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T.J. Watt looking to make ‘more splash’ on Steelers defense
T.J. Watt was selected to his first Pro Bowl last season, but the Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker believes he has more to offer in his third NFL season. “More splash. More plays,” Watt said Wednesday after the fifth Steelers organized team activity at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the South...
Saint Vincent trainer Becky Pizer wins grant
Saint Vincent College athletic trainer Becky Pizer was the recipient of the Gatorade Fueling Greatness Education Grant by the College Athletic Trainers’ Society. She was recognized at the recent College Athletic Trainers Society convention in Las Vegas. A first-year award, the grant is for CATS members who have “helped advance...
Sidelined at Steelers OTAs with injury, Sean Davis plans to be back soon
One of the players most experienced with the Pittsburgh Steelers defense has been absent through the first five organized team activity sessions. Sean Davis has been in street clothes over the past two weeks at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex while teammates drilled “football in shorts.” One of only three...
Honus Wagner baseball card sells privately for $1.2 million
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — A Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold privately for $1.2 million. SCP Auctions in Southern California says the 1909-11 T206 card was graded in Good 2 condition on a scale of 1 to 10 by Professional Sports Authenticator. The auction house says this example of...
Analysis: Title of ‘best player in the league’ at stake in NBA Finals
TORONTO — There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when Masai Ujiri would have been labeled a heretic, a lunatic or both. In the moments after the Toronto Raptors advanced to the NBA Finals with Saturday’s Game 6 win, the franchise’s president, with a piece of confetti still resting...
Podcast: Pittsburgh comedian, sports nut Steve Byrne returns to the Improv
National headlining comedian, actor and renowned Pittsburgh sports fan Steve Byrne is making a return to his hometown. He’ll be performing at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Improv in Homestead. And he’s featured on our “Breakfast With Benz” podcast Wednesday. LISTEN: Pittsburgh comedian, sports nut Steve Byrne Byrne actually joined...
Transgender woman who last year competed as a man wins NCAA track championship
A transgender woman who competed as a man as recently as last year won an NCAA women’s track national championship on Saturday. Franklin Pierce University senior Cece Telfer beat the eight-woman field in the Division II women’s 400-meter hurdles by more than a second, with a personal collegiate-best time of...
Tim Benz: Josh Bell’s breakout season can be traced to 1 stat
One of the advanced analytics regularly in the dunking booth for baseball old-schoolers is exit velocity. You know, Major League Baseball’s Statcast tracking of how fast a player hits the ball off the bat. The older the baseball fan, the more likely you are to hear: “Do I really need...
Kevin Gorman: Why do Pirates keep pitching to Derek Dietrich?Video
Derek Dietrich has made a habit of admiring his home runs – a little too long for my liking – and celebrating them with choreographed moves while rounding the bases. Chris Archer took exception to Dietrich’s homer display and threw a pitch behind the Cincinnati Reds infielder last month that...
First Call: An Antonio Brown, Vontaze Burfict family feud; Austin Meadows stays hot
Wednesday’s “First Call” gives us the first “feud” between Antonio Brown and Vontaze Burfict. And the Raiders really did sign Richie Incognito. The worst first pitch ever. Another Austin Meadows homer. It’s time to play the feud Antonio Brown and Vontaze Burfict had their first family feud in Oakland. No,...
Incumbent Matt Feiler: Steelers starting RT job ‘up for grabs’
Being the de facto incumbent hasn’t given the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Matt Feiler any advantage in the competition for the starting right tackle job. Longtime starter Marcus Gilbert was traded to the Arizona Cardinals in March. Other than using a seventh-round draft choice on Derwin Gray, the Steelers didn’t do much...
Tim Benz: Broadcasters shred Derek Dietrich as he shreds Pirates
It appears the “grandpa shaming” of Derek Dietrich has backfired. As we documented following Cincinnati’s Tuesday night victory over the Pirates, Dietrich decided to strike a pose after homering against the Pirates. Again. That got former Pirate and current team broadcaster John Wehner talking. He was on 93.7 The Fan...
