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Surrounded by talent, Steelers’ Isaiah Buggs stood out at Alabama
Only four FBS teams in the country last season had more sacks than Alabama. And who led the national runner-up Crimson Tide in sacks? That would be the second of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ three sixth-round draft picks last weekend, Isaiah Buggs. “He can get to the passer,” said the man...
Penn State, West Virginia, Pitt teams recognized for academic progress
A total of 11 teams at Penn State, Pitt and West Virginia earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for outstanding academic progress based on scores from the 2014-15 through 2017-18 school years. The awards are presented annually to teams finishing among the top 10 percent of their respective sport. Among the...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel offers scholarship to junior college guard Ryan Murphy
Pitt coach Jeff Capel has four scholarships available for the 2019-20 season, and he appears to be saving one of them for junior college guard Ryan Murphy. Pitt is one of 11 schools to make Murphy an offer, according to verbalcommits.com. Murphy, 6-foot-2, 192 pounds, signed with Washington State last...
Pitt target’s JUCO coach likes his ex-player’s shooting ability, swagger
Pitt coach Jeff Capel has four scholarships available for the 2019-20 season, and he appears to be saving one of them for junior college guard Ryan Murphy. Luke Adams, who was Murphy’s coach at New Mexico Junior College last season, confirmed Pitt has made his former player an offer. Pitt...
Pitt could play at Fenway Park come 2020 bowl season
Just what the college football world has been missing all these years: A rematch of the 2011-2012 BBVA Compass Bowl between Pitt and SMU. Yes, it’s possible by the 2020 postseason now that the ACC and the AAC are creating a bowl game to be played at Fenway Park in...
Pro day prospects earn NFL rookie minicamp invitations
Six prospects who attended the Cal (Pa.) pro day at Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena in Cheswick have earned rookie minicamp tryouts with NFL teams. A seventh player, St. Francis (Pa.) cornerback Jermaine Ponder, signed with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent. The second annual event, which was run...
Bob Baffert takes aim at record-tying 6th Kentucky Derby win
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The pain of seeing Cavonnier get beat by a nose in his first Kentucky Derby nearly kept trainer Bob Baffert from returning to Churchill Downs. He figured he would never again have a horse good enough to win on the first Saturday in May. A year later,...
London marathon runners quench thirst with sports drink in edible seaweed pods
No, the runners did not have to eat them, but they could. The golf ball-sized pouches made from seaweed and filled with a sports drink were handed out to thousands of runners for the London marathon on April 28. The marathon offered “race organizers and company officials a mass experiment...
Steelers to put individual tickets on sale
Individual tickets for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ eight regular-season and two preseason home games will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Ticketmaster will handle the sale of all individual tickets. They will not be sold at the Heinz Field box office. Fans may purchase up to eight tickets per household...
Best news from Texas: Starling Marte’s bat comes alive in 11th inningVideo
Perhaps no one has noticed, but the Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t won a game the normal way — you know, in nine innings — since April 14 (and they haven’t done it at home since April 7). Since their most recent nine-inning victory at PNC Park, they’ve played four extra-inning games,...
First Call: Artie Burns’ future, a rookie wants Le’Veon Bell’s number
In “First Call” Wednesday, Kevin Colbert talks about Artie Burns’ future, Benny Snell embraces the role of replacing Le’Veon Bell, Andrew McCutchen pokes fun at himself. Burns burned out? Is Artie Burns’ toasted for good? The Pittsburgh Steelers have been very blunt that Burns’ tough 2018 shot his confidence. Now...
U mad, bro?: Not all Steelers fans are happy with drafting Devin Bush, Diontae Johnson
It’s an all-Steelers-NFL-draft edition of “U mad, bro?” Fans are mad about trading up, my critique of missing out on certain positions, and uttering the name of a certain big-chested wide receiver out loud. An unsigned email takes umbrage with my article likening Toledo wide receiver Diontae Johnson’s draft profile...
Tim Benz: Father of Steelers draft choice renounces Browns fandom
Imagine being a fan of the Cleveland Browns. Your team leaves. It comes back. And becomes an NFL punchline for decades. Now, on the verge of, potentially, Cleveland’s first division championship in decades, you renounce your fandom to start rooting for … … the hated Pittsburgh Steelers? That’s what DeAndre...
