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Marcus Freeman guides No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman won’t get a gimme in his first season opener, no tasty cupcake served up at home so the Fighting Irish can tune up and send everyone away happy. Instead, Freeman must take No. 5 Notre Dame and a new starting quarterback into...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 31, 2022: Cal Mitchell goes deep in Indianapolis win

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 63-60) used the long ball to defeat Louisville (Reds), 6-2. LHP Zach Matson (5.46) started and went two innings and allowed a two-run homer and three hits. CF Cal Mitchell (.339) smashed a two-run homer, his ninth, in the top of the fourth to tie the game. RHP...
Inconsistent Riverhounds settle for scoreless draw at home

One thing the Pittsburgh Riverhounds have been consistent with this season is being inconsistent. A grind-it-out style win on the road over Atlanta on Saturday was a positive step for the Riverhounds, but they did not build on it at Highmark Stadium on Wednesday night, settling for a 0-0 draw...
Serena Williams wins again at U.S. Open, beating No. 2 seed KontaveitVideo

NEW YORK — Serena Williams can call it “evolving” or “retiring” or whatever she wants. And she can be coy about whether or not this U.S. Open will actually mark the end of her playing days. Those 23 Grand Slam titles earned that right. If she keeps playing like this,...
Rams’ Aaron Donald on helmet swing: ‘It was just a practice’Video

Aaron Donald downplayed swinging a helmet at Cincinnati Bengals players in a brawl at a joint practice between last season’s Super Bowl teams last Thursday. “It was just a practice. It was football,” Donald said Wednesday in an interview for an upcoming episode of the AP Pro Football Podcast. “I...
RB Anthony McFarland, OL John Leglue among 8 added to Steelers practice squad

Running back Anthony McFarland and offensive lineman John Leglue were among eight players added to the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad Wednesday, the first day teams around the league were able to begin assembling the supplemental additions to their rosters. The NFL expanded the size of the practice squad to 16...
Shaky defense costs Pirates in 6-1 series-ending loss to Milwaukee

Fielding errors and a shaky seventh inning by the bullpen cost the Pittsburgh Pirates a chance at taking two of three games against Milwaukee on Wednesday afternoon at American Family Field. Coming off Tuesday’s win over the Brewers, the Pirates saw their one-run advantage evaporate in the fifth and sixth...
New acquisitions Malik Reed, Jesse Davis ready for fresh start with Steelers

Malik Reed was aware a trade was in the works — he just didn’t know the destination — before he was dealt from the Denver Broncos to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday. Jesse Davis wasn’t as cognizant. He was caught off guard when the Steelers swung a second deal before...
Steelers OLB T.J. Watt learning to deal with cut blocks like one that knocked him from preseason finale

Had T.J. Watt’s knee injury taken place in the regular season and not the preseason finale, the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year wouldn’t have missed many snaps, if any. But because it was the final tuneup for the Sept. 11 season opener, Watt didn’t mind exiting for good in...
Veteran QBs have ACC set for season of big offensive totals

Devin Leary hasn’t forgotten lessons that came as a first-year starting quarterback struggling just to consistently complete passes, much less avoid turnovers and move North Carolina State’s offense. “I think one of the biggest things is pretty obvious,” the fifth-year QB said. “It’s hard to win games.” Things look much...
Pirates announce 2023 spring training schedule

The Pittsburgh Pirates released their 2023 Grapefruit League schedule Wednesday afternoon, and it shows a return to normal after three altered years of spring training. The Pirates will play 32 games, including 16 at LECOM Park. Spring training was cut short in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic. Workouts were...
Lawyers bash Roger Goodell-led arbitration in NFL racial bias suit

NEW YORK — Lawyers for three Black NFL coaches alleging racial bias by the league took aim directly at Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday in their latest arguments against arbitrating a dispute they say belongs before a jury. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, the lawyers wrote that arbitration...
Pirates reinstate JT Brubaker from paternity list

The Pittsburgh Pirates reinstated starting pitcher JT Brubaker from the paternity list Wednesday afternoon. Brubaker and his wife, Darci, welcomed a son Aug. 28. On the year, Brubaker (3-11) owns a 4.39 ERA over 24 starts. In a corresponding move, the Pirates recalled right-hander Miguel Yajure from Triple-A Indianapolis. Yajure,...
O’Connell’s steady rise keeps Purdue in Big Ten title hunt

Aidan O’Connell arrived at Purdue in 2017 as a hopeful, exuberant teenager. He set out to prove a walk-on could win the starting job at the “Cradle of Quarterbacks” and lead the Boilermakers to postseason success. O’Connell routinely stayed after practice for extra snaps, gladly fine-tuned his skills with the...
NIL deals put just a few bucks in most athletes’ pockets

Texas offensive lineman Christian Jones remembers walking up to Bijan Robinson not long ago and asking for a lift, figuring it was least the All-American running back could do for one of the big guys doing all the blocking. “He said there’s a height limit,” Jones said with a smile....
Jaylen Warren relishes being only undrafted rookie to make Steelers’ initial 53-man roster

Pittsburgh Steelers teammates began approaching Jaylen Warren after Tuesday’s afternoon practice at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “People were coming up saying, ‘Congrats,’ ” Warren said Wednesday. “I was like, ‘Appreciate it — but we still got, like, 20 minutes before 4 p.m.’ ” Those 20 minutes leading up to the...

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