Raiders’ Antonio Brown says he wants his work ethic to do talking
ALAMEDA, Calif. — There were no controversial sound bites or on-field theatrics, just the sight of a pro going about his business during a football practice in late May. Which is why the Raiders traded for Antonio Brown in the first place after nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the...
Woman delivers worthy candidate for ‘Worst First Pitches Ever’Video
There’s an old saying: “They couldn’t do that bad if they tried.” The adage was put on full display Tuesday night at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. A woman, who was honored as the White Sox’s “Employee of the Month” threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the home team...
Pirates minor league report for May 29, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 28-20) lost 9-4 to Charlotte (White Sox). RHP Eduardo Vera (3-4, 6.41) allowed seven earned runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. Vera had two strikeouts and a walk. SS Pablo Reyes (.219) hit a two-run homer in the third inning. 1B Will Craig (.270) had a...
Derek Dietrich homers 3 times as Reds beat pitching-strapped PiratesVideo
CINCINNATI — Derek Dietrich was describing his three-homer game for the media when Scooter Gennett walked past and put it in a slightly different perspective. “Anybody can hit three, Derek,” said Gennett, who did him one better in 2017. No, Dietrich’s latest big game didn’t set any records. But it...
Keller’s first MLB stay is brief as Pirates return top prospect to Triple-A
Mitch Keller’s development will continue in Indianapolis. A day after he allowed six runs in the first inning of his first major-league start, Keller was optioned to the Triple-A Indians on Tuesday. General manager Neal Huntington had been reluctant to use Keller, 23, before management considered him ready, and only...
La Roche’s Professori selected to All-America baseball team
D3baseball.com released its All-America teams Tuesday, and La Roche senior Joe Professori, a Pine-Richland graduate, is a member of the first team. The second baseman is the seventh Redhawk to earn All-American status and the second to make the nation’s first team. Professori, in addition to his All-American status, was...
Helmetless shift by Boston’s Torey Krug could go down in hockey lore
BOSTON — Torey Krug worried afterward his pregnant wife would not really like him flying down the ice and delivering a bone-jarring hit without a helmet on. There wasn’t anything he could do about it. Krug provided a signature moment of the Boston Bruins’ 4-2 victory against the St. Louis...
Trading players such as Penguins’ Phil Kessel rare, not unprecedented
From his personality on and off the ice to his set of strengths and weaknesses as a player, Phil Kessel is truly one of a kind in the NHL universe. But that doesn’t mean the Pittsburgh Penguins are in uncharted territory as they try to trade the popular two-time Stanley...
Naomi Osaka avoids French Open upset; Simona Halep wins, too
PARIS — Naomi Osaka’s body language made her plight plain. For all she’s already accomplished, the internal pressure stemming from aiming to do even more was ruining her debut as the No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam tournament. Fed up with her poor play in a first-round match at...
AAF alum Kameron Kelly gets 1st-team work in Steelers secondary
Already during this calendar year, Kameron Kelly had lined up at wide receiver, cornerback and strong safety. And that was before he joined the Pittsburgh Steelers in April. On Tuesday, the 22-year-old defensive back took repetitions at free safety. And he did it with the first-team defense. Kelly played alongside...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers’ Mason Rudolph fights to back up ‘Mr. Roethlisberger’
Mason Rudolph walked on eggshells with the Pittsburgh Steelers last year after Ben Roethlisberger second-guessed the team using a third-round draft pick on a quarterback. It wasn’t so much Roethlisberger felt threatened by the arrival of an eventual heir as it was he believed the Steelers should have addressed needs...
Ex-Woodland Hills, Penn State star Miles Sanders buys mom new car
Miles Sanders was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles less than five weeks ago, and the former Woodland Hills High School and Penn State star running back signed his NFL entry-level contract less than three weeks ago. Perhaps his first major purchase wasn’t for himself. Sanders bought his mother a new...
50th annual World Series of Poker opens in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — The annual World Series of Poker opened Tuesday in Las Vegas with dozens of scheduled card tournaments and a special event to celebrate the 50th run of a series known for minting millionaires each year. The seven-week poker festival is expected to again draw tens of thousands...
