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Tim Benz: A 6-pack of players who need to shine in the Steelers preseason opener
Saturday night marks the preseason opener for the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers. They are visiting the Jacksonville Jaguars. Here’s a six-pack of players to watch. 1 & 2. The two tackles: I’m not pretending to break new ground for myself or anyone else in the media or in the fanbase. Troy...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 9, 2025: Konnor Griffin, 2025 draft pick Jared Jones homer in Greensboro win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 66-45) lost 2-1 to Omaha (Royals). RHP Thomas Harrington (7-9, 5.40) started and gave up two runs on three hits, including a homer, in 4⅔ innings. He walked one and struck out five. RHP Eddy Yean (2.79), RHP Chase Shugart (0.00) and LHP Evan Sisk (3.62) combined to...
Preseason game stopped after Lions’ Norris taken off field in ambulance vs. Falcons
ATLANTA — Detroit safety Morice Norris was attended to for about 20 minutes and taken off the field in an ambulance during the Lions’ preseason game Friday night against Atlanta, with the game ending with 6:31 to go after the players let the clock run. Norris was hurt with 14:50...
Pirates survive Chase Burns, rally behind Bryan Reynolds’ triple
Chase Burns came with a reputation as a fireballer whose four-seam fastball flirts with triple digits, and the Cincinnati Reds rookie right-hander lived up to his billing with 10 strikeouts in six innings. Despite a dominant performance by Burns, his first major-league victory continued to elude him as the Pittsburgh...
Patriots unveil statue of Super Bowl champ Tom Brady
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady’s statue weighs six tons and rises 17 feet off the ground, from the bottom of the six-sided base — one for each of the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victories — to the tip of the bronze fist raised in celebration. For a player who...
Colts QB Anthony Richardson is day-to-day after injuring finger, AP source says
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is considered day-to-day with a dislocated pinkie, a person with knowledge of the injury told the Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team hadn’t yet made an official statement. It’s unclear when Richardson...
Panthers’ Tkachuk says he’s undecided on whether to have surgery to address last season’s injuries
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk said he is still undecided whether to get surgery this offseason to address the significant injuries he suffered in the the 4 Nations Face-Off his year. Tkachuk told ESPN in a story posted Friday that, while he’s hoping to return to...
Alex Palou’s unstoppable season: Will he clinch his fourth IndyCar title at Portland?
It’s not a question of if Alex Palou will win his fourth IndyCar championship this season, only a matter of when. His first opportunity at clinching a third consecutive title and fourth in five years comes Sunday at Portland International Raceway, Round 15 of the 17-race schedule. A run of...
Boston Celtics sign coach Joe Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension
BOSTON — Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens has said throughout the offseason that the team wanted Joe Mazzulla to be its coach for a long time. It made that more than a proclamation Friday, announcing it had signed Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension. Length and details of the new...
Cowboys can’t afford to let Micah Parsons’ contract dispute linger into the season
Jerry Jones is known for dragging out contract negotiations, so it’s no surprise Micah Parsons is just the latest Dallas Cowboys star player to have to wait on a new deal. Dak Prescott had to play on the franchise tag in 2020 after being unable to reach agreement on an...
Tommy Fleetwood finds his groove and builds a big lead at PGA Tour playoffs opener
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tommy Fleetwood had another big closing stretch Friday with four straight birdies, giving him a 6-under-par 64 and the 36-hole lead in the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship with his sights set on an elusive PGA Tour title. So much attention is on the top 50 in...
How to watch the NFL in 2025: Streaming services, exclusive dates
There’s little doubt technology has made many things in our lives easier. Watching the NFL on television isn’t one of them. The most popular sport in the United States is also among the most confusing to watch, thanks to a myriad of streaming services and exclusive online broadcasts. For those...
Shedeur Sanders throws pair of TD passes in 1st half of Browns preseason game
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders impressed the first half of his NFL preseason debut, throwing two touchdown passes to Kaden Davis against the Carolina Panthers. The first was a 7-yard TD pass to Davis between two defenders. Sanders closed out the first half with a 12-yard...
