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Bills starting LB Matt Milano out indefinitely with torn biceps
The Buffalo Bills once again will have to make due without the backbone of their defense with linebacker Matt Milano out indefinitely and expected to miss at least the first few months of the season because of a torn left biceps. Bills coach Sean McDermott called it “an unfortunate situation,”...
Vikings WR Jordan Addison to miss time but appears to avoid major injury
BEREA, Ohio — The Vikings dodged a second significant injury loss in two days. Minnesota No. 2 wide receiver and former Pitt star Jordan Addison is expected to miss some time with a left ankle injury suffered Wednesday — just hours after Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy was ruled out...
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn says ridicule of her Olympic performance has been ‘devastating’
SYDNEY — Australian breaker Rachael Gunn said the backlash to her much-ridiculed Olympic performance has been “devastating,” adding Thursday that she took the competition seriously and gave her best effort. The 36-year-old b-girl known as Raygun said in a video posted to social media that she wasn’t prepared for the...
NBA schedule released, highlighted by Celtics-Knicks on ring night, Durant going back to school
Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration. The NBA schedule was released Thursday for the coming season, and Game 1 on the slate is the Celtics hosting the Knicks on opening night — the one where...
More big hits expected from Penn State defensive tackle Zane Durant in 2024
If you ask Zane Durant about last year’s Northwestern game, there’s a good chance he will smile. Penn State’s third-year defensive tackle produced arguably his best game, collecting three tackles for loss. One of them, a sack of Northwestern quarterback Ben Bryant early in the fourth quarter, ended any hope...
Pirates announce 2025 spring training schedule
The Pittsburgh Pirates released their 2025 spring training schedule Thursday afternoon, featuring a total of 31 Grapefruit League games, 15 of which will be played at the club’s LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla. Opening Day for the Pirates this spring will be Feb. 22 against the Baltimore Orioles in Sarasota,...
Pirates: Verbal deal reached in players’ union suit over image use by team, Sheetz
A series of joint posts on social media by Sheetz and the Pittsburgh Pirates are at the center of a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by MLB Players, which claims the posts are in violation of the rights of several players on the team. Pirates spokesman Brian Warecki said Thursday he...
Big 12 bigger even after losing 2 national champs, newcomer Utah is league’s highest-ranked team
The Big 12 has gotten bigger even after the departures of two national champions, with a westward expansion and a “Prime” addition among the league’s four newcomers. Mike Gundy is going into his 20th season as 17th-ranked Oklahoma State coach and has been part of all the Big 12’s configurations....
Grayland Arnold, who’d been the Steelers 1st-team nickel DB, goes on injured reserve
Less than a week after ascending to first-team snaps at training camp, Grayland Arnold has been placed on injured reserve as the result of a calf injury suffered during Wednesday’s practice. Arnold was running with the starters at nickel/slot defensive back since Sunday, usurping undrafted rookie Beanie Bishop in that...
Mark Madden: Are Steelers showing patience with Brandon Aiyuk or just being played?
There’s a fine line between being patient and being played. In the case of the attempted acquisition of wideout Brandon Aiyuk from San Francisco, it feels like the Pittsburgh Steelers have fallen into the latter category. If it was going to happen, it would have happened by now. The Steelers...
2024 WPIAL high school football preview
The quest for 2024 WPIAL and PIAA football championships is under way at stadiums across Western Pa. As teams hold preseason workouts at high schools around the region, TribLive writers and photographers are previewing the upcoming season. The Trib is compiling preview features for every team in the WPIAL and...
2024 WPIAL high school football preview
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Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi declines to name starting QB for opener, loves competition between Nate Yarnell, Eli Holstein
Although it’s been assumed Nate Yarnell will start Pitt’s season at quarterback, coach Pat Narduzzi said Thursday morning there’s a battle going on between Yarnell and redshirt freshman Eli Holstein that wasn’t decided after the first 12 practices. “You can be a starter at the end of spring ball,” Narduzzi...
