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Pirates place 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes on 10-day IL with left wrist injury to end rookie season
Ke’Bryan Hayes is dealing with “general left wrist soreness,” an injury that caused the Pittsburgh Pirates to place the third baseman on the 10-day injured list to finish his rookie season. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk specified that while the injury is to the same wrist that forced...
Steelers begin prep for Packers game without injured Ben Roethlisberger, JuJu Smith-Schuster
Ben Roethlisberger said after absorbing a 24-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals that “everything hurts,” and that included the pectoral injury that limited the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 39-year-old quarterback in practice last week. Roethlisberger missed the first practice of the week Wednesday, which is not uncommon, but this one came with...
Penguins forward Drew O’Connor is better prepared entering his 2nd season
Drew O’Connor is in a very different place compared to where he started his professional career. The United States. While most hockey leagues in North America were on hiatus last fall because of the pandemic, virtually every team in Europe forged on. As a result, NHL franchises scrambled to find...
Better 1st quarters 1st step to better production from Steelers, Ben RoethlisbergerVideo
Ben Roethlisberger is being compensated $14 million to play this season. He’s talking like a man who happily would forgo about 7% of that pay if it would fix his offense’s early-game struggles. “That’s the million-dollar question, right?” Roethlisberger said Wednesday in reference to fixing the Pittsburgh Steelers’ woefully slow...
Steelers OT Zach Banner returns to practice, clock starts on his activation off IR
With regard to the myriad early-season problems afflicting the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line, the first step was taken Wednesday to one of the possible solutions. Zach Banner returned to practice, the team announced. On injured reserve since the end of training camp as his rehabilitation from surgery on his right...
How is Tom Brady still throwing like he’s 24 and setting records?
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady glanced down and extended his right throwing arm. Seated in the patio area of the Bucs’ training facility, the 44-year-old rubbed it like a genie’s lamp, awaiting more granted wishes. Now in his 22nd NFL season, Brady’s arm has passed footballs nearly 46 miles and...
Bryan Reynolds voted Pirates’ MVP, David Bednar team’s top pitcher by baseball writers
Bryan Reynolds refused to reflect on the struggles of his sophomore season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, preferring to put the memory of his .189 batting average in 2020 behind him. Instead, Reynolds let his bat do the talking. Not only did Reynolds rebound by making his first All-Star Game appearance,...
NCAA to start using ‘March Madness’ for women’s tournament
The NCAA women’s basketball tournament will start using “March Madness” in marketing and branding beginning this season. Using the phrase, which has been associated with the men’s tournament for years, was one of the recommendations stemming from an external review of gender equity issues of the tournaments. The report released...
Ben Roethlisberger: Steelers aren’t panicking, struggling offense ‘is not that far off’
In the wake of his offense producing just four touchdowns over the season’s first three games and ranking among the NFL’s bottom quartile in several prominent offensive categories, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger relayed a reassuring, stay-the-course message Wednesday. “We are a group that is close, I believe,” Roethlisberger said...
Penn State coach James Franklin puts emphasis on improving run game, playing with an edge
Much has been made about Penn State football’s struggles in the run game, and for good reason. The Nittany Lions tallied a paltry 80 yards on the ground against Villanova — an FCS opponent — in their most recent game. The effort was an area of emphasis for Penn State...
For CFP to expand by 2024, plans need approval in 4 months
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The college sports leaders who run the College Football Playoff have about four months to come to an agreement on a new format if expansion is to be implemented for the 2024 season. If they can’t get it done by then, any change to the way major...
Mark Madden: Remaining Steelers games are about humility, survival, avoiding embarrassment
Yinzer Nation got chapped when ex-Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Mike Hilton danced, waved and took a theatrical bow to fans at Heinz Field (not including the 10,000 no-shows) when his current team, Cincinnati, was finishing an easy 24-10 victory this past Sunday. Locals also took offense when Bengals receiver Tyler...
First Call: Tyler Boyd refuses to back off claims that Steelers gave up; ex-Steeler Ryan Clark says franchise has reached ‘end of an era’
In Wednesday’s “First Call,” we have the latest on Tyler Boyd’s comments about the Steelers giving up at the end of their game at Heinz Field last weekend. One ex-Pirates pitcher dominates, while another just can’t stay healthy. And an ex-Steeler has little faith in a resurgence by the club....
