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Duquesne football star A.J. Hines running down a dream
Duquesne All-American running back A.J. Hines wants to enjoy his senior season, but he also is in a hurry. “I want to show scouts that I am fast, and that once I break away, I won’t get caught,” said Hines, who rushed for 1,520 yards and 15 touchdowns last season...
Fans guide to Penn State football
Penn State football fans will notice changes on gamedays this season, notably when trying to accomplish the day’s most difficult task: parking their cars. Penn State has overhauled traffic and parking plans around Beaver Stadium, meaning the way fans arrive and depart will be much different than last year. Athletic...
Pitt’s Tre Tipton gets head start on his last chance
At age 23, Tre Tipton might be approaching the end of his football career. He knows it, accepts it and doesn’t regret it. But before he gets there, he has work to do, goals to reach and, he hopes, some fun to experience on Pitt football game days. Tipton, a...
Steelers’ Diontae Spencer proving his playmaking translates from CFL
Thursday’s game might be the most important in regards to a potential NFL career in the life of Diontae Spencer. But as a two-time CFL All-Star who broke records with the Ottawa Redblacks and in college at McNeese State, it will take more than that to faze the 27-year-old Spencer....
Kevin Gorman: For Steelers, final Battle of the Backups should be sensational
Josh Dobbs and Mason Rudolph aren’t the only Pittsburgh Steelers well aware that the preseason finale at the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night is their final audition. Their teammates have popcorn ready for the Battle of the Backups, the penultimate episode in the Game of Clipboards. “I’m watching them in...
Chartiers Valley athletic director accepts Notre Dame position
Chartiers Valley athletic director Angie Potthoff is headed back to Notre Dame to work as the director of operations for women’s basketball. Potthoff, a former WNBA player who has worked in various roles at the University of Notre Dame, including as assistant women’s basketball coach, has served as Chartiers Valley’s...
5 players to watch: Final audition crucial for Zach Gentry, other Steelers
The team-building process that began for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the spring comes to a head Thursday night in the annual preseason finale against the Carolina Panthers. Offseason workouts gave way to OTAs which gave way to minicamp which gave way to training camp which gave way to the preseason....
Rookie DL Isaiah Buggs favored to make Steelers’ 53-man roster
As the No. 192 overall draft pick, rookie defensive end Isaiah Buggs wasn’t necessarily expected to make the Pittsburgh Steelers’ active roster. After all, none of the past three players taken at that draft spot made the 53-man roster when the regular season began. Five of the past six Steelers...
Pittsburgh Knights esports franchise adds Mexico-based investors
The Pittsburgh Knights announced this week that the Esports MX LATAM Fund, a Mexico-based group of investors, has invested and partnered with the esports franchise to jointly set up an affiliate esports team organization in Mexico. The affiliate will be based on the Knights’ organizational and operational model. “Mexico has...
Plum native Bjorn Fratangelo falls in U.S. Open first round
Bjorn Fratangelo, a native of Plum, engaged in a four-set battle with France’s Gilles Simon on Tuesday in the first round of the men’s singles draw at the U.S. Open in Flushing, N.Y., but the seven-year pro was not able to advance. Fratangelo, who picked up a wild-card entry to...
Trey Edmunds embraces last chance to show he should be a Steelers running back
Thursday will mark the end of the third NFL preseason for Trey Edmunds. It also will signify the conclusion of another training camp in which his status on cutdown day is in question. “It’s not my first rodeo,” the Pittsburgh Steelers running back said Tuesday, “so I’m kind of used...
First Call: Cam Heyward says Steelers ‘need to be the dragon’ in New England
In “First Call” Wednesday, Cam Heyward’s battle cry. Steven Brault shows his skills. And look out for “little Fournette.” Breathing fire Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward may have come up with this year’s team slogan for 2019. During his weekly interview on 102.5 WDVE, Heyward spoke about going to...
Tim Benz: Antonio Brown rips Ben Roethlisberger on Twitter, then deletes it
How do you shame a guy who knows no shame? Twitter. That’s how. Former Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro Antonio Brown sent out the tweet below. Then he deleted it. Antonio Brown deleted this tweet. pic.twitter.com/fyo1RTcXEr— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) August 27, 2019 That was Brown’s response to Ben Roethlisberger’s halftime interview Sunday...
