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Pirates broadcaster John Wehner adjusts to calling games in covid era
John Wehner was used to living out of a suitcase six months each year from March to October. For 11 years as a player, nine with the Pirates, and 15 as one of the Bucs broadcasters, Wehner flew with the team on chartered planes to different cities, checking into the...
First Call: Myles Garrett’s ridiculous quotes about ‘clearing the air’ with Mason Rudolph
Thursday’s “First Call” features some insane statements from Cleveland Browns defensive star Myles Garrett regarding his 2019 helmet incident with Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph. Also, a look at some Penguins priorities for the offseason, Steelers Super Bowl odds and a potential Steelers threat in Week 2 might be out of...
Matt Murray to Colorado? Avalanche insider says he’s atop their ‘potential wish list’
Colorado Avalanche insider Adrian Dater seems to have a pretty good feel for Penguins fans and Pittsburgh. His parents lived in Wexford for some time. During Thursday’s podcast, Dater told me, “I learned early on, don’t troll any Pittsburgh Penguins fans about their team. Because if you do, you’ll get...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans go after JuJu and ‘Duck;’ Pens fans fret about Jim Rutherford
Normally, this time of year, Steelers fans are mad over what the team did wrong in the preseason as we get ready for NFL opening weekend. So with no preseason games, does that mean Steelers fans are any less concerned? Pfft! Not according to emails and my Twitter feed. In...
Nikita Kucherov scores buzzer-beating goal, gives Lightning 2-0 edge in series
EDMONTON, Alberta — Even though the Tampa Bay Lightning seem to possess some overtime magic in the playoffs, this was not the the time for more hockey. Losing leading scorer Brayden Point to injury and Alex Killorn to ejection after going into the game with just 11 forwards, the Lightning...
White Sox crash Clemente Day celebration, beat Pirates
Caught up in the pageantry of celebrating Roberto Clemente Day and what it meant to Puerto Rico and the Pittsburgh Pirates, Derek Shelton shared that it felt like a national holiday. Then the Pirates rookie manager worried about whether his team would take the night off, focusing more on wearing...
Jimmie Johnson teams with Ganassi on 2-year IndyCar programVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson will transition from NASCAR to IndyCar with Chip Ganassi Racing in a partnership that could pair two of the most dominant drivers of this generation on one team. The seven-time NASCAR champion will work with the Ganassi organization, owned by Fox Chapel’s Chip Ganassi, to...
Pirates’ Gregory Polanco on Roberto Clemente: ‘He’s our Jackie Robinson’Video
Gregory Polanco is grateful he not only plays the same position as Roberto Clemente but for the same team, starting in right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates in front of the wall that bears his name and number. Polanco showed his reverence while wearing Clemente’s No. 21 for the first...
Pitt’s Jason Pinnock hopes to have right answers at cornerback
Before Jason Pinnock started answering questions from reporters Wednesday afternoon, he glanced at his phone. The news of the day from the NFL struck him like a bolt of lightning. “Oooh, Jalen Ramsey,” Pinnock said, raising both eyebrows at Ramsey’s new five-year, $105 million contract from the Los Angeles Rams,...
Riverhounds Notebook: Team looks to build on perfect week
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are coming off of their best week of the season. From Aug. 28 to Sept. 5, the Riverhounds played three games and went undefeated without allowing a goal and scoring nine. It was a week most coaches dream of, and it put the Riverhounds in prime position,...
In just over a year, Moon native Khama Worthy rockets to top of UFC fight card
The last year has been a little weird for Moon township native Khama Worthy, as the 33-year-old UFC fighter has gone from a last-minute replacement to a co-main event star. On Aug. 17 last year, Worthy took a fight against Devonte Smith, who was 10-1 at the time, on four...
Dustin Colquitt ‘excited’ to follow in father’s footsteps with SteelersVideo
Dustin Colquitt estimates he has told the story “thousands” of times. The difference when he relayed it once again Wednesday afternoon was the 38-year-old punter did so for the first time while wearing Pittsburgh Steelers colors. After spending the first 15 seasons of his NFL career with the Kansas City...
Penn State stops workouts for ‘several’ sports programs because of positive covid-19 tests
Penn State has shut down sports activities for “several” of its athletic programs after an influx of positive tests for coronavirus. The school reported 48 positive results out of 920 tests given to athletes from Aug. 31 through Sept. 4, a 5% positivity rate. As a result, the university said...
