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Steelers NFL Draft bio in brief: Wisconsin DE Isaiahh Loudermilk

Isaiahh Loudermilk Fifth-round pick, No. 156 overall Defensive end, Wisconsin 6-foot-6, 274 pounds Stats: As a senior in 2020, had 13 tackles, including 2 1/2 for loss with two sacks in six starts. In 2019, had 24 tackles, five for loss with three sacks, five pass breakups and two forced...
Steelers execute trade, select Wisconsin DE Isaiahh Loudermilk in 5th round

Entering the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers had 11 players capable of playing somewhere on the defensive line on their offseason roster. And despite that position group being universally regarded as the weakest in this year’s class, the Steelers traded into the fifth round Saturday to grab another big body...
Browns pick WVU linebacker Tony Fields in 5th round

West Virginia linebacker Tony Fields II, who played one season for the Mountaineers after three years at Arizona, was selected in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday by the Cleveland Browns. He was drafted 153rd overall. Fields (6-foot-1, 220 pounds) recorded 88 tackles for the Mountaineers in...
Former Sewickley woman is trainer for Hidden Stash in Kentucky Derby

Victoria Humphrey Oliver said she knew there was something special about Hidden Stash when she watched the 3-year-old thoroughbred run. “I could just see he had talent,” said Humphrey Oliver, of Lexington Ky., who lived in Sewickley from second grade until the end of her freshman year at Sewickley Academy....
Pirates 1st-rounder Travis Swaggerty to start in Triple-A Indy

When the Pittsburgh Pirates announced the rosters for their minor league affiliates, Travis Swaggerty’s name was missing from the Altoona Curve for a good reason. The Pirates decided to have the 23-year-old outfielder skip Double-A and report directly to Triple-A Indianapolis, where he will compete for playing time with Anthony...
Steelers NFL Draft bio in brief: Texas A&M ILB Buddy Johnson

BUDDY JOHNSON Fourth-round pick, No. 140 overall Linebacker, Texas A&M 6-foot, 229 pounds Stats: Led Texas A&M with 86 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles as a senior. Hometown: Dallas, Texas Tidbits: Given name is Devodrick Johnson. His mother gave her son his nickname because she thought...
New Steelers ILB Buddy Johnson was productive in college, but team likes his tools more

If nothing else was known about an inside linebacker prospect, targeting the one who was the leading tackler on the SEC’s best defense is a pretty good place to start. Not that Buddy Johnson’s new position coach knew his statistical resume. “I don’t look at the production numbers, OK?” Pittsburgh...
2 years after knee injury, Pitt’s Rashad Weaver drafted in 4th round by Titans

When Pitt defensive end Rashad Weaver suffered a serious knee injury in training camp two years ago and needed season-ending surgery, he didn’t feel sorry for himself. It just reinforced the work ethic that carried him through his five-year Pitt career. LETS GOOOO! I’m so thankful for the @titans believing...
Steelers NFL Draft bio in brief: Texas A&M OT Dan Moore Jr.

Dan Moore Jr. Fourth-round pick, No. 128 overall Offensive tackle, Texas A&M 6-foot-5 1/2, 311 pounds Stats: Started each of the Aggies’ 36 games at left tackle over the past three seasons, in addition to one start at right tackle as a freshman in 2017. Hometown: Beaumont, Texas Why draft...
Steelers stick to offense, pick Texas A&M tackle Dan Moore Jr. in 4th round of NFL Draft

When Steelers president Art Rooney II said the Pittsburgh Steelers were going to take steps toward improving the NFL’s 32nd-ranked running game, he was serious. One look at the team’s top four picks in the NFL Draft rammed home Rooney’s intentions. The third day of the draft opened Saturday with...
Here’s what the NHL’s TV deals with ESPN, Turner may mean for the league

SEATTLE — Kraken television play-by-play broadcaster John Forslund sees “an interesting frontier” ahead for the NHL now that its dual U.S. national television-rights holders have been named. Forslund, who remains one of NBC’s lead hockey broadcasters through the upcoming playoffs, said this week that new NHL partners ESPN and Turner...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Steelers draft decisions don’t always add up

I liked the Steelers’ first draft pick — until they made their second pick. After the Steelers made their third pick, I felt OK again. Picking Alabama’s Najee Harris at No. 24 made perfect sense. He was the best running back in the draft. Harris will make more immediate impact...
Season of the slump: Baseball keeps swinging and missing

NEW YORK — Don Mattingly starred in the action-packed 1980s. Now the Miami Marlins manager, Donnie Baseball worries about a record lack of hits — and not just from his team’s bats. “I don’t think it’s cyclical at this point,” he said. “There’s so much swing and miss, it’s kind...
Malathaat rallies in stretch to win Kentucky Oaks

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After Malathaat outdueled Search Results down the stretch to win the 147th Kentucky Oaks by a neck, runner-up jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. patted Malathaat’s jockey, John Velazquez, on the shoulder to congratulate him. “We just got beat today,” Ortiz said. “She ran a really solid effort and...
This date in sports history: May 1Video

1920 — Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Dodgers both pitch 26 innings in a 1-1 tie, the longest game in major league history. 1943 — Count Fleet, ridden by Johnny Longden, wins the Kentucky Derby by three lengths over Blue Swords. 1948 —...
Plum’s Alex Kirilloff launches first 2 big league homers in Twins win

MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Kirilloff hit the first two home runs of his major league career, including a three-run drive that broke open the game in the third inning and led the Minnesota Twins over the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals 9-1 on Friday night. Kirilloff, a Plum native who debuted...

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