Sports category, Page 1347

There were 81 batted down passes in the NFL through nine weeks of this season, according to Pro Football Focus. Teammates T.J. Watt and Cameron Heyward, by themselves, have accounted for almost 10% of them. Heyward’s five plus Watt’s three in addition to two from Chris Wormley gave the Pittsburgh...

The attrition continues on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receivers depth chart. Chase Claypool will not play in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions after sitting out the entire week’s worth of practice because of a toe injury. Claypool joins JuJu Smith-Schuster, who had season-ending shoulder surgery last month, as wide...

What Pressley Harvin III has done with his right foot at the midpoint of his rookie season indicates he is among the bottom third of NFL punters. The Pittsburgh Steelers, though, place a value on what Harvin can do with his hands, and it is in that job as a...

Juuso Riikola’s return to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton did not last that long. Barely even one day, in fact. On Friday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced they recalled the reserve defensemen less than 24 hours after he was assigned to their American Hockey League affiliate. Riikola’s recall is on an emergency basis. Such a...

Saturday’s 48th annual Pennsylvania Karate Championships are going back to where it all began. The Quality Inn in New Kensington, formerly the Clarion Inn, will provide the setting for the event, and co-organizer Master Frank Caliguri from Caliguri’s Academy of Martial Arts in Lower Burrell said this year’s event will...

Despite an apparent mid-week foot injury, Pittsburgh Steelers workhorse running back Najee Harris will play in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions. After he was listed as a limited participant at Thursday’s practice, Friday’s injury report had Harris as a full participant. Starting center Kendrick Green similarly was a Thursday...

Louis Lipps is an all-time Pittsburgh Steelers great. Had Lipps played on Super Bowl teams, he might be recognized as their best wide receiver ever. Lipps was arrested for DUI this past Saturday night. His truck struck a parked trailer. Lipps was scheduled to be inducted into the Steelers’ Hall...

In advance of single-game ticket sales starting Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced 36 promotional dates for the 2022 season at PNC Park, including bobbleheads celebrating Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, Cy Young winner Doug Drabek and All-Star Bryan Reynolds. The Pirates are planning 36 promotional dates, including 26 giveaways, a...

Sometimes, Pat Narduzzi just can’t help himself. Pitt’s coach is justifiably proud of his team’s 8-2 record as it moves closer to a second ACC Coastal championship since 2018. If Pitt defeats Virginia on Nov. 20 at Heinz Field and Miami loses any of its three remaining games, the Panthers...

No. 9 Michigan (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten, No. 6 CFP) at No. 23 Penn State (6-3, 3-3), Saturday at noon EST (ABC). Line: Michigan by 1 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Michigan leads 14-10. What’s at stake? The Wolverines will try to snap a two-game series losing streak...

In Friday’s “First Call,” the Pittsburgh Steelers know where to focus their defensive attention when the Detroit Lions come to town Sunday afternoon. Ravens coach John Harbaugh is upset with someone very specific in the wake of his team’s loss in Miami on Thursday night. The Penguins’ next opponent is...

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Cameron Heyward said he won’t be able to fully appreciate it until he retires. The fact that the team that drafted him has never had to go through a season like the one Sunday’s opponent, the Detroit Lions, are going through. For Heyward, a bad season...

A few Major League Baseball teams are looking for a center fielder. Their eyes are locking on Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star Bryan Reynolds. According to Jon Morosi of the MLB Network, a significant market is building for Reynolds, with the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners in front of the pack....

1892 — William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first pro football player by getting $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. Heffelfinger doesn’t disappoint his bosses, returning a fumble for a touchdown to give Allegheny a 4-0 victory. 1920 — Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is...

Kenny Pickett vs. Sam Howell was advertised as a shootout between two of college football’s most prolific quarterbacks. Various betting parlors set the over/under points total for Pitt vs. North Carolina well into the ’70s. Passes would fly. Records would shatter. Defenses would bow in embarrassment when it was all...

Tristan Jarry isn’t the most loquacious member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He’s fairly stoic and usually just gets directly to the point when queried on any matter. But the Penguins’ starting goaltender doesn’t dodge responsibility. After his squalid performance during the 2021 playoffs, he pledged, “I will be better next...

Patric Hornqvist was back in a familiar spot Thursday. Near the crease of one of the net in PPG Paints Arena. Thursday’s contest between the Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins was the first in Pittsburgh since Hornqvist was traded south to the Panthers in exchange for defenseman Mike Matheson and...

For two years, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds were able to avoid a covid-19 outbreak within the team, but that changed last week and it forced them to forfeit their first-round playoff game Sunday at Birmingham Legion FC. It was a bitter ending to the season for the Riverhounds, who qualified for...

Bryan Reynolds earned his share of honors this season, as the Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder was selected to his first All-Star Game, a finalist for the Gold Glove Award and nominated for the All-MLB team. Once again, he missed out on bring home hardware. Reynolds was a finalist for the...

Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett and Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson have been named semifinalists for the Walter Camp Award, which recognizes “the nation’s most outstanding player.” Pickett has become a regular contender for several national awards this season. Previously, he was named a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award “Top...

STATE COLLEGE — The Penn State defensive line faced a large void, both on the field and off, when 6-foot-4, 326-pound defensive tackle PJ Mustipher suffered a season-ending injury a month ago in the loss at Iowa. The Nittany Lions needed to replace a stout performer on the interior along...