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Titans coach Mike Vrabel tests positive for covid-19
NASHVILLE — Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel said Sunday he tested positive for covid-19 and has quarantined pending further testing. Vrabel told reporters he woke up with a sore throat and an earache. He went to the team headquarters Sunday morning to be tested, and the result came back positive....
Stock up, stock down for Steelers after 3rd preseason game
The Pittsburgh Steelers won their first 11 games in 2020. They’ve won their first three games of the 2021 season. Unfortunately, these ones don’t count. But being 3-0 is better than being 0-3 — and having the first (and only) game in which the starters start result in a 20-0...
Norwin alum Shasko Bonnett wins halftime kicking contest at Steelers game
The second kicker up in a three-person contest at Heinz Field on Saturday night — with 40,000-plus looking on — Ariel Shasko Bonnett lined up her field-goal try from the 5-yard line. A chip shot? Not for someone who had only began kicking a week ago. She is much more...
Red zone is comfort zone for Steelers’ rookie tight end Pat Freiermuth
Pat Freiermuth missed by a year the chance to make money off his name, image and likeness rights in college at Penn State. The 6-foot-5 tight end is learning quickly, however, about the best way to profit in the NFL. It’s by making big and, at times, difficult catches in...
Baldwin graduates look ahead to promising college volleyball seasons
Three key senior members of the 2019 Baldwin girls volleyball team — outside hitter Allison Murray, middle hitter Ally Schenk and right-side hitter Riley Lenard-Haley — have continued their careers at the next level. After finishing as a back-to-back section champion and WPIAL runner-up in 2016 and 2018, Baldwin was...
Yordenis Ugás defeats Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision
LAS VEGAS — Although Manny Pacquiao hasn’t decided what his future holds, the eight-division world champion realizes his 26-year professional boxing career might have ended Saturday night with a disheartening loss. Yordenis Ugás is only seven years younger than the Filipino senator, yet he’s just getting started after seizing this...
Pirates prefer a mix-and-match mindset with new relief roles in back end of bullpen
Derek Shelton knew he would have to mix and match to reconstruct a Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen decimated by ineffectiveness, injuries and trades, especially over the final two months of the season. The Pirates have turned a starter into a reliever, transformed a veteran from a multi-innings eater into a high-leverage...
Tim Benz: Steelers answering questions about thin roster spots as preseason wins mount
It’s always wise to caution putting any stock in the results of Steelers preseason games. Especially with this 3-0 start in 2021. After all, the Steelers are playing nothing but NFC teams that finished out of the playoffs — and with sub-.500 records — in 2020. Over the first two...
Yoshi Tsutsugo lifts Pirates past Cardinals, as Mars alum David Bednar earns 1st MLB save
The Pittsburgh Pirates arrived in St. Louis trying to snap a five-game losing streak. Now, they are on the brink of sweeping the Cardinals and spoiling their Hall of Fame weekend at Busch Stadium. Where the Cardinals presented red jackets to some of their all-time greats in a pregame ceremony,...
Ben Roethlisberger shines in debut with new offense; Steelers win
Ben Roethlisberger’s first try at running offensive coordinator Matt Canada’s offense couldn’t have gone better for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nothing beats perfection, right? When Roethlisberger departed after three series in the Steelers’ 26-20 preseason victory Saturday night against the Detroit Lions, he had a perfect 158.3 passer rating. With a...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 21, 2021: Cole Tucker homers in Indianapolis win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 45-49) held on to beat Toledo (Tigers), 5-4. SS Cole Tucker (.232) went 1 for 3 and hit his sixth home run, a solo shot in the seventh. 3B Hunter Owen (.234) went 1 for 4 with a homer, his 14th. CF Jared Oliva (.234) went 2 for...
Steelers notebook: James Pierre appears ahead in battle for No. 3 CB
Through the first four weeks of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, the hottest position battle for a starting spot was at nickel cornerback between Arthur Maulet and Antoine Brooks. The answer — if Saturday’s preseason game against the Detroit Lions is any indication — neither. For the first snap in which...
