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Penn State safety Lamont Wade looking for big season
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State junior safety Lamont Wade seriously thought about transferring in the spring. He entered the NCAA transfer portal while he figured things out. One thing that bothered Wade was not spending more time with his son, who was born in 2018. Wade, a five-star recruit from...
Steelers Inside The Ropes: Light practice salvaged by 2-minute drill conclusion, JuJu’s TD
No shoulder pads. No Big Ben, nor almost half of the other offensive and defensive starters. Half-speed drills, lots of special teams. In short, it was largely a dud of a practice from an entertainment perspective for the big Saturday crowd on hand at Saint Vincent. Until, that is, the...
Kickers will be put to test at Steelers’ annual Heinz Field practice
Coach Mike Tomlin promised to find high-pressured situations for kicker Chris Boswell at training camp, and a significant test for the fifth-year veteran will come Sunday night. Boswell and his training-camp competition, undrafted free agent Matthew Wright, will attempt field goals at Heinz Field when the Pittsburgh Steelers conduct their...
Penn State safety John Petrishen enters transfer portal
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State senior safety John Petrishen announced Friday he has entered the NCAA transfer portal. The 2015 Central Catholic graduate and Lower Burrell resident appeared in three games in 2017 and 13 games in ‘18, mainly on special teams. Petrishen wasn’t expected to play much at safety...
Springdale graduate Alexa Sarsfield gets coaching gig at Robert Morris
Alexa Sarsfield spent a few years in the corporate world after her soccer career at Robert Morris ended in 2013, but her passion for the game was always in the back of her mind. Ever since she started kicking a ball around she knew she wanted to stay involved with...
Steelers’ Mike Hilton shows versatility taking snaps at free safety
Getting reps at free safety during this training camp? That’s nothing to Mike Hilton. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ slot cornerback the past two seasons, Hilton was highly recruited to SEC colleges as a running back. “I got (to Ole Miss) and kinda realized in looking at the other college backs,” the...
Other Steelers QBs get work while Ben Roethlisberger sits out practice
Ben Roethlisberger’s training camp regimen in recent seasons has been to sit out every third day of practice. He does a full workout one day, a partial practice the next and then he takes a day off. So it seemed to be noteworthy Saturday when Roethlisberger did not practice for...
Pirates starter Chris Archer isn’t sneaking up on anyone these days
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chris Archer has had his share of struggles this season, coming into Saturday night’s matchup against the New York Mets with a 5.58 ERA, having allowed an NL-high 25 home runs. As he tries to get his game back on track, a quirk of scheduling has...
Suspended Pirates manager Clint Hurdle adjusts to life as spectator
Clint Hurdle has been a big league manager since 2001 and is in his ninth season at the helm of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Still, he got the chance to do something Friday night he had never done in his career. He watched a game with his wife and kids. Hurdle...
Kevin Gorman: Dravon Askew-Henry hopes to finally bring Aliquippa attitude to Steelers
As a kid from Aliquippa, Dravon Askew-Henry put Ty Law and Darrelle Revis on a pedestal. As an aspiring NFL player, he put them on speed dial, picking their brains before his first training camp. The words of wisdom they offered — bring that Aliquippa attitude — ring in the...
Newly promoted Pirates reliever Parker Markel traveled winding road to PNC Park
Major league relief pitchers can face some pretty harrowing situations, coming into a game to face the heart of an opponent’s order with men on base, for instance. No matter the circumstance when new Pirates pitcher Parker Markel takes the mound, it won’t be the most difficult day he has...
Pitt offensive line coach Dave Borbely builds culture of trust, pride, grit
Dave Borbely had been Pitt’s offensive line coach for only a few months in the spring of 2018 when he walked out of the indoor facility one day after a practice. He was joined by Bob Junko, Pitt’s director of player development who has served the football program in various...
Phillies sue to block Phanatic from becoming ‘free agent’
The Philadelphia Phillies have sued the New York company that created the Phanatic mascot to prevent the green furry fan favorite from becoming a free agent. In a complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the team alleged Harrison/Erickson threatened to terminate the Phillies’ rights to the Phanatic...
