Sports category, Page 2318
Pitt cross country set to host first home meet in 42 years
For the first time in 42 years, the Pitt men’s and women’s cross country teams will start their 2019 season by hosting five programs for the inaugural Pitt Panther Opener at the Carrie Blast Furnaces in Swissvale. While the season-opening meet will be special for the Pitt cross country program,...
Top 2018 Pitt recruit Mychale Salahuddin leaves program
Redshirt freshman running back Mychale Salahuddin, a four-star running back in high school and the highest-rated recruit in Pitt’s Class of 2018, decided to leave the program, coach Pat Narduzzi said Thursday. Salahuddin was limited throughout most of training camp while recovering from knee surgery after an injury suffered during...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach named team’s general manager
The last three men to hold the position of general manager of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – Bill Guerin, Jason Botterill and Chuck Fletcher – have left the job to become a GM in the NHL. Mike Vellucci does not intend to run that streak to four. The Penguins announced Thursday...
Steelers’ Kameron Kelly carves out role in secondary
Less than three weeks after joining the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of a group of former AAF players, Kameron Kelly headed to UPMC Rooney Sports Complex to get in a workout. Kelly was new enough to the NFL that he didn’t even know the offseason rules — the collective bargaining...
Robert Morris hosting Select-A-Seat day for basketball
With Robert Morris set to open the UPMC Events Center for basketball in November, the university is giving alumni and fans a chance to select their seats during an open house Sept. 14 prior to the football game against Dayton. Fans can park in the lower lot and enter via...
Creating depth chart a players’ affair at Penn State
STATE COLLEGE — Every year at this time, college football fans wait anxiously for coaching staffs to settle on their first depth chart of the season, giving them their first look at what their favorite teams will look like on the field when the season opens. James Franklin gave Penn...
Former Penguins defenseman Ben Lovejoy announces retirement
Ben Lovejoy, a defenseman who did two tours of duty with the Pittsburgh Penguins and helped the team to the 2016 Stanley Cup, announced his retirement from the NHL on Wednesday night. Lovejoy, 35, played 11 NHL seasons, including parts of seven with the Penguins. He made the announcement while...
Tuzar Skipper makes final case for Steelers roster in preseason finale
The late-April draft came and went. So, too, did a Kansas City Chiefs rookie minicamp tryout that Tuzar Skipper attended. And a CFL tryout for the Hamilton TigerCats. “They said I did pretty good,” Skipper said, referring to TigerCats management. “They were gonna call me back if I didn’t hear...
First Call: Gerrit Cole piles up more strikeouts; JuJu Smith-Schuster continues to ‘be lit’
In “First Call” Thursday, Gerrit Cole dials up the heat. JuJu Smith-Schuster continues to show how marketable he really is. Carli Lloyd keeps the hype going about her place-kicking career. And Alison Riske is up for Round 2 at the U.S. Open. Gas from Gerrit Former Pirate Gerrit Cole dialed...
Steelers’ Kameron Kelly makes strong case for roster spot on defense
The Pittsburgh Steelers play their final preseason game Thursday night in Charlotte. Kameron Kelly is a player who probably circled this game on the calendar and said it might be his last chance to make the team. Now, he’s been so good in training camp and in the preseason games,...
Tim Benz: 3 guarantees for Steelers-Panthers preseason game
On our WDVE Steelers pregame show, my co-host Dale Lolley and I always make our “Three Guarantees.” Three things we guarantee will happen in the game. OK, maybe guarantee is a strong word. But it rhymes. It’s catchy. And it gives us a chance to say, “I told you so”...
Tim Benz: Steelers running backs only thing worth watching in preseason finale
If you are looking for something of substance to track Thursday night in the Pittsburgh Steelers preseason finale, I’ve got two pieces of advice. 1) Find something else to do with your time. 2) If you can’t, watch the running backs. There may be some practical application to doing so....
Penguins Predictions: Which returning player will receive warmest ovation?
