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Jackson, Goetz qualify for US Amateur
Hannastown Golf Club members Palmer Jackson and Mark Goetz posted the top two scorers at the United States Golf Association’s U.S. Amateur qualifier on Tuesday at Quicksilver Golf Course near Midway. Jackson, a Franklin Regional grad who will be playing for Notre Dame this fall, followed his 1-under par 71...
Pirates bats go down meekly in 4-3 loss to Cardinals
No one in the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse Tuesday night was willing to say the season has reached a critical point. But Clint Hurdle came close after the 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in front of a crowd of 15,778 at PNC Park. It was the Pirates’ third in...
Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. says he cut iconic hair for ‘fresh start’
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — Odell Beckham Jr. has a new hairstyle to go with his new team. The Browns superstar wide receiver said Tuesday he had his iconic curly, blond locks cut in recent weeks because he wanted a change. He reserves the right to dye his hair again because many...
Hempfield East Legion team wins Region 7 with 11-inning victory
Dajauhn Hertzog’s glove was the first one to go. Then, the rest of Hempfield East’s players heaved their mitts as high as they could before rallying around their winning relief pitcher to celebrate. It took 11 innings, but the feeling of winning a second consecutive Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7...
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward ranks No. 88 on NFL Network’s Top 100
Defensive lineman Cameron Heyward became the second Pittsburgh Steelers player to make the NFL Network list of Top 100 players Tuesday when he was ranked No. 88. Outside linebacker T.J. Watt was selected No. 93 on Monday. .@CamHeyward checks in at No. 8️⃣8️⃣ on the #NFLTop100. pic.twitter.com/XjZCli8Vt6— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers)...
Former Mets star Dwight Gooden arrested for 2nd time in 6 weeksVideo
NEWARK, N.J. — Fallen Mets superstar Dwight Gooden was once again warming a bench in a New Jersey jail cell Monday — just hours before he was supposed to show up in court for a June drug arrest, officials said. Newark police tagged the hero hurler for drunk driving after...
Greensburg CC grad Dom Eisaman transferring to Saint Vincent
With increased patience and a change of scenery, Dom Eisaman is hoping for increased playing time as he continues to wait for his chance to be a college quarterback. A slow start to his playing career at the next level can be attributed to various reasons, the least of which,...
Pirates notebook: Keone Kela, Kyle Crick could boost bullpen
Not surprisingly, Clint Hurdle declined to talk about relief pitcher Keone Kela’s two-game suspension that ended Tuesday night. But the Pittsburgh Pirates manager said the team intends to activate Kela on Wednesday. “We may look for a non-leverage situation, first and foremost out of the gate,” Hurdle said. “Obviously, we...
Even in bad times, Pirates’ Clint Hurdle knows how to create balance in life
The Pittsburgh Pirates reached the 100-game mark Tuesday night at PNC Park with playoff hopes disappearing. While the season gets shorter, so do opportunities to reverse their current losing trend (eight losses in the first 10 games after the All-Star break). Of course, what happens next is that it becomes...
Pittsburgh RBI program embraces being part of Freeport International Baseball Invitational
The Freeport International Baseball Invitational hits the sweet spot in the youth summer schedule: near the end. For most teams, the five-day invitational marks the final days of the season. When Pittsburgh Pirates RBI 18-under coach Nelson Cooper IV learned an invitational was being played just 40 minutes north of...
Collecting easy for Pro Football Hall of Fame — displaying is challengeVideo
Visitors to the Pro Football Hall of Fame can see the football Drew Brees threw in becoming the NFL’s all-time passing yards leader and the uniform the New Orleans Saints quarterback wore while making history. Hall of Fame officials had been monitoring Brees’ chase of Peyton Manning’s record, hoping the...
Doug Ferguson: Shane Lowry’s British Open caps off big year in majorsVideo
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Winning the British Open didn’t sink in right away for Shane Lowry. It apparently didn’t take long. A celebration that began on the 18th fairway of Royal Portrush extended well into the night in Dublin. The European Tour posted a video on Twitter of Lowry, still...
