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Scottie Scheffler starts with Tour Championship lead and expands itVideo
ATLANTA — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler might have had a roller coaster of an opening round Thursday at the Tour Championship if only he had been paying attention to the scoreboards. Scheffler started with a two-shot lead as the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup. He led by as...
Aaron Donald swings helmet in brawl between Rams, BengalsVideo
CINCINNATI — A brawl between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams put an early end to their joint practice session Thursday, with Rams star Aaron Donald repeatedly swinging a helmet at Bengals players before getting thrown to the ground. Players threw fists and helmets during scuffles leading up to...
Elijah Riley hops on moving train, plays nickel and free safety in 1st practice with Steelers
Elijah Riley laughed it off. Within about 18 hours of arriving in Pittsburgh, he was part of a mini scrum during his first practice with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Just having fun,” Riley said Thursday from UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “Playing ball, talking (trash). It’s fun to be out there.” Everything...
QB Jacoby Brissett to start Browns’ preseason finale against BearsVideo
CLEVELAND — Jacoby Brissett will finally make his delayed debut for the Browns. The veteran quarterback, set to fill in as Cleveland’s starter while Deshaun Watson serves his upcoming 11-game NFL suspension, will start Saturday night’s exhibition finale against the Chicago Bears. Brissett has yet to see any action during...
Backyard Brawl themes: Aggression, physicality, hatred
One by one, three Pitt football players in their early 20s — smiling, friendly young men — stood in front of a group of reporters Thursday afternoon and spoke of the Backyard Brawl. None has played in the game, of course. Defensive tackle David Green, a Central Catholic graduate, said...
Steelers notes: Backup running backs have one last in-stadium chance to earn role
Najee Harris is well-cemented as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting running back. But the competition for the Nos. 2-3 on the depth chart — and accompanying gameday roster spot that comes with it — has been brewing all throughout training camp. The candidates have one last chance to make their case...
Thunder No. 2 overall pick Chet Holmgren to miss season with foot injuryVideo
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City forward Chet Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in this year’s NBA Draft, will miss the 2022-23 season with a right foot injury. The 7-footer was hurt while playing in a pro-am game last weekend in Seattle, near where he starred last season for Gonzaga, and...
With future up in the air, Mason Rudolph not looking beyond Steelers’ preseason finale
When the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Detroit Lions on Sunday, they will conclude not just their preseason but the exhibition schedule for the entire NFL. The 4:30 p.m. nationally televised kickoff makes the Steelers-Lions matchup the final one of the weekend and one of only two that will be held...
Pitt notebook: With help from John Denver, Pat Narduzzi hopes to set a brawling mood
Pitt players who will line up next Thursday against West Virginia were of middle-school age — or younger — in 2011 when the Panthers most recently played the Mountaineers. Pat Narduzzi, a Youngstown, Ohio, native, who was still at Michigan State at the time, promised to “educate” his players on...
Novak Djokovic out of US Open; can’t travel to U.S. because of covid vaccine status
NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against covid-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States. Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the...
U mad, bro?: Steelers’ preseason anxiety meets Pirates’ late-season despair
It’s late August in Pittsburgh. For local sports fans, that marks the annual nexus of Steelers preseason obsession, meeting yearly late-season Pirates fan dejection. Preemptive quarterback concerns. Acute offensive line panic. Defensive back denial. All stirred with long-simmering Pirates angst and frustration. We mix it, shake it, chill it and...
First Call: ESPN projects Steelers to regress; Pirates’ brutal upcoming stretch; remembering Len Dawson as a Steeler
In Thursday’s “First Call,” ESPN.com is setting the bar low for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022. Tough times for the Pirates are about to continue. A trio of ex-Buccos pitchers are on the mound Thursday night. And we remember Len Dawson as a Steeler as the NFL mourns his passing....
Former Steelers linebacker Vince Williams: ‘Mark Robinson is better than I was as a rookie’
It appears that ex-Steeler Vince Williams is a big fan of a new Steeler at his former position. It’s rookie inside linebacker Mark Robinson. “Mark Robinson is better than I was as a rookie,” Williams said Tuesday on social media. “I hope he keeps #93.” Mark Robinson is better than...