Steelers have rebounded from previous failed Septembers. Can the 2021 team do the same?
The Pittsburgh Steelers (1-2) are 6.5-point underdogs for Sunday’s game in Green Bay (2-1). Based on how the Steelers have performed this year, that actually seems like a somewhat narrow line. “We are playing poorly. We don’t desire to be. But we are,” coach Mike Tomlin admitted Tuesday. September struggles...
Tim Benz: Steelers offense didn’t really ‘run out of bullets’ vs. Bengals; it just keeps shooting blanks
When it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ disastrous red zone possession against the Cincinnati Bengals last Sunday, it appears coach Mike Tomlin is changing his explanation for what went wrong. The ill-fated fourth-down play call is no longer a case of the Steelers having “fired all of their bullets.” Now...
Staying healthy a secret to Jacob Stallings’ success in 1st full season as Pirates starting catcher
Jacob Stallings knew that it was an odd time to talk about his healthy season, given that he was just reinstated Tuesday afternoon from the seven-day concussion injured list. The Pittsburgh Pirates catcher was playing his 110th game of the season — and making his 101st start behind the plate...
Boxing great Manny Pacquiao announces retirement
MANILA, Philippines — Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is officially hanging up his gloves. The eight-division world champion and Philippines senator on Wednesday announced his retirement from the ring. “As I hang up my boxing gloves, I would like to thank the whole world, especially the Filipino people for supporting Manny...
Michael Cunningham: There’s an opening for improved Georgia Tech in wild ACC
The ACC is a mess. That’s nothing new for the Coastal Division, where Georgia Tech plays. The difference is that Clemson’s long-time lock on the Atlantic is slipping. The Tigers might figure things out eventually. They are vulnerable now. There’s real hope for the ACC’s other teams to break through....
Steelers’ Joe Haden can’t wait to face his ‘favorite’ quarterback Sunday at Green Bay
Joe Haden will share the football field with his “favorite” NFL quarterback Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers play at the Green Bay Packers. The quarterback in question, though, is not Haden’s teammate and two-time Super Bowl champion Ben Roethlisberger. No offense to Big Ben, mind you, but the 12-year veteran...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 28, 2021: Greensboro loses winner-take-all Game 5
GREENSBORO (High-A, 2-3) lost 6-3 to Bowling Green (Rays), dropping a winner-take-all Game 5 in the High-A East championship series. Greensboro took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth on a bases-loaded walk by C Blake Sabol and an RBI groundout by CF Matt Gorski. Bowling Green broke...
Colin Moran powers Pirates past Cubs in opening game of final homestand
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton recently claimed that Bryan Reynolds is the biggest beneficiary when Colin Moran is locked in at the cleanup spot because Reynolds sees better pitches. The reverse was true for the Pirates against the Chicago Cubs, as Reynolds reached base four times and twice was in...
Bengals’ Joe Burrow, Jaguars’ Urban Meyer set to meet again, this time in the NFLVideo
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow didn’t play much in three years under Urban Meyer at Ohio State. But there is still much mutual respect and admiration, so much so that Meyer, as a rookie NFL coach, went to Burrow for advice last spring about how to handle his new quarterback, top...
No. 7 Cincinnati gets back to work for No. 9 Notre Dame
CINCINNATI — Luke Fickell understands that idle weeks can come in handy during a grueling college football season. He’s just not sure that the week off enjoyed by his Cincinnati players came at the best time. The No. 7 Bearcats were off last week after improving to 3-0 by coming...
Doug Ferguson: Uncertain future for Europe’s Ryder Cup teamVideo
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Ian Poulter is never short on emotion in the Ryder Cup, usually with his eyes as big as golf balls. This was different. He crouched with his head bowed for the longest time on the side of the 16th green at Whistling Straits after winning a match...
Struggles and surprises so far among Big 12 quarterbacksVideo
There have been boos in Oklahoma and frustration in Iowa. And down in Texas, a gigantic new scoreboard is lighting up like an old pinball machine. Much of the quarterback play in the Big 12 so far this season is not what anyone expected. The league’s best are struggling, while...