Steelers’ Bud Dupree doesn’t expect thumb injury to hold him back, will be ready for Patriots
The Pittsburgh Steelers leave for Charlotte, N.C. Wednesday afternoon, where they will face the Carolina Panthers Thursday night in the preseason finale. Bud Dupree won’t suit up, but he should play in the season opener against the New England Patriots. And that’s a relief. After the outside linebacker hurt his...
Josh Dobbs uses speed to make case in Steelers’ No. 2 QB race
When Josh Dobbs cut, turned up the field and turned on the proverbial afterburners for a 36-yard gain during the second quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason-opening win three weeks ago, eyebrows were raised. After all, Dobbs weaved in and out of Tampa Bay tacklers, made some Buccaneers defensive backs...
Tim Benz: If you want to see Carli Lloyd kick in NFL, make her earn it
I was going to leave this alone. I really was. I swear. When I first saw the video of Carli Lloyd kicking a field goal at a Baltimore Ravens-Philadelphia Eagles joint practice, I knew what was going to happen. .@CarliLloyd from distance. Love to see it. pic.twitter.com/FW8iZlzGCG— U.S. Soccer WNT...
Penguins Predictions: Can Jake Guentzel reach 40-goal mark again?
Last year at this time, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Jake Guentzel had a very clear goal in mind. He was fresh off a red-hot playoff performance that saw him score 10 goals in 12 games. On the heels of a 13-goal output in the playoffs the year before that, Guentzel was...
Penguins of the Decade: No. 3, Kris Letang
Beat writer Jonathan Bombulie has compiled a countdown of the top Pittsburgh Penguins of the 2010s. At No. 3 is defenseman Kris Letang. Follow the Pittsburgh Penguins all season long....
Pirates gives Phillies fans more reasons to boo after winVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Rhys Hoskins kept Philadelphia Phillies fans booing when he inexplicably dropped a routine throw at first base in the ninth, turning what appeared to be an inning-ending double play into the go-ahead run for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 5-4 win Tuesday night. After a pair of one-out...
Pirates farm report for games of Aug. 27, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 64-70) lost 11-3 to Toledo (Tigers). The Mud Hens scored eight runs in the last two innings. RHP Dovydas Neverauskas (3-4, 5.04) took the loss after allowing seven runs on five hits in 1 2/3 innings of relief with four strikeouts, three walks and three home runs surrendered....
Virginia presents an array of issues for Pitt in season openerVideo
In so many ways, Virginia is not a typical opponent for Pitt to confront at the outset of the season. Pitt has opened the season with a conference game only twice, losing to West Virginia, 34-0, in the Big East in 1996 and Florida State, 41-13, in 2013. Pitt is...
Steelers’ Diontae Johnson, Benny Snell eager to return to game actionVideo
After rookies Diontae Johnson and Benny Snell were held out of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ third preseason game, coach Mike Tomlin promised they would play in the ensuing game. The coach was proven a man of his word, as the third- and fourth-round picks confirmed Tuesday they will be in action...
Kevin Gorman: Why the Steelers aren’t shocked by Andrew Luck’s retirementVideo
Stunning as it was to see a franchise quarterback walk away from football in the prime of his career, to say Andrew Luck’s sudden retirement Saturday from the Indianapolis Colts sent shockwaves around the NFL isn’t entirely accurate. Not to the Pittsburgh Steelers, anyway. Players were more supportive of his...
Wimbledon darling Coco Gauff opens U.S. Open with rousing victory
NEW YORK — Here’s how new all of this is to Coco Gauff: She didn’t quite realize she only has to play every other day at the U.S. Open. “I’m still used to playing juniors,” the American said with a chuckle, “so I forgot about the day off.” She’s just...
WVU coach Neal Brown humbled by visit to coal mine
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One of Neal Brown’s priorities during his first fall camp at West Virginia was to learn more about the Mountaineers’ fanbase, so the coach took his team to a working coal mine. Brown took three busloads of players and coaches earlier this month to Arch Coal’s Leer...
