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Mark Madden: Pitt needs what college football used to be, not what it has become
College football is beyond screwed up and not worth paying attention to unless you’re a fan of one of the chosen few and can look past being on the grifter’s end of a con game. So it’s a lot like following MLB. College football’s latest carny move is the SEC’s...
U.S., 3 unbeaten teams set for Olympic men’s basketball semis
SAITAMA, Japan — They believe they are the best basketball team at the Olympics, too good to consider anything but gold. “If we do what we do well, we bring the intensity on defense, we play our roles but we’re ourselves in our roles, we’re free, we’re the best players...
First Call: Former Steeler Mike Hilton’s interesting quote; Ben Roethlisberger praises Hall of Fame teammates
Wednesday’s “First Call” has some eyebrow-raising comments from a former Pittsburgh Steeler. Ben Roethlisberger has high praise for some former teammates. Max Starks is excited about his new job. And big bucks are coming to a pair of former WPIAL basketball stars. Safety First? Old allegiances die quickly in the...
Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin reflects on relationship with Bill Cowher in advance of Cowher’s Hall of Fame induction
During an interview in advance of his upcoming Hall of Fame induction, former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher had one request. He wanted current coach Mike Tomlin to allow him to call one more defensive play during the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday night against the Dallas Cowboys. “Let...
Ryan Malone on his tech-savvy sports business venture, state of the Penguins, Sidney Crosby memories
When former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ryan Malone gutted up to return to play after taking a puck to the face in Game 5 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final, it was a moment Penguins fans of that era will never forget. Nor will they ever forget his two power-play goals...
This Date in Sports History: Aug. 4
1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for most tournament wins (18) in a season. 1982 — Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in major-league history to get hits for two teams in...
Pirates’ Gregory Polanco declares: ‘I never want to leave Pittsburgh’
With so many newly acquired, young players running around the minors and some finding their way into the big-league dugout, no one knows for sure what the Pittsburgh Pirates will look like a year from now. Gregory Polanco only knows he wants to be a part of it. “I never...
Gregory Polanco breaks up no-hitter; Pirates go on to defeat first-place Brewers in 10 innings
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ 8-5 victory in 10 innings Tuesday night against a vastly superior Milwaukee Brewers’ team had so many tense, game-changing moments, perhaps you didn’t notice it took 4 hours, 6 minutes to complete. But how could you miss the most obvious element? Whenever the game was on the...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 3, 2021: Ji-hwan Bae gets game-winning hit for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 37-40) was dispatched by Iowa (Cubs), 5-1. RHP Beau Sulser (5-5, 4.16) took the loss, giving up three runs on seven hits in six innings. RF Bligh Madris (.258) hit an RBI double in his lone at-bat. 2B Tucupita Marcano (.190) went 1 for 5 with a single...
Carmelo Anthony to join LeBron, Lakers on 1-year dealVideo
LOS ANGELES — Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James long have wanted to be on the same team. They finally will get their chance after Anthony agreed to a one-year deal to join the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. Anthony broke the news on social media by posting a video that...
Stephen Curry lands 2nd $200M contract of career with Warriors
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry landed the second $200 million-plus contract of his career, reaching agreement on a $215 million, four-year extension with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday that takes him through the 2025-26 season. Curry’s agent, Jeff Austin of Octagon, confirmed the new deal for the star point...
Sumo scare? Olympic riders say horses spooked by statue
KAMIYOGA, Japan — Equestrian jumpers aren’t keen on surprises. Neither are the horses, and it takes years of training to keep them from getting spooked. Of course, no horse in Tuesday night’s Olympic jumping qualifier ever had seen anything like obstacle No. 10. “As you come around, you see a...
Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph hopes others will follow him
Growing up in Quebec during the 2010s, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph’s choice for an idol was obvious. P.K. Subban. A tall, lanky and dynamic blue-liner who had an effervescent personality that could light up a nuclear submarine, Subban was a star countless Quebecois youth gravitated to during his tenure...
