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Plum grad Jake Chapla becomes highest-scoring kicker in PSAC history
Last Saturday, Slippery Rock demolished Gannon by a score of 56-7 en route to becoming the first football team in school history to produce an undefeated record of 10-0. The undefeated record wasn’t the only accomplishment, though. With his sixth extra point of the game, former Plum kicker Jake Chapla...
Season to remember for Norwin youth football team
The fifth- and sixth-grade Norwin youth football team’s season was filled with big moments. It won the league’s offseason Lineman Challenge after finishing last in the competition last season, played at halftime at Heinz Field during a Steelers preseason game and ended its season in the Washington/Greene Football League Championship...
Fox Chapel grad Shymansky off to fast start with Yale tennis
Fox Chapel graduate Robby Shymansky is off to a great start in his first season on the Yale men’s tennis team, and is expected to make a big impact when the Bulldogs kick off team matches in January. Shymansky, a freshman, defeated players from Michigan State, Penn State and Buffalo...
Fishing report: Conemaugh River yielding plenty of large walleye
• The outflow at Conemaugh River Lake is providing anglers with some larger walleye catches of late. The walleye appear to be most interested in minnows and jigs, per reports. There were also a few crappie catches reported, with small jigs presenting a solid option. In recent weeks, bass and...
Mark Madden: Without benefit of takeaways, Steelers get exposed by BrownsVideo
Let’s get this out of the way: Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett bashing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph with his own helmet was egregious and merits his indefinite suspension (which lasts at least through year’s end). I’d hate to see the courts involved because that accomplishes little and continues...
Boy catches 42-pound catfish in New MexicoVideo
The fish was almost as big as the boy who caught it. Alex Flores, 9, hauled in a 42-pound blue catfish Sunday evening at the Elephant Butte Reservoir near Las Cruces, New Mexico. “I was pretty proud of him for being humble about the whole experience. He was excited,” Kris...
Injuries bump Johnny Holton from journeyman special teamer to Steelers No. 2 WR
CLEVELAND – More passes were thrown Johnny Holton’s way Thursday than had been in NFL regular season games over the prior 23 months combined. But of the seven official targets from Mason Rudolph to Holton during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 21-7 loss to the Cleveland Browns, only one of them was...
Source: Ben Cherington to be named Pirates general manager
The Pittsburgh Pirates have found their next head of baseball operations, and it is Ben Cherington, a source confirmed to the Tribune-Review on Friday. Cherington replaces Neal Huntington, who was fired Oct. 28 after 12 years on the job. The new GM will be introduced at a news conference at...
Steelers’ Tevin Jones on his NFL debut: I have to be a better guy, better receiver
CLEVELAND — It had to be one of the better days in the football career and life of Tevin Jones. But as it ended late Thursday night, Jones was in no mood to celebrate his promotion to an NFL active roster for the first time. “I didn’t do well enough,”...
Pitt-North Carolina wrap-up: Kenny Pickett, penalties, Coastal chances
In the aftermath of Pitt’s 34-27 overtime victory against North Carolina, so many thoughts must be on the minds of Pitt fans. Some good, some concerning: • The resurgence of Kenny Pickett and the introduction of a deep passing game heads the list. • Too many penalties and Pat Narduzzi’s...
Dozens of Steelers could face fines for leaving sideline, joining fracasVideo
CLEVELAND — The NFL swiftly administered harsh penalties to the Cleveland Browns’ Myles Garrett and Larry Ogunjobi and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey for their actions in the final seconds of Thursday night’s game. But the league cautioned that those won’t be the only players disciplined for involvement in the...
Browns’ Myles Garrett suspended indefinitely, Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey 3 games for brawl
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell acted swiftly to discipline Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett for swinging Mason Rudolph’s helmet at the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback’s unprotected head, suspending him indefinitely Friday afternoon with the punishment carrying through at least the rest of the regular season and postseason. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey,...
No criminal charges filed for Garrett’s helmet hit on Rudolph in Steelers-Browns brawlVideo
Authorities are not investigating the late-game melee during Thursday’s Steelers game against the Cleveland Browns, and legal experts say the bar is high for criminal charges to be filed against the Browns’ Myles Garrett. In the brawl, Garrett took the helmet of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and used it to...