Packers’ surplus of receivers creates plenty of competition
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers wideout Davante Adams says the addition of veteran Randall Cobb has made it easier to provide leadership to the team’s younger receivers. But it’s also made it tougher for those receivers to crack the 53-man roster. Adams said much of what he has...
Briscoe, Hamlin will get chance to settle debate at MichiganVideo
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin spent the week trading barbs about their chaotic finish at Indianapolis. They will have a chance to settle the score Sunday at Michigan. During a week many teams scrambled to repair damaged cars while plotting strategy for NASCAR’s return to oval racing,...
Floyd Reese, GM of Titans’ Super Bowl team, dies at 73
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Floyd Reese, the general manager who assembled the roster for the Tennessee Titans’ lone Super Bowl appearance, died Saturday. He was 73. His family told the team of his death. Reese had cancer and was with his family when he died, according to a social media post...
Penn State AD Sandy Barbour eager to welcome spectators back to Beaver Stadium
For decades, Penn State accepted and met the challenge of herding more than 100,000 people into Beaver Stadium for football games. That changed last season in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, with no ticket, parking or concession revenue and an oddly silent atmosphere at games. But Penn State athletic...
Here are 5 Penn State football underclassmen who can step up in 2021
Penn State football’s roster has youth at several positions. The Nittany Lions have several players who can contribute this season despite their relative lack of playing time at the collegiate level. Let’s take a look at five young players in particular who could contribute at a high level this season...
Experience matters at defensive tackle, and Penn State is counting on 2 vets to hold down the middle
On paper, Penn State is expected to field one of its most inexperienced defensive lines in recent memory. The Nittany Lions must replace a pair of first-team All-Big Ten ends (Shaka Toney, Odafe Oweh). Stout tackle Antonio Shelton, a 2020 starter, is now with the Florida Gators. PJ Mustipher, a...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: CM Punk’s return to wrestling with AEW should have WWE concerned
As baseball Hall-of-Famer Satchel Paige once said, “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” Roman Reigns, WWE’s top dog, said something that suggests he’s looking back: “CM Punk was not as good or as (popular) as John Cena…(he) didn’t move the needle like The Rock.” Punk, 42, left...
Youth flag football teams to bring Penn Hills flavor to Super Bowl week
The Pittsburgh Elite flag football program earned an opportunity for a new experience. By winning the 9U, 11U and 12U tournaments Aug. 1 at the Valley Forge Championships in Conshohocken, the program will have an opportunity to compete at the NFL Flag Bowl on Feb. 4-6 in Los Angeles. The...
Yoshi Tsutsugo’s 1st home run for Pirates receives warm welcome from teammates
Once he made contact, Yoshi Tsutsugo watched the ball and pointed his bat toward the home bullpen in right-center field at Busch Stadium as the ball sailed over the outstretched glove of Lars Nootbaar. Tsutsugo’s first home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates was a pinch-hit solo shot that traveled 397...
New generation of versatile, athletic linemen paves way for A-K Valley offenses
Brandon Lawhorn Moore doesn’t mind that his Kiski Area teammates and coaches call him “Beef.” It is a nickname that has stuck since sixth grade. “My history teacher had these beef jerky days every Friday, and I would be the only one who would bring in the beef jerky,” said...
Once-proud programs in Jeannette, Monessen fall on hard times
Jeannette and Monessen have a lot in common. They are small towns that are getting smaller. Both have seen a slow but steady decline in population since the turn of the century. Industrial growth has dwindled, and change has been met with a stiff arm as they forge ahead with...
This date in sports history: Aug. 21Video
1901 — William Larned wins the first of seven men’s singles titles in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1914 — Walter Hagen captures the U.S. Open golf title by edging Chick Evans. 1920 — Jock Hutchinson wins the PGA Championship with a 1-up victory over J. Douglass Edgar. 1931...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 20, 2021: Oneil Cruz has 3 hits in return from injury
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 44-49) blanked Toledo (Tigers), 5-0. RHP Max Kranick (2-3, 4.97) threw six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, fanning three. LHP Sam Howard, rehabbing an oblique injury, threw two perfect innings of relief with two strikeouts. RHP Tyler Bashlor (2.92) pitched a perfect ninth. RF Jared...