Westminster football picked to win title in tough PAC
Westminster captured the Presidents’ Athletic Conference spring football season. Senior linebacker Ian Barr said the goal is to win two titles in the same calendar year. If preseason polls mean anything, Westminster is the early favorite of the conference coaches and athletic directors, along with media outlets, to do so....
Pirates’ Shea Spitzbarth thought of being a fireman; now he puts out MLB fires
Shea Spitzbarth was shagging fly balls during batting practice Monday in Milwaukee’s American Family Field when he heard a familiar voice holler, “Spitz.” He’s been hearing that name all his life, but to hear it in a major-league outfield while he was wearing a major-league jersey (one that says Pirates)...
Attrition affecting tight ends as Pat Freiermuth leaves Steelers practice
Already without Eric Ebron and Zach Gentry from the start of Tuesday’s training-camp practice because of injury, the Pittsburgh Steelers tight end corps finished the session at Heinz Field with only two healthy bodies after rookie Pat Freiermuth suffered an apparent shoulder injury. Freiermuth took part in stretching and individual...
Browns get good news on injured LB Anthony Walker
BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns dodged their first major injury of this season. Starting middle linebacker Anthony Walker Jr. will not need surgery but is expected to miss an extended period with a right knee injury suffered on a noncontact play in training camp Monday. Coach Kevin Stefanski said...
Mother-to-be Katie Miller Gee claims 10-shot win at PA Mid-Amateur
Katie Miller Gee took a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Pennsylvania Women’s Golf Association Mid-Amateur on Tuesday. Then, she hit the accelerator and raced past everybody. No bumps on this road. Well, maybe one. Miller Gee, the newly named girls golf coach at her alma mater of...
Panthers receiver carted off; player who hit him is cut
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Carolina Panthers wide receiver Keith Kirkwood was hit in the neck area during practice Tuesday, carted off the field and taken away by ambulance. The player who struck him was kicked out of practice and waived. Kirkwood suffered a concussion, was released from the hospital and is...
Inside the ropes: Interceptions aplenty from defense off Steelers QBs
It was only four years ago that Ben Roethlisberger proudly boasted he made it through the entire Pittsburgh Steelers training camp without throwing an interception. That certainly hasn’t been the case at the 2021 camp. Not for Roethlisberger, not for any of the four quarterbacks on the roster. Roethlisberger threw...
Westmoreland college notebook: Hempfield grad Mackenna Orie finds fit at Arizona
College athletes say it all the time. Their school didn’t “fit,” so they bolted for another one that did. Or, at least that is the idea. That was the case with Mackenna Orie, the former Hempfield standout thrower who announced recently she is leaving one Division I track and field...
Dwayne Haskins aiming for No. 2 QB job in 2021, to be ‘future franchise QB’ thereafterVideo
Less than eight months after being released by Washington, 6 ½ months after signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers and two weeks into his first training camp with them, Dwayne Haskins is setting the bar high. Haskins was polite and understated during his first media session of camp Tuesday, but he...
NCAA gender equity review recommends combined Final Four
A law firm hired to investigate gender equity concerns at NCAA championship events released a blistering report Tuesday that recommended holding the men’s and women’s Final Fours at the same site and offering financial incentives to schools to improve their women’s basketball programs. The review by Kaplan Hecker & Fink...
Pac-12, Big 12 commissioners consider alliances
The commissioners of the Pac-12 and Big 12 met Tuesday to discuss how the conferences might benefit from working together or maybe even merging. Two people with knowledge of the meeting said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and George Kliavkoff from the Pac-12 were discussing the potential for strategic planning...
Trailblazer Bill Nunn made his mark on Steelers during Hall of Fame career
The Pro Football Hall of Fame counts 33 players from historically Black colleges and universities among its membership. It’s a safe bet Bill Nunn personally scouted or conducted film study on nearly every one of them. What is known is Nunn was responsible for bringing three of those Hall of...