Steelers daily camp primer: Only daylight practice of weekend is on tap
Each day of Steelers training camp, the Trib rounds up some things to pay attention to during practice at Saint Vincent: WHAT TO WATCH Return to normalcy: The pomp and circumstance of the Friday Night Lights practice is over, and FanFest at Heinz Field isn’t until Sunday, giving the Steelers...
Steelers Inside the Ropes: ‘Man against man’ highlights hard-hitting night practice
In the first backs-on-‘backers drill held five days earlier, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin withheld several of his starters. For the second go-round Friday night, Tomlin matched up two of those veterans: inside linebacker Vince Williams against fullback Roosevelt Nix. On the first snap, Williams bowled over Nix, but ended...
Pirates minor league report for Aug. 2, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 56-54) lost 5-3 to Columbus (Indians). RHP Mitch Keller (7-4, 3.41) took the loss despite pitching a no-hitter through 4 1/3 innings. Keller finished with 12 strikeouts, a walk and four runs allowed on six hits in six innings. SS Cole Tucker (.275) went 2 for 4 with...
2 big innings help Pirates break slump, beat Mets to open homestand
As teammates on a last-place club, the trade deadline could’ve seen Melky Cabrera, Starling Marte or Felipe Vazquez playing elsewhere this weekend. Instead, Cabrera lined a two-run double off the bullpen fence and Marte hit a three-run homer Friday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets, 8-4,...
Franklin Regional grad Jackson finishes tied for 7th in Boys Junior PGA Championship
HARTFORD, Conn. — Jack Heath made a 40-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-4 18th hole for an 8-under-par 62 and a one-stroke victory Friday in the Boys Junior PGA Championship. “I knew if it went in, I would most likely win, and it went in,” Heath said....
Pirates’ Kela: Telling truth led to 10-game suspension
Keone Kela told the truth in Cincinnati, and he is pretty sure that’s why he’s facing a 10-game suspension. The Pittsburgh Pirates reliever drew the harshest punishment of anyone involved in Tuesday’s brawl with the Reds. Kela stirred long-simmering nastiness when he threw a pitch over Derek Dietrich’s head, an...
Ex-Pitt QB Nate Peterman, Glennon trying to earn green light from Raiders coach Gruden
NAPA, Calif. — As complex as his offense can be, Raiders coach Jon Gruden still gives quarterbacks the liberty to make whatever changes they want to make at the line of scrimmage. “But you have to earn your freedom,” Gruden said Friday. “You have to prove that you can recognize,...
Mt. Pleasant’s Napper wins Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Player of the Year
Mt. Pleasant’s Sam Napper won the Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Boys Player of the Year honors for the 17-18 Division on Thursday at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Mystic Rock Golf Course. Napper shot a 5-over par 77 to edge Meadville’s Ryan Ferry, who shot a 6-over 78. Todd Hangliter of Seven...
Plum graduate Alex Kirilloff staying focused despite injuries
Throughout his professional baseball career, former first-round pick Alex Kirilloff has endured a series of ups and downs. While injuries can sometimes hinder an athlete’s career, the Plum graduate hasn’t allowed a pair of setbacks stop him from honing his craft with an ultimate goal of playing at the Major...
Pitt’s running back plans call for on-the-job training
Running backs coach Andre Powell has perhaps the toughest but most important job on Pitt’s staff. He must replace 1,000-yard rushers Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall. The price to pay for such production a year later is a young group of running backs with little or no experience. “I went...
Enthusiastic senior class ‘taking ownership’ for Pitt
One day while Pat Narduzzi was in his office preparing for the start of training camp, his phone buzzed. It was Pitt senior defensive tackle Amir Watts. He needed help. “He’s Facetiming me, and he’s only 40 yards away,” Pitt’s coach said Friday. Narduzzi gets dozens of calls every day...
TJ grad Fairman wraps up successful baseball career at Cal (Pa.)
The phrase “Big Man on Campus” could have applied to Eric Fairman at Cal (Pa.) this year. Also, possibly, the “Big E.” Fairman, a former three-sport standout at Thomas Jefferson, recently wrapped up an outstanding four-year career with the Vulcans baseball program. And he elevated it to sensational level this...
