Sports category, Page 429
Chiefs put leading WR Rashee Rice on IR with knee injuryVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs put Rashee Rice on injured reserve Thursday, sidelining him for at least four weeks and likely longer, after their leading wide receiver hurt his knee when quarterback Patrick Mahomes collided with him trying to make a tackle last weekend. Mahomes had just thrown an...
Simone Biles’ post-Olympic tour is helping give men’s gymnastics a post-Olympic boostVideo
PITTSBURGH — Simone Biles simply wanted to mix it up when the gymnastics superstar invited some of the top American men to join her post-Olympic Tour. “Bringing the guys on board was designed to show what men’s gymnastics has to offer,” Biles said. “And I just think that over the...
Canada ending its NHL title drought? AP predicts the Stanley Cup champion and top award winnersVideo
The NHL season begins in Prague, makes a stop in Finland in November and there are more than 1,200 games to be played around North America. The Florida Panthers raise their first Stanley Cup championship banner, and the Utah Hockey Club plays its first game since moving from Arizona as...
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark a near-unanimous choice as WNBA’s Rookie of the YearVideo
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, giving the Indiana Fever back-to-back winners after Aliyah Boston won the honor last season. A national panel of sportswriters and sportscasters gave Clark 66 of 67 votes in balloting released Thursday. Chicago Sky...
Russell Wilson ramps up at Steelers practice; Justin Fields focused on Cowboys, not QB1 status
Slowly but surely, Rusell Wilson’s participation level is increasing at Pittsburgh Steelers practice. The man who maintains the “QB1” designation on the team’s official depth chart told reporters Thursday that this week he has been taking part in 11-on-11, seven-on-seven and other team drills as well as generally overall “getting...
Steelers K Chris Boswell named AFC special teams player of the month
Chris Boswell began the season by providing all of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ points via an unprecedented effort in the opener. Boswell continued his near-perfect play over the next three weeks, and on Thursday the NFL named him the AFC’s special teams player of the month for September. Boswell went 17...
Nick Herbig, Keeanu Benton upgraded but Larry Ogunjobi added to Steelers injury report
Outside linebacker Nick Herbig and defensive lineman Keeanu Benton progressed in their practice participation Thursday, but veteran defensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi was a new addition to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ official injury report. Herbig was listed as a limited participant on the league-mandated status report a day after he sat out...
Devils meet Sabres in Prague to open NHL regular seasonVideo
PRAGUE — Ondrej Palat has won the Stanley Cup twice. He’s won a gold medal with the Czech Republic at the world championships. This week, the forward will check another item on his bucket list when his New Jersey Devils and the Buffalo Sabres open the NHL regular season with...
Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever guard, is near-unanimous choice as WNBA’s Rookie of the Year
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark has been named WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, the league announced Thursday. A national panel of sportswriters and sportscasters gave the Indiana Fever guard 66 of 67 votes. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese received the other. Clark, the No. 1 overall...
After surprising slow start on defense, Steelers seek bounce-back performance against Cowboys
It was the type of performance that can shake a defense’s confidence. After allowing the fewest points in the NFL to spearhead a 3-0 start, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ top-ranked defense gave up two touchdowns and a field goal on the Indianapolis Colts’ first three possessions, setting the stage for a...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Bears in shootoutVideo
Forward Logan Pietilla scored the lone goal in a shootout and gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 home preseason win against the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday. Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 17 saves on 20 shots in the victory while forward Matthew Quercia had...
Pitt reinstates RB Rodney Hammond after he was declared ineligible for 2024 season
Pitt senior running back Rodney Hammond, who was expected to carry a significant workload before he was declared ineligible for the season the day before the opener, has been reinstated and will be available Saturday when the Panthers visit North Carolina. “It was something we were hoping (for),” coach Pat...
Steelers’ L.C. Greenwood, Andy Russell, Pitt’s Bill Fralic advance in Hall of Fame seniors balloting
A pair of standout defensive players from the Super Steelers of the 1970s — lineman L.C. Greenwood and linebacker Andy Russell — are among 60 former NFL players from past generations who advanced in balloting to be considered for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s induction Class of 2025. Former...
Penguins forward prospect Jonathan Gruden’s goal is clear: ‘Make the team’Video
Jonathan Gruden has been in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ dressing room at their practice facility in Cranberry before. After all, the forward was recalled to the NHL roster on seven occasions during the 2023-24 season. So being in the dressing room during training camp isn’t novel. But being in that dressing...
Penn State preparing as if injured UCLA starting QB will play this week
UCLA, 1-3 on the season, is already up against it traveling to Beaver Stadium this weekend to face No. 7 Penn State, but things might be getting worse. The Bruins will be the first West Coast Big Ten team to play at noon on the East Coast, they have been...
Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson rejoins team for practice
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson participated in his first practice of the team’s training camp in Cranberry on Thursday. An undisclosed injury has largely sidelined him until this point. Karlsson took to the ice in a non-contact fashion. To this point, he has been limited to a handful of skating...
Tim Benz: Steelers need to make the Davante Adams trade happen
In the movie world, a sequel is rarely as good as the original. But seeing as how the Steelers’ first attempt at replacing wide receiver Diontae Johnson didn’t go as scripted, maybe the organization’s second try will have a better ending. No, after innumerable plot twists, Brandon Aiyuk didn’t make...
First Call: Raiders reportedly sitting Davante Adams with injury during trade talks; Cowboys WR out for Steelers game
We have a health update on Las Vegas receiver Davante Adams amid trade rumors that include the Steelers. We also get word of a potential MMA bout between two retired AFC North rivals. More injuries in Dallas. And we check in on a former Pirate pitching in the playoffs. All...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pirates trying to figure out the fallout of another late-season collapse
With the Pittsburgh Pirates in wild-card contention, general manager Ben Cherington became a buyer for the first time at the trade deadline and dealt for three players to make a push for the playoffs. The acquisitions of left-handed reliever Jalen Beeks, outfielder Bryan De La Cruz and infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa...
U mad, bro?: Readers enraged over Steelers’ loss in Indy, NFL officiating, PiratesVideo
The Steelers were shockingly bad in Indianapolis on Sunday. The Pirates’ 2024 season ended in typically disappointing fashion. NFL officials continue to be a disaster. And Pete Rose died before he was ever let into the Hall of Fame. Let’s just say I had plenty of material to fill out...
Padres finish off Braves, get set to face Dodgers
SAN DIEGO — Kyle Higashioka’s solo homer started a five-run rally against an ailing Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday...
Pitt men’s soccer stretches winning streak to 6 in 8-1 victory against Howard
Pitt men’s soccer, the No. 1 team in the nation, hit three milestones Wednesday night in an 8-1 victory against Howard at Ambrose Urbanic Field. • The Panthers (9-1-0, 4-0-0 ACC) have won six matches in a row, the longest winning streak in the nation. • Pitt scored eight goals,...
Trib 10: Big shakeup at the top of WPIAL power rankings
David Bowie and Black Sabbath, among others, have sung about it, autumn is all about it, and over the years, the human body goes through a lot of it. Changes. That is what the power rankings had to go through following losses last week by both the No. 1 and...
Mitchell hits tiebreaking HR in the 8th, Chourio goes deep twice and Brewers rally past Mets 5-3Video
MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio tied the score in the eighth with his second homer of the night, and Garrett Mitchell delivered a two-run shot later in the inning to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-3 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday that evened their NL wild-card series. The...
Bobby Witt gets another big hit to send the Royals into ALDS with a 2-game sweep of the Orioles
BALTIMORE — Bobby Witt Jr. beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into an AL Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a two-game sweep of their Wild Card Series. With two outs and...
