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5 things to watch in Week 6: Some WPIAL conferences may crown no champion
Some WPIAL football conferences may have no champion this season. The WPIAL announced this week that no conference champion would be recognized if canceled games could have changed the outcome. In the Class 2A Allegheny for example, Apollo-Ridge and Serra Catholic are both undefeated but their head-to-head matchup was canceled...
Braves 1 win from World Series after pounding Dodgers in NLCS Game 4Video
ARLINGTON, Texas — Marcell Ozuna homered twice, MVP candidate Freddie Freeman delivered the go-ahead hit off Clayton Kershaw and the Atlanta Braves moved within one win of ending a two-decade World Series drought by routing the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 on Thursday night. The Braves took a 3-1 lead in...
This date in sports history: Oct. 16Video
1932 — After a 0-0 tie earlier in the season, the Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears, 2-0. 1964 — Rochester High School graduate Babe Parilli of the Boston Patriots passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-43 tie with the Oakland Raiders. 1968 — Americans Tommie...
Wheeling Nailers to open 2020-21 season on Dec. 12
The Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the Penguins, will open their 2020-21 season on Dec. 12 with a home contest against the Indy Fuel at WesBanco Arena. On Thursday, the ECHL released its schedule from Dec. 11 through Jan. 14 for the the 13 teams that will participate in a...
Rams’ Aaron Donald looking forward to tormenting 49ers againVideo
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — San Francisco already knows what Aaron Donald is capable of. He has a sack for the Rams in their last six meetings with the 49ers. The 49ers will spend this week breaking down a performance at Washington in which the most dominant defensive tackle in the...
Carlos Correa hits walkoff homer to keep Astros alive in ALCSVideo
SAN DIEGO — Carlos Correa homered with one out in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, on Thursday behind sensational pitching from five rookies to remain alive in the AL Championship Series. Correa drove a pitch from Nick Anderson to straightaway center field,...
Hatton copes with jet lag to lead CJ Cup at Shadow CreekVideo
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Tyrrell Hatton felt grumpy from not getting much sleep, and then he felt he was in a dream when he was 5-under-par through the opening five holes of the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek. The reality of Thursday was that even coming off an emotional...
Chiefs are signing running back Le’Veon Bell, as reported by the NFL NetworkVideo
Running back Le’Veon Bell didn’t last long on the free-agent market after being released by the New York Jets. The Chiefs are signing Bell to a one-year deal, the NFL Network reported Thursday evening. The Chiefs later tweeted, “Welcome to Chiefs Kingdom, Le’Veon Bell!” Terms with the 28-year-old former Pittsburgh...
Pitt QB Kenny Pickett not 100% healthy, but Pat Narduzzi feels good ‘with where he is right now’
Pat Narduzzi doesn’t like to talk about injuries, especially when the information might help an opponent’s preparation. But Pitt’s coach did offer 57 words Thursday when he was asked about quarterback Kenny Pickett’s left ankle that was injured in the second half of the Boston College game. He didn’t give...
Pitt lives, hopes to survive on Cornerback Island
Pat Narduzzi has been preaching, teaching or designing defensive strategy for 30 years. He believes in recruiting athletic, tough-minded cornerbacks who don’t mind — in fact, prefer — pressing up against wide receivers at the line of scrimmage and covering them with little help from safeties. So it was no...
Steelers seek to prevent Browns from scoring early, playing with lead
Through five games this season, the Cleveland Browns are averaging 19.0 points per game in the first half. To put that figure into perspective, last season the Pittsburgh Steelers averaged 18.1 points… for their full games. In advance of Sunday’s AFC North showdown between the teams at Heinz Field, much...
Maurkice Pouncey returns to Steelers practice, but David DeCastro does not
The news was half-good Thursday for the Pittsburgh Steelers in regard to the health of their veteran offensive linemen. Center Maurkice Pouncey was a full practice participant but guard David DeCastro did not participate at all, four days after each was forced out of a win against the Philadelphia Eagles....
AP source: Tyronn Lue agrees to become next Clippers coachVideo
A person with knowledge of the situation said Tyronn Lue agreed to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. Final terms were still being worked on, said the person who spoke to the Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because no contract had been signed. Lue...
