Sports category, Page 1100

Alex Highsmith is used to being the sidekick to T.J. Watt among the Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker group — the Robin to Watt’s Batman persona. The role suited Highsmith last year, his first as an NFL starter, and he took advantage of the attention paid to the NFL’s reigning Defensive...

Ke’Bryan Hayes had no glove on. He was eating sunflower seeds. The ball was in play. A runner was rounding the base he was standing next to. Beat ’em, Bucs! The usual suspects say what happened Friday night is no big deal, that every athlete does something stupid occasionally. But...

1. Quick to the draw Much was made last season about how quickly Ben Roethlisberger got rid of the ball after receiving a snap. And while the Mitch Trubisky debut as Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback didn’t quite match Big Ben’s pace, it still was an exercise in quick passes. Only seven...

Jakub Pickett caught five passes for a school-record 163 yards and two touchdowns as Quaker Valley earned a 40-22 victory over Seton LaSalle (0-4, 0-1) in the Class 3A Western Hills Conference on Friday night. Troy Kozar threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two TDs for...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 70-68) lost 9-6 to Toledo (Tigers). RHP David Bednar (4.50) pitched a perfect inning as he rehabs a back injury. RHP Jerad Eickhoff (6-7, 5.06) started and was touched up for seven runs, six earned, on six hits and a walk in three innings. RHP Junior Fernandez (5.36)...

Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Ryan McCleary looks up to his father. And former NHL forward Trent McCleary does the same with his son. Literally. At 6-foot-2, Ryan has something of a vertical advantage over Trent. “I barely scraped six feet,” said Trent McCleary, who suggested that extra height came from...

Ben McAuley’s 18-yard field goal in the final seconds capped No. 4 Mt. Lebanon’s 17-16 comeback win over top-ranked Central Catholic (2-2, 0-1) in a Class 6A Conference football game Friday night. Mt. Lebanon (2-2, 1-0) trailed 16-0 heading into the fourth quarter. David Shields hit Fred LaSota with a...

Franklin Regional already had momentum from a strong start. But when the Panthers added a purpose — to play for an injured teammate — nobody was stopping them. Nobody. Not even No. 1 Gateway. With the straight-ahead strength of a dominant power running game, and an opportunistic defense, the Panthers...

Peters Township freshman Reston Lehman scored his first two career touchdowns a minute apart Friday night, one to tie and one to take the lead as the Indians defeated South Fayette, 42-28, in an Allegheny Six opener filled with unpredictable moments. Maybe most unpredictable was that South Fayette’s defense intercepted...

When Penn-Trafford needed to make a big defensive play with less than two minutes to go in a six-point game Friday night, Tommy Kalkstein answered the call. On a third-and-8, the 6-foot-2, 182-pound senior defensive back came up with a late interception of Belle Vernon’s Braden Laux to revive some...

All week, Highlands coach Matt Bonislawski told his team the Greater Allegheny Conference opener with North Catholic was a statement game. Statement made. The Golden Rams were dominant on defense and made key plays on offense on their way to a 17-7 win over the Trojans on Friday night at...

Soon after Oneil Cruz hit a majestic two-run homer to straightaway center, the trumpets sounded at Citi Field and New York Mets fans started clapping in celebration. It was not in appreciation of Cruz’s 429-foot blast but rather the excitement for the entrance song, “Narco,” of All-Star closer Edwin Diaz....

Ross Chastain, the driver with a growing list of enemies, heads into the first elimination race of NASCAR’s playoffs in a pretty comfortable position above the cutline. It’s Kyle Busch, and Austin Dillon, Chase Briscoe and Kevin Harvick, who are trying to stave off elimination Saturday night at Bristol Motor...

The only NFL player listed as a “wide receiver” who had more carries during Week 1 of the season than Chase Claypool was Deebo Samuel, a player who might as well officially change his position to “WR/RB” after he had more than 500 rushing yards during the regular season and...

As rich as the rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots seems, it’s been so long since the traditional AFC powers met that only three starters and eight Steelers overall remain from that Sept. 8, 2019, most recent matchup. There is, however, a ninth Steelers player who will...

With each acrobatic play, the hype built. Every time a quarterback felt compelled to throw George Pickens’ way — that happened a lot — and he beat a veteran defensive back in a one-on-one drill, onlookers took notice. Every score in seven shots, every so-called “combat catch,” all were well-received...

Three games into the 2016 season, Appalachian State’s third after transitioning into the FBS, the Mountaineers hosted what was then considered to be the most significant football game in their history. Anticipation built for weeks. A capacity crowd of nearly 35,000, then a school record, filled Kidd Brewer Stadium in...

BEREA, Ohio — Myles Garrett keeps a daily journal, dutifully jotting down notes on life, football and his many outside interests. The Browns are about to write his name into their record book. Garrett enters Sunday’s game against the New York Jets needing just two sacks to surpass linebacker Clay...

Putting aside their best player being on injured reserve, the Pittsburgh Steelers were given a fully clean bill of health in regards to the active members of their 53-man roster. Running back Najee Harris, cornerback Levi Wallace, center Mason Cole and inside linebacker Robert Spillane all practiced fully Friday, according...

“Heinz Field” — the name — is no more. But Pittsburghers still can get their fill of Heinz at the field where the Pittsburgh Steelers play. Earlier this year, Heinz was dropped as the naming-rights sponsor for the 68,400-seat outdoor venue on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. But the Kraft Heinz company...

Henry Davis, Nick Gonzales and Quinn Priester all missed playing time this season with injuries, so the Pittsburgh Pirates are sending the trio to play in the Arizona Fall League. The three former first-round picks are among the nine Pirates prospects who will play for the Surprise Saguaros of the...

Saturday’s rookie tournament game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins at LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo is hardly a major affair. It’s a scrimmage between prospects, the majority of whom will spend the 2022-23 season in the American Hockey League. But for Filip Lindberg, it could represent a significant milestone....

In 1941, Ted Williams hit .406. He remains the last MLB player to hit .400 or better. He led MLB with 37 home runs and was fourth with 120 RBIs. Williams led MLB in all the stats that didn’t matter then or weren’t kept: WAR, OPS, etc. Joe DiMaggio hit...