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Rookie goalie Joel Blomqvist earns 2nd straight start for Penguins in Toronto
The Pittsburgh Penguins are turning to rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist for their third game of the season Saturday in Toronto vs. the Maple Leafs. Blomqvist, 22, impressed in his NHL debut Thursday at Detroit, making 32 saves on 35 shots vs. the Red Wings, helping the Penguins to a 6-3...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Trading for a high-priced receiver would be wasteful for Steelers
Anybody with half a brain and a remote sense of reality should shelve talk that the Pittsburgh Steelers should trade for Las Vegas wide receiver Davante Adams or any wideout that gets a big paycheck and would cost the Steelers significant draft capital in return. Be glad, too, that the...
Plum grad Magnusen goes into Penn State Behrend Hall of Fame for volleyball accomplishments
Phil Pisano has a photo on the wall of his office at Penn State Behrend, a memento from his time as the school’s women’s volleyball coach. It depicts the team in the aftermath of its victory in the 2013 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference title match. Pisano, now the men’s volleyball...
Led by Pat Freiermuth, tight ends becoming prominent, productive parts of Steelers offense
George Pickens remains an enigma at the No. 1 receiver spot, his reduced snap counts becoming the storyline of the week for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The complementary receiver position continues to be a hot-button issue, as the trio of pass catchers used this season have combined for 18 catches in...
Steelers add depth at outside linebacker, place defensive lineman DeMarvin Leal on injured reserve
Reinforcements have been added to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ injury-depleted outside linebacker position. The Steelers signed Ade Ogundeji to the 53-man roster on Saturday and elevated Eko Leota from the practice squad. Those additions will give the Steelers four healthy outside linebackers for their game Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders...
Scouting the Raiders: Steelers face rivals in regular season for 4th straight year
SCOUTING THE RAIDERS Last meeting Steelers beat Raiders, 23-18, on Sept. 24, 2023 in Las Vegas Key matchup Steelers OLB T.J. Watt vs. Raiders RT Thayer Munford Rookie third-round pick D.J. Glaze has played most of the past three games at right tackle in place of Munford (knee/ankle), who is...
Steelers 4 Downs: Set to play in 200th game, Cameron Heyward off to dominant start to season
1. Say hey to Heyward Cameron Heyward is appearing in his 200th career game Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, and barring injury he will become the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise leader in games played by a defensive player by the end of the month. While it wasn’t unreasonable to suggest...
High school football roundup for Oct. 11, 2024: Woodland Hills holds off Gateway in Big East
Nico Mager ran for two touchdowns and Amir Smith caught a 12-yard TD pass from Cam Walter as Woodland Hills held on for a 28-27 victory over Gateway (3-5, 2-3) in a WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference football game Friday night. After Amari Gans scored on a 12-yard run...
Penguins lose to Maple Leafs as goaltender Joel Blomqvist starts again
When Joel Blomqvist found out he would be getting a promotion — albeit a temporary one — as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ backup goaltender while incumbent Alex Nedeljkovic convalesced from an undisclosed injury, he was modest about the development. But confident. “I feel like my game is getting better all the...
Yamamoto outduels Darvish in historic matchup as Dodgers beat Padres 2-0 to reach NLCSVideo
LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres, 2-0, on Friday and advance to the National League Championship Series. Yamamoto allowed two...
Run-heavy Upper St. Clair takes to air for winning points in showdown with Bethel Park
The goldfish maybe isn’t the most intimidating of animals, but that’s the one Upper St. Clair’s Charlie Bywalski was thinking about Friday night. Not a shark. Not a whale. A goldfish. “It’s always about ‘Be a goldfish,’ ” said Bywalski, a senior wide receiver and defensive back. “Coach Junko says,...
Penn-Trafford gets ‘special’ victory against Franklin Regional
It was a special win for the Penn-Trafford football team Friday. The Warriors special teams blocked a field goal, blocked a punt, recovered a muffed punt that turned into a touchdown and had a couple of long kickoff returns to help pull out a hard-fought 26-10 victory over rival Franklin...