After record-setting game, Steelers rookie WR Chase Claypool awaits next challenge
By sheer size, Chase Claypool is difficult to miss. At 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, the rookie second-round draft pick from Notre Dame is the tallest wide receiver on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster. His long stride, 80-inch wingspan and 4.42 speed also make him impossible to ignore on the football field....
Pittsburgh has appeal to NCAA in hosting events
Why does the NCAA keep coming back to Pittsburgh host events? Simple. “Pittsburgh is a college town,” mayor Bill Peduto said during a video conference call Thursday. “The city itself is home to seven universities, and the greater region is home to dozens. Pittsburgh is a sports town. And the...
Browns send ‘ill’ Odell Beckham home, QB Baker Mayfield feeling better
CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield’s injured ribs aren’t the only concern this week for the Cleveland Browns. Star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was sent home feeling ill on Thursday as coach Kevin Stefanski said the team acted out of caution because of covid-19 concerns while preparing for this week’s matchup...
Falcons shut facility after 2nd positive; Vikings game on
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons shut their facility Thursday following one new positive test for covid-19. The team remains scheduled to play at Minnesota on Sunday. Defensive tackle Marlon Davidson was placed on the covid-19/reserve list this week, and the addition of a second unidentified person caused the Falcons to...
Robert Morris, Mercyhurst aim to open men’s hockey seasons in mid-November
Atlantic Hockey, the conference which includes Robert Morris and Mercyhurst, announced it is targeting Nov. 13 to open its men’s 2020-21 season. Schedules have yet to be announced but according to a release from the conference, each school will play between 24 and 28 games. The season will conclude with...
Pirates move up start times for home games before Memorial Day, after Labor Day in 2021
The Pittsburgh Pirates will introduce earlier start times for home games before Memorial Day and after Labor Day for the 2021 season, moving them up 30 minutes after receiving feedback from fans. The schedule, which starts with the home opener against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, April 8, features 6:35...
Pitt, WVU reschedule postponed game to 2023-24 basketball season
Pitt and West Virginia officials have worked out an agreement to move their basketball game, postponed this year by covid-19 restrictions, to the 2023-24 season in Morgantown, W.Va. That extends by one season the two-year agreement, finalized earlier this year, for games during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. The teams...
Pitt will welcome 5,500 spectators inside Heinz Field for final 2 home games
Spectators are returning to Heinz Field for Pitt games, too. Following the lead of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who welcomed people inside for the first time last Sunday, Pitt officials announced Thursday approximately 5,500 fans can attend each of the final two home games — Notre Dame on Oct. 24, and...
First Call: Odds to sign Le’Veon Bell? Only one team in front of Steelers. Pirates painful anniversary.
Thursday’s “First Call” gives us the odds of the Steelers signing Le’Veon Bell. A former Steeler gives Bell some advice. A Cleveland Browns player steps out on behalf of Myles Garrett. We mourn a painful Pirates anniversary. And “Pittsburgh South” isn’t moving on just yet. Been there, done that If...
Tim Benz: Steelers face a better Browns team. But how much better is Baker Mayfield?
In advance of his team’s game against the Steelers this week, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield made one thing clear. “Mama didn’t raise no wuss.” Fair enough. Even if Mayfield is unable to play through his rib injury Sunday at Heinz Field, I wouldn’t have made that kind of judgment...
U mad, bro? Fans think Steelers are overrated; Readers pout about Pitt, Pirates, Patriots
When is a 4-0 start in the NFL not good enough? When you live in Pittsburgh and root for the Steelers. That’s how we start “U mad, bro?” this week. We also hear from persnickety Pitt fans, bummed-out Buccos backers and stubborn New England Patriots conspiracy theorists. After the Steelers...
This date in sports history: Oct. 15Video
1933 — The Philadelphia Eagles play their first NFL game and suffers a 56-0 loss to the New York Giants. 1961 — Mickey Wright wins her third LPGA Championship with a rout, nine strokes ahead of Louise Suggs. 1972 — Stan Mikita of the Chicago Blackhawks becomes the sixth NHL...
