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Pitt AD Heather Lyke hopes tailgaters someday can set up tents outside Heinz Field
Heather Lyke has a vision, and in her mind, it’s more than a dream. One of these days, Pitt’s athletic director hopes to be driving to her team’s football game, and as she turns toward Heinz Field, she can’t see the parking lots. But that’s a good thing because all...
FR’s Palmer Jackson 2 shots back in AJGA tournament
Franklin Regional senior Palmer Jackson is spending his final week of school doing what he likes the most: golfing. The Notre Dame commit is playing in the AJGA Memorial Junior tournament hosted by Sung Hyun Park at the Ohio State University Golf Club Scarlet Course in Columbus. Jackson is two...
Pirates farm report for games of Wednesday, June 5, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 33-23) won 5-2 over Louisville (Reds) in a game shortened to eight innings by rain. RHP Luis Escobar (1-0, 2.33) went five innings, allowing one run on two hits, three walks and a strikeout. The Indians outhit the Bats, 11-4. SS-2B Pablo Reyes (.227) went 2 for 4...
WVU lands transfer QB Jarret Doege from Bowling Green
Bowling Green quarterback Jarret Doege transferred to West Virginia on Wednesday. Mountaineers coach Neal Brown announced Doege has enrolled in classes. Doege must sit out the 2019 season and will be eligible to play two more seasons. Doege started all 12 games for the Falcons as a sophomore in 2018....
Cubs reach $43M deal with free-agent closer Craig KimbrelVideo
CHICAGO — At the start of spring training, when Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said he had no money to spend, Pedro Strop was asked if the Cubs could use free agent Craig Kimbrel in the bullpen. “I’m never going to say we don’t need a guy like that,” Strop replied....
Kncoh grad Geist takes 3rd in shot put at NCAA track and field championships
University of Arizona sophomore Jordan Geist placed third overall in the men’s shot put at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wednesday evening at the University of Texas in Austin. The Knoch graduate, who won his second Pac-12 outdoor title in as many seasons last month, delivered...
Pirates pick Michigan State wide receiver recruit on third day of MLB draft
Jase Bowen could be the next Kirk Gibson. The Pittsburgh Pirates hope he’s not. Bowen, a 6-foot-1 outfielder, was the Pirates’ 11th-round selection in the 2019 draft, which concluded Wednesday with the final 30 rounds. He hit .550 with 31 RBIs and 14 stolen bases as a senior at Toledo...
Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway reflect on ‘Run TMC’ Warriors
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway spent two seasons as members of “Run TMC” at Oracle Arena, back when it was called the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The nostalgia is flooding back this week. The Golden State Warriors’ era in Oakland is ending. Only two or three...
Cops: Women vanished with Le’Veon Bell’s jewelry worth $500KVideo
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Authorities say two female acquaintances vanished with more than half a million dollars in jewelry from star running back Le’Veon Bell’s Florida home. Hollywood police said Bell returned from the gym May 25 and found the women gone and his jewelry missing. The police report obtained by...
Pirates bump struggling Nick Kingham from rotation in favor of Rookie Davis
With front-end starters Trevor Williams and Jameson Taillon sidelined by injuries, the Pittsburgh Pirates asked Nick Kingham and Steven Brault to patch holes in their rotation over the past few weeks. Kingham’s audition is over. He is headed to the bullpen, replaced by 26-year-old righty Rookie Davis. Brault’s spot remains...
College basketball’s 3-point line to move as part of NCAA rules changes
College basketball’s 3-point shot just got a little deeper. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved moving the 3-point line to the international basketball distance in men’s basketball, the NCAA announced Wednesday. The distance is now 22 feet, 1 3/4 inches — 16.75 inches farther than the line was for...
Southmoreland graduate Adeline Nicholson transferring to D-I Morehead State
Adeline Nicholson is proof the new NCAA transfer portal works. Nicholson’s name was entered into the portal, a national database designed to let athletes talk to other schools without restriction after first informing their current school of their desire to leave. It essentially can resemble a draft board for schools...
Plum Legion team looking to make waves in league play
Evan Sante is pulling double duty this summer. In addition to playing for the Plum Pterodactyls in the Daily News adult baseball league, the soon-to-be high school graduate — he and his Plum senior classmates commence Thursday — is a member of the Plum Legion squad for the first time....