Former Penguin Colby Armstrong talks about trading Evgeni Malkin
Our first Sided.co podcast of May features former Pittsburgh Penguins winger Colby Armstrong. He joined me on 105.9 the X Friday. The AT&T Sportsnet hockey analyst gives his opinion on the idea of trading Evgeni Malkin, or some other high-profile Penguins. Armstrong seems to think that the better route for...
Pirates snap 8-game skid with pair of 11th-inning HRs in TexasVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — When Bryan Reynolds led off the 11th inning with his first career homer, everybody on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ bench erupted in celebration. They were all quiet by time the rookie rounded the bases and got back to the dugout. “We were all like so quick to hop...
Sergei Bobrovsky leads Blue Jackets to series lead against Bruins
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sergei Bobrovsky kept up his impressive postseason play, making 36 saves as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Boston Bruins, 2-1, on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Boone Jenner and Matt Duchene scored for the Blue Jackets, who won...
Pirates minor league report: April 30, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 13-11) lost 7-6 to Columbus (Indians). RHP Clay Holmes (2-1, 5.93) blew the Indians’ 6-5 lead, giving up two ninth-inning runs on two hits and two walks. Holmes pitch 1 1/3 innings with a strikeout. RHP Eduardo Vera (0-2, 4.85) threw six innings with six strikeouts in a...
Pirates’ Francisco Cervelli leaves after getting hit by pitch
ARLINGTON, Texas — Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli left Tuesday night’s game at Texas after being hit on his left wrist by a pitch. Cervelli was in obvious pain after being struck by the pitch from Adrian Sampson in the second inning. But Cervelli initially remained in the game, going...
ESPN the Magazine will cease its print editionVideo
In the spring of 1998, ESPN launched a new magazine, with a cover featuring a series of young stars primed to take over their sports. Kobe Bryant led a cast that also included Alex Rodriguez, Kordell Stewart and Eric Lindros. The quartet stared straight ahead, steely-eyed, aside a headline that...
Tiger Woods makes video for cancer victim on eve of Masters
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Harold Varner III worked up the courage to ask a favor of Tiger Woods for a close friend with colon cancer. The timing made it surreal. Woods made a videotaped message for Daniel Meggs on the Wednesday before the Masters, encouraging the former Wake Forest golfer to...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Collin Liberatore shining at Indiana State
Collin Liberatore has been dealing, as they say. The big right-hander has found a groove in the Indiana State rotation and is taking full advantage of his opportunity. Liberatore, a Greensburg Central Catholic product who began his college career at Pitt before transferring, is 8-0 this season and has garnered...
Hall of Fame defensive lineman Gino Marchetti dies
BALTIMORE — Gino Marchetti, a Hall of Fame defensive end who helped the Baltimore Colts win consecutive NFL championships in the late 1950s, died. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Marchetti was 93. He died Monday at Paoli Hospital in Paoli, Pa., hospital spokeswoman Mary Kate Coghlan said. Marchetti...
Early Kentucky Derby favorite Omaha Beach gets favorable draw
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Knowing their favored horses won’t start the Kentucky Derby on the rail left Richard Mandella and Bob Baffert more relieved than happy. What matters for the Hall of Fame trainers is turning workable starting spots into victory and a long-sought celebration for Mandella. Omaha Beach is the...
Norwin graduate JJ Matijevic suspended 50 games by minor league baseball
Houston Astros prospect JJ Matijevic has been suspended 50 games under baseball’s minor league drug program following a second positive test for a drug of abuse. Selected by Houston with the 75th overall pick in the second round of the 2017 amateur draft, the 23-year-old Norwin graduate was hitting .240...
Kevin Gorman: Trading Evgeni Malkin would only cause Penguins more problems
If the Pittsburgh Penguins seriously are considering a trade of Evgeni Malkin, they seriously should reconsider. It’s that absurd of an idea. Trading Malkin would be an emotional overreaction to a stunning sweep by the New York Islanders in the Stanley Cup playoffs and a foolhardy attempt at addition by...