Phil Kessel signs 1-year deal with Vegas Golden Knights (because of course he does)
LAS VEGAS — In perhaps the most appropriate marriage of player and team in the history of free agency, the Vegas Golden Knights bolstered their forward depth by signing veteran Phil Kessel to a one-year, $1.5 million deal Wednesday. The 34-year-old Kessel spent the past three seasons with the Arizona...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week Zero
Welcome to the 2022 WPIAL football season. Zero usually means nothing, but in this case, Week Zero equates into a lot of excitement and optimism as a new campaign kicks off. All but nine of the 117 WPIAL football teams will be in game action this weekend while eight others...
Penn State working on plan to sell alcohol in Beaver Stadium for 2022 season, sources say
Penn State may have found a new revenue stream. The university is exploring selling alcohol on the concourse in Beaver Stadium this season, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told the Centre Daily Times. The current plan is to have sales for the team’s second home game of the...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 24, 2022: Jared Triolo triples, homers for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 59-58) lost to Rochester (Nationals), 3-1. RF Cal Mitchell (.330) went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI. 1B Mason Martin (.210) was 2 for 3. SS Diego Castillo (.278) was 1 for 4 with a double. RHP Jerad Eickhoff (4.30) started and went five innings,...
Arnie Cutrell wins 3rd Westmoreland Senior Amateur
You couldn’t have asked for a better finish to the Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Senior Amateur on Wednesday. It came down to the final hole for the second consecutive year. After rallying from a two-shot deficit after 18 holes, Arnie Cutrell used consecutive birdies on Nos. 13, 14 and 15...
‘The it factor’: Why Penn State freshmen Nick Singleton, Kaytron Allen will play right away
Ja’Juan Seider has a good idea who will take Penn State’s first carry of the season next Thursday at Purdue. He’s not going to say who, of course. It could be Keyvone Lee, last year’s top rusher. It could be veteran Devyn Ford. It could be freshmen Nick Singleton or...
Steelers claim former Jets safety Elijah Riley off waivers
The Pittsburgh Steelers claimed safety Elijah Riley off waivers Wednesday, a day after he was cut by the New York Jets. Riley (6-foot, 205 pounds) started seven of the Jets’ final eight games last season soon after being signed off the Philadelphia Eagles’ practice squad. Riley made brief appearances (most...
Kevin Dotson again takes 1st-team reps at left guard at Steelers practice
Has the training-camp rotation at left guard come to an end for the Pittsburgh Steelers? Has a starter been chosen? That’s not known definitively. But Kevin Dotson confirmed that for the second consecutive practice, he ran with the first-team offense Wednesday. That’s notable because over the first four weeks of...
Matt Olson’s grand slam punctuates 7-run 8th inning as Braves pound Pirates
At first glance, the Atlanta Braves handed the Pittsburgh Pirates their worst loss of the season. Kyle Wright tossed seven scoreless innings, the Braves batted around the order twice and Matt Olson delivered a dagger by smacking a grand slam that bounced into the Allegheny River. The worst part? The...
Ben Roethlisberger makes appearance, tosses football at Steelers practice
One day after waiving a rookie quarterback, the Pittsburgh Steelers had an 18-year veteran attend practice Wednesday. Ben Roethlisberger was at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex as a visitor, however, and not someone looking to make a Tom Brady-like comeback after retiring in the offseason. Instead of sporting a No. 7...
Latrobe grad Austin Butler to play pro basketball in Finland
Austin Butler was going to continue his basketball career beyond college. It was just a matter of where and in what country. On Wednesday, his dreams of playing professionally came true. Butler, a 6-foot-5 guard out of Latrobe, signed a one-season contract with the Kouvot club in Kouvola, Finland. Butler...
Highlands’ Jimmy Kunst commits to play baseball at Eastern Michigan
Jimmy Kunst took an unofficial visit to the campus of Eastern Michigan a couple of months ago, and several aspects of the trip, including a tour of the Eagles baseball facilities, drew him closer to making his recent verbal commitment. The Highlands senior and multi-sport standout announced his decision to...