Tim Benz: We know the Pirates are finished. But what we don’t know is even worse
The Pittsburgh Pirates are cooked for the rest of the 2024 season. They’ve lost 10 in a row. They’ve sunk to eight games under .500 (56-64). They are in the basement of the National League Central. They are 7½ games out of the last Wild Card spot with six teams...
U mad, bro?: Fans push back against a Steelers trade for Brandon Aiyuk; Pirates, Oneil Cruz take heat
When the demise of the Pirates’ season meets the ascent of the Steelers’ season, a beautiful nexus of Pittsburgh sports fan animus, angst and agitation coalesces. It’s like seeing a Black and Gold double rainbow. Or the Northern Lights over the West End Bridge. Or a unicorn with a hypocycloid...
First Call: Retired Steelers rival rips Justin Fields; Steelers’ Week 1 opponent gets Pro Bowl pass-rush boost
To the surprise of no one, Bart Scott is taking jabs at the Pittsburgh Steelers on television again. This time, he is going after one of the team’s quarterbacks. A former Steeler defensive lineman keeps finding work. The Steelers’ Week 1 opponent just got a Pro Bowl jolt on defense....
Steelers draft pick Ryan Watts ‘heading in the right direction’ after move to safety
Versatile defensive back Ryan Watts, a sixth-round pick out of Texas, is showing signs he will be a contributor in some fashion for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Watts, who played for two seasons at Ohio State before transferring to Texas for his last two seasons, said it’s great to line up...
After calamitous start to August, Pirates trying to keep the faith
To begin August, the Pittsburgh Pirates had just been bolstered (albeit modestly) at the trade deadline and were coming off a 15-10 month of July. That .600 winning percentage was the club’s best for a month to that point. On Aug. 1, the 55-53 Pirates were looking in from the...
Yankees’ Aaron Judge becomes fastest to reach 300 homers, reaching in 955 games to Kiner’s 1,087Video
CHICAGO — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 300th homer, reaching that milestone faster than any other player when he connected against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. Judge hit that mark in his 955th game and 3,431st at-bat with a three-run drive in the eighth inning....
Pirates farm report for Aug. 14, 2024: Jared Jones gives up 4 earned runs, 7 hits in rehab start
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 53-59) scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to beat St. Paul (Twins), 6-5. DH Henry Davis (.301) went 2 for 5 with the game-tying RBI single in the ninth. SS Liover Peguero (.250) went 2 for 5 with the walk-off RBI single. RF Nick Yorke (.323)...
NASCAR revokes Austin Dillon’s playoff eligibility; driver keeps controversial Richmond winVideo
Austin Dillon’s automatic spot in NASCAR’s playoff was revoked — though he retained his victory at Richmond Raceway — after it was determined the driver “crossed a line” in his intentional last-lap wreck of drivers Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. Dillon won for the first time in nearly two years...
Steelers inside the ropes: 1-on-1, open-field drills steal the show on final practice of camp
It was the 15th and final training-camp practice from Saint Vincent College, and Russell Wilson was flinging it in taking what could be characterized as his first full day of “QB1” reps. But Wilson, looking every bit the franchise quarterback with his throws and decisions Wednesday, somehow got upstaged during...
Falcons acquire 4-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Matthew Judon from PatriotsVideo
The New England Patriots traded four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Matthew Judon to the Atlanta Falcons for a third-round draft pick, according to multiple reports. Judon had 28 sacks in his first two seasons with the Patriots before finishing with four in four games last year when he was limited...
Peters Township’s Jimmy Ellis, Franklin Regional’s Palmer Jackson bow out at U.S. Amateur
Stroke-play medalist Jimmy Ellis, a Peters Township alum, was ousted in his opening match at the 124th U.S. Amateur on Wednesday at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. Ellis, who shot 10-under 132 to take the top seed, including a 9-under 61 in his second round, was upset by...
Panthers wide receiver Diontae Johnson relishing return to role as top option with new teamVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Diontae Johnson is relishing the prospect of being a No. 1 wide receiver again. When Johnson was acquired by the Panthers in an offseason trade from the Pittsburgh Steelers, he was informed by new coach Dave Canales that he would be the primary option in Carolina’s passing...
