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Friday’s “First Call” has a Pittsburgh Steelers story you thought you’d never see: Antonio Brown giving credit to Ben Roethlisberger. Myles Garrett is enjoying Halloween. Cameron Heyward is still getting better. And the Seahawks have some injury concerns beyond just their starting running back and Russell Wilson. Mr. Big Numbers...

Much of the attention heading into Sunday night’s Pittsburgh Steelers-Seattle Seahawks game has focused on who is throwing the football for both teams. For Seattle (2-3), it’ll be Geno Smith instead of Russell Wilson at quarterback. For the Steelers (2-3), it’ll be Ben Roethlisberger, coming off of his most efficient...

Zero has become North Catholic’s favorite number. That’s because the Trojans have shut out five of their first seven opponents, by far the most shutouts by any defense in the WPIAL this season. Take that dominance a step farther and they’ve held offenses scoreless in 25 of their 28 quarters....

SUNRISE, Fla. — Once upon a time, NHL teams making a two-game swing through Florida usually came away with an easy four points. Both clubs located in the Sunshine State were bumbling expansion franchises that seemingly had trouble in every conceivable fashion on and off the ice. The biggest danger...

NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is now expected to miss at least the first week of the regular season because his recovery from surgery to repair a right foot fracture is taking longer than anticipated. “Nothing has gone wrong and there is no setback,” Pelicans basketball operations chief...

Every Thursday, promptly at 1 p.m., and with most game prep finished, Pat Narduzzi sits down at a long, wooden table in a conference room and chats casually with reporters. Colorful scenes from Pittsburgh’s North Shore and Pitt’s Oakland campus strategically are hung to cover up game plans and recruiting...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are preparing to play without outfielder Jorge Soler in the NL Championship Series as they await his clearance as a result of his positive covid-19 test. The Braves worked out Thursday at Truist Park without Soler, who was pulled from the lineup for Game 4...

Wide receivers Chase Claypool and James Washington remained limited at practice during a week in which the Pittsburgh Steelers are moving on after a season-ending injury to receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. Claypool has a lingering hamstring injury that prevented him from playing in the Oct. 3 game at Green Bay, and...

The Cardinals fired former National League manager of the year Mike Shildt over organizational differences Thursday, just one week after St. Louis lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a walk-off homer in the wild-card game. Cardinals president John Mozeliak said the firing was “something that popped up recently,” but...

Twice over the past week during periods of time in which media were able to photograph practice or when they were on the field for interviews, Stephon Tuitt was spotted working out and doing vigorous running and/or individual drills under the watchful eye of a member of the training staff....

Finally, the Pittsburgh Steelers have hit prime time. The Steelers will play their first night game of the season Sunday in hosting the Seattle Seahawks in a scheduled 8:20 p.m. kickoff at Heinz Field. To this point, the Steelers have played four games with 1 p.m. kickoffs along with a...

If the Pittsburgh Steelers cued up videotape from the last time Geno Smith started an NFL game, they went back to the 2017 archives. If they looked for tendencies from when the former West Virginia quarterback last received regular playing time, they dug back to find 2013 footage. The lack...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State coach James Franklin responded to comments by his Iowa counterpart, Kirk Ferentz, who defended Iowa fans booing injured Nittany Lions during last week’s game. And Franklin didn’t hold back in a more than five-minute rant that addressed strategy and a scene that he said “isn’t...

When Erik Gonzalez finished the 2020 season as the Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting shortstop, he predicted big numbers if given a chance to play on an everyday basis. Gonzalez, however, lost the starting job to the hot-hitting Kevin Newman in spring training and didn’t deliver at the plate this past season...

What a win for the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday night. They went on the road in front of a hostile crowd for the season opener and convincingly upset one of the favorites to win at least the conference championship. I now fully expect them to lose to Vegas, Cincinnati and Green...

In Thursday’s “First Call,” Ben Roethlisberger is still drawing high praise from Pete Carroll. Injury reports are in on former Pitt star Aaron Donald and some of Carroll’s players in Seattle. Plus, a spin around the AFC North. Nothing has changed Prior to Sunday’s win over the Denver Broncos, 2021...

Some Pittsburgh Steelers fans are angry that the team doesn’t have a plan for an instant fix at quarterback after Ben Roethlisberger retires. Others are mad that we are even talking about plans for an instant fix at quarterback once Roethlisberger retires. Yeah. That sounds about right. Also, I get...

SUNRISE, Fla. — Assistant coach Todd Reirden said something everyone in attendance for the Penguins’ practice — players, staff, reporters — at FLA Live Arena on Wednesday wanted to hear. To be clear, he didn’t say it. He bellowed it out through seemingly every bronchus within his lungs. “NO MORNING...