IUP’s DiAndreth wins Johnstown league batting title
After leading the IUP baseball team with a .340 batting average in his freshman season, Nick DiAndreth opted to hone his skills in a summer league, as has become customary for aspiring players. DiAndreth took his hot bat with him. The Hempfield graduate went on to win the regular-season batting...
Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev, 28, dies after brain injury in ring
MOSCOW — Boxer Maxim Dadashev died Tuesday, two days after suffering a brain injury in a fight in Maryland. He was 28. The Russian Boxing Federation said Dadashev suffered a brain swelling in Friday’s light-welterweight fight with Subriel Matias at the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md....
Ex-Pitt, Clairton star Tyler Boyd signs $43M extension with BengalsVideo
CINCINNATI — Former Clairton and Pitt receiver Tyler Boyd signed a four-year contract extension on Tuesday after a breakthrough season with the Cincinnati Bengals. ESPN reported the deal was worth $43 million. Boyd, 24, was a second-round pick in 2016 and was entering the final year on his contract. The...
Penguins Prediction Rewind: Jamie Oleksiak’s fight card had fewer bouts than expected
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION How many...
Massive junior hockey showcase returning to Cranberry in September
For the fourth straight year, UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry will host a showcase of the top junior hockey players in the country. The USHL Fall Classic will be held at the facility Sept. 26-29. All 16 teams in the league will play two regular-season games as part of...
Pitt cross country teams to hold home meet at Carrie Blast Furnace
For the first time in more than 20 years, Pitt’s men’s and women’s cross country teams will be hosts for a home meet this season. The Pitt Panther Opener will be held Aug. 30 at the Carrie Blast Furnace in Swissvale. The historic Carrie Blast Furnace operated for nearly 100...
Massive junior hockey showcase returning to Cranberry in September
The United States Hockey League announced Tuesday it will return to Pittsburgh in September for the annual DICK’S Sporting Goods Fall Classic. For a fourth consecutive year, the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry Township will host the USHL games from Sept. 26 to 29. All 16 USHL teams will...
Swagger returns for 2nd-year Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph
James Washington has known quarterback Mason Rudolph longer than any other Pittsburgh Steelers teammate, having shared the same locker room since they were freshmen at Oklahoma State in 2014. As he prepared for the start of his second NFL season, the young wide receiver noticed something in Rudolph he hadn’t...
Penguins aren’t the only NHL team worried about salary cap
By waiting until the absolute last minute before an arbitration hearing to sign winger Zach Aston-Reese to a new two-year contract Monday morning, the Pittsburgh Penguins sent a message. At this point, every dollar matters. Given their lack of wiggle room under the salary cap, there was a meaningful difference...
Vegas odds have Penguins’ 100-point streak ending this season
It’s a good bet that the Pittsburgh Penguins are about to see their streak of four consecutive 100-point seasons come to an end, if Vegas odds are to be believed. The Penguins are projected for 94.5 points in BetOnline.AG’s season point totals, which were released Tuesday. That puts the Penguins...
Pitt return ace Maurice Ffrench, 13 Clemson players named to preseason All-ACC team
Defending national champion Clemson placed 13 players on the 27-man preseason All-ACC team while Pitt, the team that lost to the Tigers in the conference championship game last year, settled for one. The team was chosen by a vote of 173 media members. Pitt is represented by senior return man...
Forbes ranks Steelers 30th most-valued sports franchise in the world
When it comes to sports team ownership, it pays to be tapped into the NFL. For the fourth consecutive year, the Dallas Cowboys are estimated as the world’s most valuable sports franchise, worth $5 billion, and 26 of the NFL’s 32 teams are among the Top 50 valued franchises, according...
Plum Youth Legion rallies for win to stay alive in regional tournament
The Plum Youth Legion baseball team is one win away from the state tournament. The Post 980 Junior Mustangs rallied from an early five-run deficit Monday evening to defeat Indiana County’s Kovacik Insurance 10-6 in an elimination game at the PA Youth Legion Baseball Western Regional in Homer City. The...