Todd Haley weighs in on Garrett-Rudolph helmet incident in Steelers-Browns brawlVideo
“Inexcusable and embarassing.” No, that wasn’t Todd Haley describing his stints as offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. That was Haley describing Thursday night’s helmet-swinging melee between the teams, when Myles Garrett ripped quarterback Mason Rudolph’s helmet off and hit him in the head with it. Haley,...
First Call: How Cleveland media reacted to Myles Garrett hitting Mason Rudolph with helmet
Nationally, there has been a slew of reactions to Vontaze Garrett — uh, excuse me — Myles Garrett’s helmet-swinging incident Thursday night. Hey, Myles, if O.J. Simpson is the one having your back, you probably weren’t in the right. But what are they saying in Cleveland? Dan Labbe of Cleveland.com...
5 things not involving Myles Garrett that came out of Steelers’ loss to Browns
CLEVELAND — Five things we learned from Browns 21, Steelers 7 (that don’t involve the Myles Garrett helmet-swinging incident at the end of the game): 1. Thinning the herd The depth among skill position players was seriously compromised because of concussions sustained by JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson, along with...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey shouldn’t be suspended for defending Mason Rudolph in Myles Garrett melee
Anyone outside of Pittsburgh will disagree with this stance, but who cares? The NFL should not suspend Maurkice Pouncey for his role in that Steelers-Browns brawl Thursday night. The Steelers center started punching and kicking Myles Garrett after Garrett swung a helmet and struck Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph during the...
Football world reacts to Browns’ Myles Garrett striking Steelers QB Mason Rudolph with helmetVideo
Reaction from NFL circles and beyond was swift after Browns defensive end Myles Garrett struck Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the head with his helmet toward the end of the Browns’ win over the Steelers on Thursday night in Cleveland. From current players to former players to non-football celebrities, there...
How long can the Penguins survive the loss of Sidney Crosby?
Welcome to life without Sidney Crosby. At least for a little while. It’s probably going to feel like forever, though. Crosby is out at least six weeks after hernia surgery. TribLIVE Penguins beat writer Seth Rorabaugh is on hand in New Jersey as the team takes the ice for its...
Tim Benz: Airing of grievances from Steelers’ loss to Browns … before the brawl
A lot of preconceived notions Pittsburghers had about the Cleveland Browns were confirmed Thursday night during their 21-7 win over the Steelers. Like for instance, Myles Garrett is a hot-headed jerk. Myles Garrett doing the unthinkable and unimaginable. pic.twitter.com/Y0UXzrCskn— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 15, 2019 The prosecution rests. As a...
Kevin Gorman: Browns’ Myles Garrett deserves severe punishment for role in brawl vs. SteelersVideo
CLEVELAND – The talk will be about the wild finish, when Myles Garrett ripped Mason Rudolph’s helmet from his head in the final seconds and all hell broke loose between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium. That was only the start of something more sinister, a melee...
‘He has to answer for that’ – Steelers shocked by helmet swing of Browns’ Myles GarrettVideo
CLEVELAND — There was anger, there was a sense of standing up for a teammate, and there even was an air of pending restitution. But perhaps the most prominent feeling of all in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room about a half hour after Myles Garrett’s helmet swing at Mason Rudolph...
Pitt’s Shocky Jacques-Louis conducts himself — and the band — in a winning manner
Pitt sophomore wide receiver Shocky Jacques-Louis caught four passes for 104 yards, carried twice for another 20 and even returned two kickoffs for a total of 36. Then, after Pitt’s 34-27 overtime victory against North Carolina on Thursday night at Heinz Field, he climbed a ladder and conducted the Pitt...
Browns ‘embarrassed’ by ‘inexcusable’ Myles Garrett helmet swingVideo
CLEVELAND — Myles Garrett didn’t offer any excuses. And neither did his teammates. Across the Cleveland Browns locker room and at the postgame podium at FirstEnergy Stadium, there was unanimous admonishment for Garrett’s notorious helmet swing toward the bare head of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the final minute...
Steelers’ Mason Rudolph hit with helmet during ugly brawl with BrownsVideo
CLEVELAND — An ugly brawl marred the end of Thursday’s Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns game, and suspensions likely will be coming. Browns defensive end Myles Garrett drove Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph to the ground after a pass with 8 seconds left, and the two began wrestling. Garrett then ripped Rudolph’s helmet...