This date in sports history: Sept. 10
1933 — Fred Perry wins his first U.S. men’s singles title with a 6-3, 11-13, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory over Australian Jack Crawford. 1961 — Australia’s Roy Emerson upsets countryman Rod Laver to win the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. Darlene Hard wins the women’s title for the second straight...
Texans-Chiefs set to kick off NFL season unlike any other
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It has been a mere eight months since Patrick Mahomes led Kansas City from a 24-0 hole to beat Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans in the divisional round of the playoffs, a brutally efficient comeback that ultimately propelled the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl...
Breaking down the 2020 Steelers: The offense
Here’s a look at the Pittsburgh Steelers 2020 offense: (Italics denotes player is on the practice squad) Quarterbacks Starter: Ben Roethlisberger Others: Mason Rudolph, Josh Dobbs, Devlin Hodges Breakdown: All eyes will be on Roethlisberger, the future Hall of Famer who, at 38, is entering his 17th NFL season coming...
ACC men’s basketball coaches want to invite every school to NCAA Tournament
While the start date of the 2020-21 college basketball season remains uncertain, ACC men’s coaches voted Wednesday to propose an all-inclusive NCAA Tournament in 2021. If every team was invited to the tournament, the difficulty of playing a nonconference schedule, followed by a conference season, would be mitigated in the...
Zach Banner wins right tackle job, will start season opener for Steelers
Although he has one more year of NFL experience, Zack Banner entered training camp with fewer starts at right tackle compared to teammate Chuks Okorafor. Banner, though, will be the starter for the Pittsburgh Steelers when they open the season Monday night at the New York Giants. Coach Mike Tomlin...
Ben Roethlisberger expects to be ‘shaking like a leaf’ when Steelers open season MondayVideo
The feeling hit Ben Roethlisberger as he was driving across the Veterans Bridge on Wednesday morning en route to Pittsburgh Steelers practice on the South Side. “I was thinking, ‘I’m actually nervous for this season,’” Roethlisberger told reporters a little while later. “You always have a little bit of nerves...
Former Blackhawk, Slippery Rock infielder Joe Campagna signs with Wild Things
Although his summer at Wild Things Park was cut short, it looks like former Blackhawk and Slippery Rock infielder Joe Campagna was able to make an impression on the Washington Wild Things. After recording a .303 batting average for the Slammin’ Sammies this summer, the New Castle native became the...
Former Miami coach Mark Richt says Pitt’s Kenny Pickett ‘the right quarterback’ for Pat Narduzzi
Mark Richt has watched Kenny Pickett’s career at Pitt with special interest. After all, he was there when it started. And the memory is one he’d prefer to forget. Richt was the coach at Miami in 2017, undefeated and ranked second in the nation. Pickett was a first-year freshman, with...
Saying he ‘still loves football’ despite serious injury, Steelers’ Ryan Shazier officially retiresVideo
Ryan Shazier had to stop to compose himself while recording a prepared statement released Wednesday. Later in the day, he told his wife hearing from coach Mike Tomlin and Vince Williams, likewise, almost made him cry. Kevin Colbert wasn’t as adept at holding in his emotions, choking up while addressing...
After awful start, Pirates finding ways to win close games, preparing to play spoiler
From blowing a four-run lead in the ninth inning of the home opener to a weird wild pitch to a controversial foul-pole home run in extra innings to a no-hitter, the Pittsburgh Pirates have found so many weird ways to lose games this season that it became exasperating. Rookie manager...
Mark Madden: Steelers look like wild-card contender
With the Steelers season set to begin Monday, egregiously optimistic predictions ricochet around the football media. Ben Roethlisberger is back. The defense will be even better. A deep and vertical receiving corps will maximize the red zone. Baltimore and Lamar Jackson will backslide. Cleveland and Cincinnati will stink again. This...
Rod Woodson: Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster may not be No. 1 receiver, Mason Rudolph not top backup
Steelers legend Rod Woodson made some headlines lately talking about his former team on Twitter. On Saturday, Woodson tweeted about Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, “All he wants to do is be on social media!” Seriously you can get no I draft pick from Juju, all he wants to do...