Whether the Pittsburgh Penguins will be a better team without Phil Kessel is a topic for debate. Whether many Penguins fans will miss him is not. During his four years with the team, Kessel built a fervent fan following seldom seen in the history of the franchise, with a few...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Steelers have tough roster decisions with QBs, draft picks
If the Pittsburgh Steelers needed any reminder that a spot on an NFL roster isn’t guaranteed, they came in the form of players who were practicing one day and gone the next. They saw defensive end Lavon Hooks leaving on a golf cart, then wearing a protective boot and staring...
Penguins of the Decade: No. 2, Evgeni Malkin
Beat writer Jonathan Bombulie has compiled a countdown of the top Pittsburgh Penguins of the 2010s. At No. 2 is forward Evgeni Malkin. Follow the Pittsburgh Penguins all season long....
Pirates minor league report: Aug. 28, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 65-70) won 7-4 over Toledo (Tigers). The Indians led 5-1 after three innings. 1B Will Craig (.250) went 2 for 4 from the plate with two RBIs and a run scored. Craig has 74 RBIs this season. 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (.266) was 2 for 2 with a double,...
Home turf: Browns’ Mayfield to star in ads living in stadium
MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio — Baker Mayfield has a new teammate. She rocks a headband, too. The Browns’ charismatic quarterback has entered a marketing partnership with Progressive and will star alongside his wife, Emily Wilkinson, in a national advertising campaign for the insurance giant. The ad shows the couple as new...
Corey Dickerson homers as Phillies rout PiratesVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Rhys Hoskins did more with less. The slumping slugger doubled, tripled and drove in a run as the Philadelphia Phillies got 17 hits in a 12-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Hoskins has been struggling mightily at the plate this month and made a game-changing...
Betty White trending, but only because of NFL promo video
Every time. It gets us every time Betty White starts trending on Twitter. Why is it we always think the worst? We should allow ourselves to consider that our favorite “Golden Girl” is just doing something incredible. Again. And this time, she is. At the ripe young age of 97,...
An old lure made new and other outdoor extras
Lure of the week Lure name: Frittside Company: Berkley (berkley-fishing.com/) Lure type: Crankbait Sizes and colors: Available a 2.25-, 2.5- and 2.75-inch models in 18 colors, including candy apple red craw, cream pie, honey shad, Lone Ranger, MF bluegill, sexy back, spicy mustard and spray tan. Target species: Largemouth and...
Nonresident college anglers focus of possible license change
These are uncharted waters, even for an agency responsible for managing them. Right now, anyone who fishes Pennsylvania lakes, rivers and streams but calls another state home pays nonresident license prices. That’s $51, plus another $1.90 in fees. Such is how things always have been. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commissioners...
Suspended Browns RB Kareem Hunt won’t be with team during ban
CLEVELAND — Kareem Hunt will have to spend his NFL suspension isolated from his team. The suspended Browns running back, who must serve an eight-game ban for physical altercations, will not be permitted inside the team’s facility starting at 4 p.m. Saturday, league spokesman Brian McCarthy said Wednesday in an...
Sabres defenseman, ex-Penguin Matt Hunwick likely to miss season
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres defenseman Matt Hunwick is expected to miss this season due to a neck condition that bothered the 12-year veteran for much of last season. General manager Jason Botterill based Hunwick’s prognosis on offseason medical evaluations in making the announcement Wednesday, about two weeks before the...
Federer drops 1st set again but advances at U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Roger Federer’s not about to start trying new tricks now. So even though he has lost the opening set in each of his first two U.S. Open matches for the first time in the 19 times he has entered the Grand Slam tournament, it’s not as if...
Prep sports participation drops, led by decline in football
Led by a decline in football for the fifth straight year, participation in U.S. high school sports dropped in 2018-19 for the first time in 30 years, according to an annual survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations. The 2018-19 total of 7,937,491 participants was a...
