean Poppen off waivers from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, adding depth to a bullpen that has dealt with injury issues. Poppen, 26, had a 4.70 ERA in six appearances for the Twins this season, allowing nine hits, four runs (all earned) and four...
High school football schedule, broadcasts for Week 4
Thursday WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny 6 Upper St. Clair at Peters Township, 7 p.m. (HSSN, 95.3 FM) Class 3A Northwestern 6 Central Valley at Quaker Valley, 7 p.m. District 8 City League Westinghouse at Allderdice, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Baldwin at Norwin, 7 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Hempfield, 7...
After strong finish to season, Pirates focus on building a ‘deep, talented’ starting rotation
Two weeks before the season ended, Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitchers had an informal staff meeting to talk about how they have performed and how they wanted to finish the season. “Playoffs were out of reach,” said Pirates right-hander Joe Musgrove, the Opening Day starter. “A lot of our goals had...
Spectators again restricted at high school sports but Gov. Wolf says ‘stay tuned’
North Allegheny will have a socially distant student section at Friday’s football game, and Norwin is moving forward with its homecoming festivities as planned. Gathering limits on high school football games, volleyball matches and all other fall sports sprung back to life Thursday after the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of...
Penguins prospect Antti Palojarvi loaned to Finnish team
Penguins defensive prospect Antti Palojarvi has been loaned to Hermes of Finland’s second-tier Mestis league. A native of Finland, Palojarvi was loaned by KooKoo of that country’s top league, the Liiga. Palojarvi, 21, was the Penguins’ sixth-round pick in 2017 (No. 186 overall) and has yet to sign an NHL...
3 Pittsburgh-area football players named semifinalists for Campbell Trophy
Three players with local ties have been named semifinalists for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy, emblematic of the nation’s top football scholar-athlete, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Thursday. They are Pitt center Jimmy Morrissey, Notre Dame right tackle Robert Hainsey, formerly of Gateway High...