5 things to watch in Steelers’ preseason opener
Saturday’s meeting with the Jacksonville Jaguars is the third time in four years the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing a preseason game in Florida. It was 88 degrees in Jacksonville in 2022 and a steamy 94 in Tampa a year later. Luckily, Accuweather’s Saturday forecasted high of 84 for Duvall County,...
Weekend scrimmage to serve as measuring stick for Pitt individually, as team
Though Pitt’s opening depth chart has yet to be released, it is actively in the making. Friday marked the Panthers’ eighth fall camp practice, with a live scrimmage looming Saturday at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the South Side. For coach Pat Narduzzi and his assistants, it will soon become...
‘You’re never satisfied’: Penn State keeps pushing star running backs
When Stan Drayton replaced Ja’Juan Seider as Penn State’s running backs coach, he had a refreshing answer when asked about overseeing the continued development of 1,000-yard backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen. Drayton, who previously coached Ezekiel Elliott, Bijan Robinson and Brian Westbrook at the college level, said he wanted...
Mark Madden: Cam Heyward’s hold-in proves his own words hollow
When Aaron Rodgers was pondering whether to sign with the local football team, Cam Heyward spoke thusly: “Either you want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler, or you don’t. It’s that simple.” For Heyward, those aren’t words to live by. A master of the training camp “hold in,” Heyward is indulging...
After simple advice, Pirates catcher Henry Davis hopes homer signals turnaround at plate
For all of the work Henry Davis has done in the batting cage trying to find his way out of a funk at the plate, the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher got some simple but sage advice from a baseball lifer. After taking early batting practice Thursday, it was a conversation with...
First Call: Jaguars will play starters vs. Steelers; Travis Hunter to play both WR and CB; Justin Fields starting for Jets
We know the Pittsburgh Steelers are sitting lots of players for Saturday’s preseason opener in Jacksonville. The Jaguars are not. In Friday’s “First Call,” we hear from Jags coach Liam Coen about why his team is putting its starters on the field. The Jets are doing the same thing in...
Tim Benz: Steelers need strong seasons from 2 ‘redshirt freshmen’
As Pittsburgh Steelers right tackle Troy Fautanu was walking into the players’ dorm at Saint Vincent College to start the team’s 2025 training camp, he vividly flashed back to a single snap during spring workouts. The first play of the “Seven Shots” red zone drill. Day 1 of organized team...
USA Gymnastics entering new era on, off floor as U.S. championships beginVideo
NEW ORLEANS — There was a time, not that long ago really, when Joscelyn Roberson would combat the nerves that inevitably popped up before a major gymnastics meet by reminding herself of one very simple fact. “I could be like, ‘Oh no one’s watching me,’” the 19-year-old said with a...
Umpire Jen Pawol emotional as she prepares to break big-league gender barrierVideo
NEW YORK — Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tenn., when she got the call she had awaited for a decade. She was going to make her major-league debut this weekend, becoming the first female umpire in a century and a half of big-league baseball. “I was...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 7, 2025: Konnor Griffin belts 15th homer in Greensboro win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 66-44) doubled up Omaha (Royals), 4-2. RF Jase Bowen (.667) went 2 for 3 with a double and homer in his Triple-A debut. 3B Alika Williams (.262) went 1 for 3 with his fourth homer. SS Cam Devanney (.272) went 1 for 3 with a double and an...
Paul Skenes tosses 6 scoreless innings as Pirates pound Reds for shutout victory
The return of Ke’Bryan Hayes with the Cincinnati Reds brought a warm reception from a crowd that cheered the first third baseman in Pittsburgh Pirates history to win a Gold Glove. The better ovation was saved for Paul Skenes, who continued to build his candidacy for the National League Cy...
After being traded to Cincinnati, Ke’Bryan Hayes returns with Reds to play Pirates
Don Kelly said it would be weird to see Ke’Bryan Hayes in red after so many years wearing black and gold while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he became baseball’s premier defensive third baseman. Hayes used the same word to describe dressing in the visiting clubhouse and sitting in...