Deadline nearing to bid on Steelers game-worn memorabilia
Time is running out for Pittsburgh Steelers memorabilia collectors to bid on game-worn jerseys sported by some of their favorite players. A spring collection of memorabilia at lelands.com that features 30 Steelers-related items has a Friday deadline at 10 p.m. for collectors to submit bids. The auction began May 7....
ACC Network expected to increase exposure, revenue for its members including Pitt
Heather Lyke likes the exposure the ACC Network will give Pitt athletics when it launches Aug. 22. “It’s a national network,” Pitt’s athletic director said Wednesday while meeting with a small group of reporters. “So your brand goes across the country. It gives us the chance to tell the stories...
Tyler Gaffalione becomes horse racing’s rising star jockey
Tyler Gaffalione seems poised to add his name to the list of all-time great jockeys in horse racing that includes Ron Turcotte, Jerry Bailey, Gary Stevens, John Velazquez and Mike Smith. While there may not be a specific moment when people in horse racing realized those jockeys would become all-time...
Injured Pirates starter Trevor Williams moves closer to return to rotation
The beleaguered Pittsburgh Pirates starting rotation finally got some good news Wednesday. Trevor Williams was scheduled to throw a bullpen session consisting of about two innings’ worth of pitches before the Pirates faced the Atlanta Braves. If all goes according to plan, he will pitch a simulated game this weekend...
Pressure on Bruins to respond in Game 5 of Stanley Cup vs. Blues
The Stanley Cup Final so far has been a case of acting and reacting, thrusting and parrying, moving and countering. What the Bruins did in Game 1, the Blues took away from them in Game 2. The Bruins solved that issue in Game 3, and the Blues did the same...
Pirates announcer Steve Blass criticized for comments about Braves’ Ronald Acuna Jr.
Broadcaster Steve Blass came under fire Wednesday for on-air comments he made during Tuesday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves. In the fourth inning, Pirates pitcher Steven Brault hit Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. in the elbow with a 2-2 pitch. Blass made note of Acuna’s animated...
Kevin Gorman: It’s time Steelers made coaching secondary a priority
The Pittsburgh Steelers addressed many positions of need through free agency and the NFL Draft, whether it was signing Mark Barron, Donte Moncrief and Steven Nelson or selecting Devin Bush, Diontae Johnson and Justin Layne. One of the most important offseason acquisitions was hiring Teryl Austin as secondary coach, adding...
Cincinnati Reds draft Quaker Valley grad Tyler Garbee
The Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday selected Quaker Valley graduate and Mercyhurst University senior right-hander Tyler Garbee in the 19th round of the Major League Baseball draft. Through 17 appearances and 11 starts this season, Garbee owns a 3.08 earned-run average with 109 strikeouts in 73 innings of work. Garbee struck...
Norwin grad Connor Perry among 3 Pitt players drafted
The Pitt baseball program was well-represented on the third and final day of the MLB First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday. Center fielder Connor Perry, a Norwin graduate, was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round (No. 832). Perry led the Panthers with 15 home runs this season while...
‘Mack’ linebacker Ulysees Gilbert focusing on the details as rookie at first Steelers OTAs
Pittsburgh Steelers sixth-round draft pick Ulysees Gilbert has been taking reps at “Mack” inside linebacker during organized team activities the past three weeks, the rookie said Thursday from the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “It’s kind of what I did in college, weak-side ‘backer,” Gilbert said. “(But) inside linebacker is inside...
B.J. Finney serving as high-priced insurance policy for Steelers
David DeCastro’s absence from organized team activities has provided B.J. Finney prolonged first-team work at right guard. When DeCastro returns — presumable next week at mandatory minicamp — Finney will go back to his customary spot with the second string. And that’s just fine with the fourth-year interior offensive lineman....
After season with so few turnovers, Steelers piling up interceptions at OTAs
A route jumped along the sideline for an interception, prompting a sideline full of gold-jerseyed defensive players to jump up, whoop and cheer. Two practice-rep snaps later, a defender made a play on a ball, deflecting it up in the air, where Mike Hilton sprinted and dove to cradle it...
