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With Starling Marte gone, Pirates likely will turn to free agency at center fieldVideo

The Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t been this unsettled about their Opening Day center field in more than a decade. General manager Ben Cherington said he will be look for external options to fill the hole created when veteran Starling Marte was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. The Pirates received...
Apollo-Ridge grad Jake Nulph hits ground running as Edinboro football coach

Jake Nulph hit the ground running when he was named the football coach at Edinboro on Jan. 19. From meeting players and getting settled into his new surroundings to assembling a coaching staff and making contact in the final stages of the recruiting season, the Apollo-Ridge graduate has not had...
Upper St. Clair’s Vincent Trocheck still trying to regain All-Star formVideo

Florida Panthers forward Vincent Trocheck had a big weekend earlier this month. The New England Patriots lost. As a native of Upper St. Clair, Trocheck didn’t mind the Pittsburgh Steelers’ long-time nemesis was eliminated from the NFL playoffs on Jan. 4 by the Tennessee Titans. While he failed to disguise...
Pitt adds a walk-on quarterback to its 2020 roster

Pitt continued to stockpile quarterbacks Monday when Logan Clouse, a two-star prospect from Princeton, N.J., announced his commitment to the Panthers on his Twitter account. Clouse, who played at the Hun School in Princeton, N.J., has offers from Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State. He will join the Panthers as a...
Pitt coach Jeff Capel, players carry heavy hearts into game against DukeVideo

Jeff Capel had many thoughts, plans and concerns running through his mind while preparing Pitt to meet the challenge of No. 9 Duke on Tuesday night. Sadly, he had to do it with a heavy heart matching those of his players after the tragic death Sunday of Kobe Bryant in...
49ers veteran lineman Staley sees patience rewarded with Super Bowl berthVideo

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When the San Francisco 49ers were mired in a two-win season in 2016 and headed to a third straight offseason with a coaching change, Joe Staley wondered if it was still worth the sacrifices needed to play offensive line in such a grueling sport. He had...
Browns’ Kareem Hunt tells police he’d fail drug test during stopVideo

CLEVELAND — Browns running back Kareem Hunt told a police officer he would have failed a drug test if he had been checked during a stop when he was ticketed for speeding and marijuana was found in his car. Hunt was cited for speeding — but no other charges —...
Who are the prospects the Pirates got in return for Starling Marte?Video

In a signal the organization is trending toward a full-scale rebuild, the Pittsburgh Pirates not only traded arguably their best position player, they did so for some international slot money and a pair of 19-year-old minor leaguers who have not played above the lower Class A level. But who are...
Nadal advances to Australian Open quarterfinals with win over rival KyrgiosVideo

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal left the muttering and the preening, the underarm serving and the ‘tweening to his younger, flashier opponent, Nick Kyrgios. Nadal was content to collect the win in the latest installment of their rivalry. The No. 1-ranked Nadal kept his thoughts to himself and limited his...
Wild Things to host Frontier League All-Star Game

The top talent in the Frontier League will again be descending upon Washington, Pa. For the third time, the Washington Wild Things will host the Frontier League’s All-Star Game. The 2020 independent baseball league event is scheduled for July 15 at Wild Things Park. “The Frontier League is extremely pleased...
Starling Marte left his mark statistically on the Pirates

Starling Marte left his mark in eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. A look back at some of his superlatives now that he has been traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two prospects and international bonus money:Among all position players in the franchise’s 133-year history, Marte ranks 17th in Wins...
Pirates trade Starling Marte to Diamondbacks for pair of prospects

Starling Marte’s days with the Pittsburgh Pirates were numbered from the time Ben Cherington became general manager Nov. 18. Cherington saw the center fielder as his best trade option in his attempt to restructure — the Pirates still won’t use the term “rebuild” — the roster. The 31-year-old Marte is...
Mark Madden: Steelers fans expecting Ben Roethlisberger to be 100% is wishful thinkingVideo

Much already is being assumed about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2020 season. The most obvious is the notion that Ben Roethlisberger, at 38, will return from extreme surgery to fix three tendons in his throwing elbow and function at something approximating 100% (or 90%, or 80%) of his prior capabilities. This,...
Slippery Rock’s Shawn Lutz, Roland Rivers awarded NCAA Division II honors

The 2019 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-American team was announced on Monday, and Slippery Rock quarterback Roland Rivers III and coach Shawn Lutz were among the top honorees. Rivers, who threw for 4,460 yards and 52 touchdowns this year, was named the Offensive Player of the Year, and Lutz...
Canadian canoeist wins doping case, citing bodily fluids from boyfriend

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A world champion canoeist won a doping case on Monday after persuading a tribunal that her positive test was caused by bodily fluid contamination from her boyfriend. The International Canoe Federation ended its investigation into 11-time world champion Laurence Vincent Lapointe, who tested positive for a steroid-like...
Source: Browns to hire Eagles VP Andrew Berry as new GM

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have reached agreement to hire Eagles vice president of football operations Andrew Berry as their new general manager and executive vice president, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Monday. Berry, who worked in Cleveland’s front office from 2016-18, will get...

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