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Outdoors Xtras, including a bimbo skunk and windy advice
Lure of the week Lure name: Bimbo Skunk Company: Bimbo Skunk Lure (bimboskunk.com) Lure type: Fly Sizes and colors: Available two colors, pink and chartreuse, both tied on a #10 hook. Target species: Bluegills and crappies. Technique: Fly fishing for panfish is lots of fun. Bluegills and crappies fight all...
Steelers conclude draft by taking Maryland OT Derwin Gray
Adding depth on the offensive line, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Maryland tackle Derwin Gray with their final pick of the NFL Draft on Saturday. Gray was the No. 219 overall player taken. Gray, who is 6-foot-4, 320 pounds, primarily played left tackle for the Terrapins. He started three games as...
Pirates place Chris Archer on IL with thumb inflammation, recall Michael Feliz
The Pittsburgh Pirates have had one position player after another sidelined by injury. Now, they have lost a starting pitcher. The Pirates placed right-hander Chris Archer on the 10-day injured list with right thumb inflammation. Archer (1-2) allowed six runs on six hits, including a pair of home runs, in...
Steelers add depth to defense with 3 picks in 6th roundVideo
Three draft picks were held by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, and they used all three on defensive players — two from Mid-American Conference schools. With their first pick of the sixth round – No. 175 overall – the Steelers grabbed Sutton...
Outdoors notices for April 28, 2019
Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • There were 175 shooters who competed in the Twi-Night Trap League on April 25. Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 195. East Huntingdon (194), Ruffsdale (194), Hecla (193) and Youngwood (192) rounded out the scoring. Connellsville (29) leads the season standings, followed...
Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley picked by Ravens in the 6th round
Throughout his career, Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley was a winner on many levels, starting four state championship games in Virginia and earning MVP honors in the Big Ten title game in 2016. But the captain of the Nittany Lions fell into the sixth round of the draft, the 197th...
Pitt’s Qadree Ollison picked in the 5th round by Falcons
Pitt running back Qadree Ollison waited a bit more than two hours Saturday, but he finally heard his name called in the fifth round of the NFL Draft when he was picked 152nd overall by the Atlanta Falcons. We got 99 problems and Qadree is all of them. ? pic.twitter.com/sWZhsxWjqT—...
Tall tight end Zach Gentry goes to Steelers in 5th roundVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers replaced a tight end they once drafted in the fifth round by drafting another one in the same round Saturday afternoon. Michigan tight end Zach Gentry was taken No. 141 overall by the Steelers. It was the pick the Steelers acquired when they traded wide receiver Antonio...
Kevin Gorman: Benny Snell fits the mold of Steelers running back, almost to a fault
The Pittsburgh Steelers are making a habit of drafting players of pedigree from football families. Their fourth-round pick, running back Benny Snell of Kentucky, certainly fits that mold. Snell has strong bloodlines. His father, Benjamin Sr., was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 1998. His great uncle, Matt, ran for...
Steelers Draft Capsules: Kentucky RB Benny Snell, Michigan TE Zach Gentry, NIU OLB Sutton Smith, Alabama DT Isaiah Buggs
Benny Snell Fourth round, No. 122 Kentucky Running back 5-foot-10, 224 pounds Breakdown: Snell knows the goal line, scoring 48 times and rushing for 3,873 yards in his final three seasons at Kentucky. He rushed for more than 1,300 yards and 13 touchdowns in his first two seasons. He lacks...
WVU players go back to back again
West Virginia players went back to back for the second consecutive round Saturday when the Seattle Seahawks took wide receiver Gary Jennings, and the New York Jets selected tight end Trevon Wesco in the fourth round (picks 120 and 121). Jennings, 6-foot-1, 214, enjoyed an outstanding junior season, rising to...
Steelers add powerful Kentucky RB Benny Snell in 4th roundVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers added a power runner to their offense when they selected Kentucky’s Benny Snell in the fourth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. Snell, a 5-foot-10, 224-pound runner, was the No. 122 overall selection. He is the great nephew of Matt Snell, a running back with the...