Clairton too much for Leechburg in Eastern Conference 1st-place showdown
When Tim Andrasy scored a rushing touchdown for Leechburg with 11 minutes, 11 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Eastern Conference first-place clash with Clairton at Leechburg’s Veterans Stadium, it snapped the Bears’ 30-quarter streak of not allowing a point. Even though that defensive run came to an...
Mets rookie manager Carlos Mendoza has magic touch
NEW YORK — Like a lot of New York Mets this season, Carlos Mendoza got off to a terrible start. During his first eight days as a major-league manager, the team was rained out three times and opened 0-5. All at home. Immediately, his decisions were scrutinized and questions arose....
Mets and Yankees only 2 stops away from 1st Subway Series in 24 years
NEW YORK — Two stops away from a Subway Series. When the New York Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series on Thursday night, that put both Big Apple teams in baseball’s final four for the first time in 24 years. Francisco Lindor and the New York Mets punched...
49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall will return to practice for the 1st time since he was shotVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall is set to return to practice next week for the first time since he was shot in the chest in a robbery attempt nine days before the season opener. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday that the Niners will open...
NFL concussion protocol followed when Bills QB Josh Allen was evaluated, league says
The NFL and its players association said Friday the required steps were followed when Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was evaluated for a concussion last week at Houston and cleared to return to the game. The league and the NFL Players Association said in a joint statement they reviewed reports...
Jets’ new play-caller Todd Downing praises Nathaniel Hackett for his support
NEW YORK — It’s very rare for a coach who was demoted to stay on the same staff. But that is the case for Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. On Wednesday, interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich stripped him of playcalling duties and made passing game coordinator Todd Downing the new...
Steelers injury report: Pat Freiermuth cleared, 6 deemed as out vs. Raiders
A day after he was added to the injury report, Pat Freiermuth returned to full participation at Pittsburgh Steelers practice and was cleared to play in Sunday’s game at the Las Vegas Raiders. The Steelers’ starting tight end, Freiermuth was listed as limited on the league-mandated injury report for Thursday...
Steelers RB Jaylen Warren practices fully, on track to return vs. Raiders
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jaylen Warren practiced fully Friday, reported his ailing knee felt well and he felt as if he was healthy enough to return to action for Sunday’s game at the Las Vegas Raiders. His head coach agreed. “He’s on a good trajectory on the upswing,” Mike Tomlin...
New 30-something T.J. Watt carries burden of depleted Steelers’ edge rusher corps
For the first night of his 30s, T.J. Watt wasn’t planning on hitting the Lawrenceville taverns or South Side clubs. “My wife is incredible. Last week, she surprised me with three of my best buddies in town, so that was really special,” Watt said after Pittsburgh Steelers practice Friday, the...
Russell Wilson finishes full week of practice, set to serve as Steelers’ No. 2 QB Sunday
Russell Wilson made it through a full week of practice without another aggravation of his calf injury and has earned a promotion of sorts. For the first time, Wilson is expected to serve as part of the Pittsburgh Steelers official active gameday roster Sunday when they visit the Las Vegas...
ABC will air 6 additional ‘Monday Night Football’ games starting this week with Bills-Jets
ABC will simulcast six more ESPN “Monday Night Football” games, including Monday’s AFC East matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets. The addition of the six games means ABC will air 17 this season — 14 simulcasts with ESPN (including two playoff games) and three games exclusively...
Bill Shay, who coached for nearly 4 decades at Community College of Allegheny County, dies
Players from all over western Pennsylvania wanted to play for one man. That one man was Bill Shay. The winningest basketball coach in Western Pennsylvania history, Shay died on Friday. He was 88. “A soldier has passed,” said Larry DiCicco, a North Side native who lives in Mt. Lebanon, and...
Analysis: Some quarterbacks just need 2nd, 3rd or 4th chance
Sam Darnold is realizing his potential on his fourth stop. Baker Mayfield and Geno Smith did the same. Jared Goff found his way on his second team. Some quarterbacks just need a second chance. Or third. Or fourth. Darnold was supposed to be a stopgap player in Minnesota, signed to...
