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Mark Madden’s Hot Take: MLB should keep rule changes and add even more
If big-time sports aren’t careful, the pandemic may inadvertently steer them into giving the people what they want. Hockey’s expanded playoff worked. Baseball’s expanded playoff is working. Baseball is slated to use the same format in 2021. Don’t be shocked if hockey sticks with a 24-team tournament. The postseason is...
Shady Side Academy boys golf looking to peak at right time
The Shady Side Academy boys golf team is hoping 2020 is its year and certainly has the talent to get the job done. Shady Side captured its fifth straight Section 8-AAA with a class of seniors who will graduate in the spring with a section record of 46-2. Seniors Adam...
This Date in Sports History: Oct. 3
1942 — With a victory in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Whirlaway becomes the first horse to amass more than $500,000 in lifetime earnings. 1951 — Bobby Thomson hits a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give...
Bob Gibson, legendary Cardinals ace, dies at 84
Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won a record seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 season with a 1.12 ERA, died Friday. He was 84. The Cardinals confirmed Gibson’s death shortly after a...
LeBron James, Lakers move closer to NBA title with Game 2 victoryVideo
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Anthony Davis got most of his points with a feathery shooting touch. LeBron James flexed his muscle to bulldoze his way to damage. And whenever the lead looked even the tiniest bit threatened, the Los Angeles Lakers had an answer. The NBA Finals are halfway...
9 Padres pitchers blank Cardinals in Game 3, reach NLDS
SAN DIEGO — Craig Stammen and eight fellow relievers combined on a four-hitter in a brilliant, record-setting effort that sent the San Diego Padres over the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0, on Friday night in the deciding Game 3 of their NL wild-card series. The Padres won a postseason series for...
Gannon Carothers’ versatility helps No. 2 Central Catholic defeat No. 3 Seneca ValleyVideo
Gannon Carothers’ coaches say the junior plays five positions for Central Catholic, a versatility that seemed invaluable Friday night. With three running backs injured, second-ranked Central Catholic turned the backfield over to Carothers, who rushed for 171 yards and scored twice in a 33-7 victory over No. 3 Seneca Valley...
WPIAL high school football Week 4 scores for Oct. 2, 2020
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 4 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • CENTRAL CATHOLIC 33, SENECA VALLEY 7 Gannon Carothers took one carry 70 yards for a touchdown and also returned an interception 56 yards for another score. • PENN-TRAFFORD 38, WOODLAND HILLS...
Penn-Trafford shuts down Woodland Hills, makes case for elite status in Class 5A
Penn-Trafford players and coaches say they aren’t necessarily playing with a chip on their shoulder because they have not been ranked all season. They know how deep Class 5A is, but at the same time, think they at least belong in the conversation. The Warriors played like a top-tier team...
Franklin Regional overpowers Connellsville with fast start
Seeking to build on momentum gained in its last two games, Franklin Regional scored on all four of its first-half possessions and never looked back in a 42-21 win over visiting Connellsville in a Class 5A Big East game Friday night. “Connellsville’s offense is very good, and we knew we...
Plum beats Highlands to move to 4-0 for first time since 2015Video
All good teams are tested at some point during a season, and Friday night, Highlands had No. 4 Plum with its backs against the wall for the first 24 minutes. But good teams respond to adversity. After trailing by one heading into halftime, the Mustangs (4-0, 4-0) outscored Highlands, 14-0,...
Longtime acquaintances Derek Carr, Josh Allen meet up as Raiders host BillsVideo
Derek Carr and Josh Allen first crossed paths seven years ago at a summer camp at Fresno State. Carr was the star quarterback for the Bulldogs at the time, and Allen was a scrawny high school kid hoping to get a scholarship offer from his local college and follow in...
Former commissioner’s name pulled off baseball MVP after 75 years
NEW YORK — The name of the former baseball commissioner who never had a Black player in the majors during his long reign is being pulled off all future MVP plaques after more than 75 years. Kenesaw Mountain Landis won’t be depicted on the annual awards presented by the Baseball...