WVU players go back-to-back for 2nd round in a row
West Virginia players went back to back for the second consecutive round Saturday when the Seattle Seahawks took wide receiver Gary Jennings and the New York Jets selected tight end Trevon Wesco in the fourth round (picks 120 and 121). Jennings, 6-foot-1, 214, enjoyed an outstanding junior season, rising to...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers get a playmaker at wide receiver, but AFC North gets Greedy
On the first day of the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers got greedy and traded up 10 spots to take coveted inside linebacker Devin Bush with the No. 10 pick. On the second day, the Cleveland Browns got Greedy. Once regarded as a top-10 pick, LSU cornerback Greedy Williams slipped...
Pirates lose sixth in a row as Dodgers homer in record 33 straight home games
LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger’s one mighty swing of the bat was loaded with historical significance. Bellinger hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Dodgers set a major league record with homers in 33 consecutive home games in a 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday...
Tim Benz, Kevin Gorman break down Steelers’ Day 2 draft picks
After trading up to get Devin Bush in Round 1 of the NFL draft on Thursday, Day 2 was a lot more calm at Steelers headquarters. The organization stayed locked in at picks 66 and 83 in the third round. Lots of cornerbacks and wide receivers came tumbling off the...
NFL Draft, Day 3: Tight end could be atop wish list for Steelers
General manager Kevin Colbert said the Pittsburgh Steelers’ activity in free agency wouldn’t “preclude” the organization from targeting those positions – inside linebacker, wide receiver and cornerback – in the NFL Draft. And that’s precisely what the Steelers did, trading up to get linebacker Devin Bush in the first round...
Tim Benz: Steelers draft Antonio Brown clone. On the field anyway.
The Steelers selected a clone of Antonio Brown with their second pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. And they did it with the pick they got in exchange for Brown from Oakland in the trade that shipped him to the Raiders last month. Let’s hope the comparisons stop with physical...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Steelers sit out second round, chase character with WR, CB
When Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin told receivers coach Darryl Drake to watch video of Diontae Johnson, it didn’t take long for the Toledo wide receiver to show why. Watching Johnson proved Tomlin’s point. But Drake wanted to see Johnson up close and personal. “It was important to me what...
WVU’s Grier, Cajuste go to Panthers, Patriots near end of third round
West Virginia quarterback Will Grier and offensive tackle Yodny Cajuste were picked back-to-back near the end of the third round Friday night. Grier, who grew up in Charlotte, N.C., went to the Carolina Panthers with the 101st overall pick and was the fifth quarterback chosen over the first three rounds....
Pirates minor league report: April 26, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 10-10) lost 10-9 to Charlotte (White Sox). The Indians led 7-2 after six and a half innings before giving up eight straight runs. Indianapolis was unable to make up for the three-run difference despite scoring twice in the ninth. 1B Will Craig (.236) finished 3 for 5...
Cowboys draft Penn State offensive lineman Connor McGovern in the third round
Guard Connor McGovern was the second Penn State player drafted Friday night when he went to the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (No. 91 overall). McGovern, 6-foot-5, 308 pounds, moved between guard and center at Penn State, starting nine games as a freshmen at right guard and all 13...
Michigan State CB Justin Layne goes to Steelers in 3rd roundVideo
Five minutes after being drafted, Justin Layne already was switching allegiances. Layne, a Cleveland native and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ second pick of the third round Friday night, was redecorating when he talked with reporters on a conference call moments after being selected. “We’re taking all the Browns stuff down right...
Thomas Jefferson grad Chase Winovich goes to Patriots in 3rd roundVideo
Thomas Jefferson graduate Chase Winovich, a third-team All-American and first-team Big Ten outside linebacker from Michigan, was drafted by the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in the third round (No. 78 overall) on Friday night. The 6-foot-3, 256-pound Winovich started only one full season at Michigan, but was a...
Steelers take Toledo WR Diontae Johnson in 3rd roundVideo
Needing a wide receiver to make up for the loss of All-Pro Antonio Brown, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Toledo wide receiver Diontae Johnson on Friday night with their first pick of the third round. The pick was No. 66 overall in the draft. Johnson, a 5-foot-10, 183-pound receiver who doubled...
