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Chelsea ousts Madrid to set up all-English Champions League final vs Man CityVideo
LONDON — Chelsea’s decision to fire a club legend suddenly doesn’t seem so callous after all. While Frank Lampard’s name has hardly been forgotten by the Chelsea fans — who were chanting it outside Stamford Bridge before kickoff on Wednesday — new manager Thomas Tuchel is quickly creating his own...
Mike LaValliere, Bob Walk remember former Pirates pitching coach Ray Miller’s fun side
Ray Miller taught Bob Walk and Mike LaValliere much about pitching, relationships and how to deal with umpires. But Miller, the former Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitching coach, also knew about something else that those two teammates remembered Wednesday when they heard their mentor had died. “Ray certainly appreciated a good prank...
Duquesne’s Tavian Dunn-Martin changes mind, decides to enter transfer portral
Duquesne guard Tavian Dunn-Martin, who earlier this offseason said he was returning to Duquesne for his final season of eligibility, has changed his mind and will enter the NCAA transfer portal. Dunn-Martin played three seasons at Duquesne, first as a shooting guard and then as a point guard this season...
Orioles’ John Means throws 1st career no-hitter in win over MarinersVideo
SEATTLE — John Means threw the third no-hitter in the majors this season and came within a wild pitch on a third strike of a perfect game, pitching the Baltimore Orioles over the Seattle Mariners, 6-0, on Wednesday. Means (4-0) struck out 12 and walked none. Seattle’s runner was Sam...
Steelers cornerback Justin Layne takes plea deal in Ohio case, felony gun charge dropped
Steelers cornerback Justin Layne on Wednesday had a felony gun charged dismissed as part of a plea deal in Ohio, landing him probation and a suspended jail sentence, court records show. Layne was pulled over early April 23 for speeding in Willoughby, a Cleveland suburb, and cited for speeding, driving...
Former Pirates pitching coach Ray Miller dies at 76
Ray Miller, who was the Baltimore Orioles’ pitching coach when they lost the 1979 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates and later held the same job for the Pirates for 10 seasons, has died, his family told the Baltimore Sun. He was 76. “One of the top pitching coaches in...
Jeff Carter has been one of Penguins’ most versatile, effective forwards since his arrival
There were two obvious rationales the Pittsburgh Penguins employed to add Jeff Carter at the trade deadline last month. Each appears to be playing out at or above any organizational expectations. “He’s really fit in nicely,” coach Mike Sullivan said, “ … both in the locker room and on the...
Minor league baseball draws 103,483 for 47 games in return
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Minor league baseball drew 103,483 fans for 47 games on its opening day after missing the 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The largest crowd Tuesday was 5,004 for the Tulsa Drillers’ 4-3 loss to Amarillo in the Double-A Central. All four Double-A South games...
NCAA aims for less contact in preseason football practice
The NCAA football oversight committee is preparing to recommend changes to preseason camp that will include fewer fully padded practices and the elimination of some old-school collision drills. The latest move to scale back contact in practice comes in response to a five-year study involving six major college football teams...
Penn State football adds safety commit, continues Lackawanna College pipeline
Penn State football picked up its second commitment in the 2022 recruiting class in five days Wednesday morning. Safety Tyrece Mills committed to the Nittany Lions and head coach James Franklin via his personal Twitter account. “It’s been a long hard fought journey trying to stay out the way in...
Alejandro Villanueva embraces joining Ravens, takes veiled shot at JuJu Smith-Schuster
As is customary for most NFL teams when their signings in free agency become official, Alejandro Villanueva was made available to the media Wednesday. The veteran left tackle’s comments might raise some eyebrows with the fans and players of his former team. Villanueva joined the Baltimore Ravens for a reported...
Pitt baseball escapes shadow of covid-19 pause
Mike Bell knew it was coming. Football couldn’t escape it. Men’s basketball found its routine disrupted, too. How could baseball, the most successful of those three Pitt sports this academic year, hide from the scourge of covid-19? After winning eight of 11 games in April, No. 14 Pitt (20-12, 14-10...