Marlins sweep Cubs out of playoffs to continue turnaround
CHICAGO — Garrett Cooper homered against Yu Darvish in a two-run seventh, hard-throwing rookie Sixto Sanchez dominated for five innings and the Miami Marlins won their first playoff series in 17 years, beating the Chicago Cubs, 2-0, on Friday to complete a two-game wild-card series sweep. Miami will face Atlanta...
Art Collector biggest threat to Authentic in PreaknessVideo
BALTIMORE — Trainer Tommy Drury and Art Collector get another chance at Triple Crown glory this weekend. Drury will start his first horse in a Triple Crown race when he saddles Art Collector in Saturday’s Preakness, which will be the final leg of the Triple Crown for the first time...
Joey Porter Jr. ready to ‘rock and roll’ for Penn State
Even if he didn’t know when his next game was going to be, Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. remained prepared throughout August and September while the Big Ten’s 2020 season was still canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s definitely hard,” Porter Jr. said via video conference Thursday. “Because...
Sebastian Korda, 20, takes on idol Rafael Nadal at French Open
PARIS — Sebastian Korda was 9, heart set on a hockey career, when he went with his father, Petr, to the 2009 U.S. Open. By then, Petr — 1998 Australian Open champion, 1992 French Open finalist — had retired as a competitor and turned to coaching. Sebastian watched Petr’s player,...
Riverhounds looking to bounce back from disappointing loss in regular season finale
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are coming off one of their most disappointing losses of the season. A win last Saturday against Hartford Athletic, a team the Hounds had beaten twice already this season, would’ve allowed Pittsburgh to lock up the No. 1 spot in Group F and secure home-field advantage in...
West Virginia wary of Baylor multitasker Trestan Ebner
Neal Brown watched Trestan Ebner zig, zag and bull his way to four touchdowns in Baylor’s opener, leaving West Virginia’s coach with the task of devising a plan to slow him down. Ebner became the first player in the Big 12’s 25-year history to score three types of touchdowns in...
Steelers Four Downs: Suffocating run defense on all levelsVideo
1. No run zone By any measure, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ run defense has been elite through three weeks this season. It ranks No. 1 in the NFL by total yardage allowed (54.0 per game), No. 1 in average yards per carry (2.766) and tied for No. 1 in touchdowns ceded...
Steelers-Titans game rescheduled for Oct. 25, Steelers-Ravens bumped back a week
The NFL announced the plans for the postponed Pittsburgh Steelers game for this weekend, and its contingency went the most expected route. The Steelers will play the Tennessee Titans on Oct. 25, three weeks to the day after the game was originally scheduled to be played before multiple Titans players...
Postponements, early bye weeks haven’t had negative effect on Steelers
Parking lots and highways turned into ice rinks and speedskating tracks on a January weekend almost four years ago in America’s Heartland. Eleven years earlier, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ night-before-game meetings were conducted by flashlight at a blacked-out hotel near Miami as wind gusts bent palm trees outside. Although Hurricane Jeanne...
Pitt Take 5: Defense is good, but Pat Narduzzi sees room for improvementVideo
Pat Narduzzi is not unlike most coaches who insist on living in the present. The only game that matters is the next one and past teams, games and tendencies aren’t relevant in terms of comparisons. So, when he was asked to compare Pitt’s defense — No. 2 in the nation...
Report: 2 more Tennessee Titans players test positive for covid-19
One day after the NFL postponed the Pittsburgh Steelers game at Tennessee until later in the season, two more Titans players tested positive for covid-19, ESPN reported Friday morning. That increased the number of Titans players with positive tests to seven. Six staff members also have tested positive. The postponement...
Mark Madden: Steelers are inconvenienced but no punishment necessary for Titans
The postponement of the Steelers game at Tennessee is much ado about nothing. The NFL wasn’t as ready as it should have been. Nor was MLB when covid hit the Miami Marlins. The pandemic provides an unprecedented situation. Until an outbreak happens, you don’t know how you’ll react. When it...