Slippery Rock tabs Greensburg native Roberta Page as university’s 1st female athletic director
Slippery Rock has found its next athletic director. On Wednesday, the school announced the hiring of 1988 SRU alumna and 2015 Rock Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Roberta Page as its next director of intercollegiate athletics. She will replace Paul Lueken — the longest tenured athletic director in department...
It’s been a banner spring for Seton Hill sports teams
Spring sports teams at Seton Hill felt they had plenty to prove after their 2020 seasons were sawed short because of the pandemic. Many of them have used this year to take out pent up frustration, and it led to conference titles, national rankings and potentially pending success in the...
NHL suspends Flyers’ Shayne Gostisbehere for 2 games for late hit on Penguins’ Mark Friedman
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced Wednesday it was issuing a two-game suspension to Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere for his hit on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Mark Friedman during the previous evening’s game. Gostisbehere was assessed a two-minute penalty for cross-checking after he shoved Friedman moments after Friedman added...
Mark Madden: While many draft needs were addressed, the Steelers still need a cornerback
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ draft did a lot to fix their offense, specifically their running game. But is their defense broken? The Steelers’ playmaking defense has been the team’s cornerstone the last two seasons. It was third- and second-best in yards allowed per play in 2020 (4.9) and 2019 (4.7). It...
Pirates closer Richard Rodriguez completes reliever’s equivalent of a perfect game
When Austin Nola hit a deep fly to left field, the Pittsburgh Pirates had to hold their breath a moment before Ka’ai Tom made a catch at the warning track. Even before getting the final out of the 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night for his...
Travis Swaggerty hits leadoff homer, as Pirates prospects start minor league season with blasts
The Pittsburgh Pirates raised eyebrows by having outfielder Travis Swaggerty report to the Indianapolis Indians, skipping a step in the minor leagues to make the jump to Triple-A. Ranked the Pirates’ No. 9 prospect by MLB Pipeline (and No. 14 by Baseball America), the 2018 first-round pick rewarded their confidence...
Connor McDavid focused on playoffs, not 100 points in 56 games
Connor McDavid is within reach of a milestone that could go down in hockey history. McDavid needs seven points in Edmonton’s final five games to reach 100 in 56 games during this shortened NHL season. Getting there would be an achievement remembered alongside Wayne Gretzky’s 50 goals in 39 games,...
First Call: Steelers projected to get 3rd-round compensatory pick for Bud Dupree; Rangers rip NHL over Tom Wilson decision
The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting a sense of their 2022 draft compensation for losing Bud Dupree in free agency. And the franchise is finally getting some national praise for their 2021 draft class from a national outlet. In the NHL, the New York Rangers are irate over the lack of...
Tim Benz: One thing is clear for 2021 Steelers: T.J. Watt is never allowed to get hurt
With the NFL Draft in the books and the first wave of free agency completed, one thing has become abundantly clear for the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. T.J. Watt is not allowed to get hurt. Ever. Not a pulled calf. Not a jammed finger. Not a bee sting. Not a hangnail....
Steelers legend Jerome Bettis offers prediction about Ben Roethlisberger’s future, endorses drafting of Najee Harris
It should be no surprise that Steelers Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis is endorsing the franchise’s 2021 first-round draft pick, fellow running back Najee Jerome Harris (Alabama). Yup. He’s got a “Jerome” and a “Harris” in his name. That’s a pretty decent way to get off to a good start...
This Date in Sports History: May 5
1904 — Cy Young of the Red Sox pitches a p+erfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics, beating Rube Waddell, 3-0. 1934 — Cavalcade wins the Kentucky Derby by more than three lengths over Discovery. It’s his third victory in less than two weeks. 1966 — The Montreal Canadiens beat the...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 7, Flyers 3
Observations from the Penguins’ 7-3 win against the Flyers: First things first, no one got injured, substantially at least, in this game. That’s something of a minor miracle given how heated this was. If this game went five minutes longer, someone might have ended up in the hospital. Each instance...
Mitch Keller’s strong start leads Pirates past Padres to snap 5-game losing streak
Mitch Keller had a game plan to establish command of his fastball and use it inside and out, and the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander followed every sign catcher Jacob Stallings threw down for him. The result was Keller’s longest and most successful outing of a season where he has struggled, one...
