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Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Shohei Ohtani is on his way to being baseball’s best ever … but not yet
Did Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers post the greatest single-game performance in MLB history at Miami this past Thursday? Probably. It’s hard to come up with any offensive output that matches 6 for 6, three home runs, two doubles, 17 total bases, 10 RBIs, four runs and two...
Steelers rookie tackle Troy Fautanu goes on IR, will miss at least 4 games
A day after reinjuring his knee in practice, Pittsburgh Steelers rookie first-round pick Troy Fautanu was placed on injured reserve, meaning the offensive tackle will miss at least four games. Broderick Jones will reclaim his starting job at right tackle and start in place of Fautanu beginning Sunday against Los...
4 Downs: Steelers, Chargers top NFL in myriad defensive metrics through 2 weeksVideo
1. Dominant D’s With all the caveats that it’s been a mere two weeks of the NFL season, there is a strong statistical case to be made that Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers home opener will feature the two best defenses in the league. The Steelers and Los Angeles Chargers are each...
Scouting the Steelers opponent: Chargers also off to 2-0 start based on defense
SCOUTING THE CHARGERS Last meeting Chargers beat Steelers, 41-37, on Nov. 21, 2021 in Los Angeles Key matchup Mike Tomlin vs. Jim Harbaugh Though Tomlin and John Harbaugh have the second-most career meetings of any coaching duo in NFL history (35), this is only the second time Tomlin has matched...
High school football roundup for Sept. 20, 2024: Canon-McMillan beats Mt. Lebanon in OT
Zach Barzd kicked a 32-yard field goal in overtime to lift No. 5 Canon-McMillan to a 17-14 Class 6A win against Mt. Lebanon (0-5, 0-2) on Friday night. Barzd earlier kicked field goals of 27 and 26 yards. Ty Jansma completed 17 of 33 passes for 208 yards for the...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 20, 2024: Joshua Palacios homers in Indy’s comeback win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 75-70) came back to defeat St. Paul (Twins), 8-6. The Indians scored three runs in the ninth to take the lead. LF Joshua Palacios (.295) went 3 for 5 with a three-run homer and a double. RF Jack Suwinski (.247), 2B Ji-Hwan Bae (.340) and C Dylan Shockley...
Deer Lakes makes program history, going 5-0 for 1st time with win over East Allegheny
Deer Lakes wide receiver Zach Grant demonstrated Deer Lakes’ pursuit of school history will come down to precise performance. Winless East Allegheny stood between the Lancers and opening the season with five straight victories for the first time Friday night at Churchman Stadium. The Wildcats gave Deer Lakes an idea...
Franklin Regional gets running game going in 2nd half, holds off Gateway
The only thing stopping Franklin Regional senior tailback Kyle Dupill was cramps. The running back was pulled halfway through the fourth quarter but not until he had rushed for 226 yards and two touchdowns on 36 carries in Franklin Regional’s 36-34 Class 5A Big East Conference win over Gateway at...
20/20 vision: Oneil Cruz becomes 10th Pirates player to reach home run-stolen base milestone
Oneil Cruz already had eclipsed one mark and knew he was a home run away from reaching another, so he took a swing at the first pitch he saw from Cincinnati Reds left-hander Brent Suter. When Cruz sent Suter’s slider 411 feet screaming to center field for his 20th home...
Jayden Floyd, Leechburg rout Jeannette, improve to 5-0 for 1st time since 1981
Leechburg quarterback Jayden Floyd put on quite a show with legs Friday at McKee Stadium. Floyd scored four touchdowns in the first half and intercepted a pass as Leechburg throttled Jeannette, 35-13, in a battle of unbeatens in the WPIAL Class A Eastern Conference. It’s the first time since 1981...
Oneil Cruz reaches 20/20 but Reds rough up Mitch Keller for 8 runs to win series opener
Mitch Keller couldn’t find the strike zone, and when he did the Cincinnati Reds pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander. Where Keller tied a career high by giving up eight earned runs and a season-high five walks, the Pirates couldn’t touch Reds righty Nick Martinez’s changeup. Martinez recorded a career-best nine...
Analysis: Injuries already piling up, forcing teams to turn to the next man up
The next man up sees plenty of action in the NFL. Injuries already are accruing across the league, knocking out several star players and forcing teams to turn to backups and reserves. Everyone has to be ready because “one play away” is more reality than a cliche in football. The...
Journeyman ties 36-hole record at Wentworth to lead by 2; McIlroy 4 shots backVideo
VIRGINIA WATER, England — Three weeks ago, Matthew Baldwin was laughing at himself for mishitting a drive so badly that the ball went between his legs and advanced just a yard in front of the tee markers. On Friday, the No. 363-ranked journeyman from England was the second-round leader by...
Vincent’s ace and Kozuma’s clutch putts lead Iron Heads to victory over Koepka’s Smash in LIV finaleVideo
CARROLLTON, Texas — Scott Vincent made a hole-in-one that sparked a rally for the lowly Iron Heads, and Jinichiro Kozuma finished it off with two clutch putts to eliminate the Smash team of Brooks Koepka and advance to the semifinals of the LIV Golf Team Championship on Friday. HyFlyers defeated...
Vikings clear Jefferson to play but rule out Addison, Pace and Turner against TexansVideo
EAGAN, Minn. — Justin Jefferson maintained confidence he would play this week despite the bruised quadriceps that forced him out of the previous game. The Minnesota Vikings agreed with their star wide receiver. After practicing Friday without restriction, Jefferson was cleared to play Sunday against Houston. “He has done a...
A trio of NASCAR stars in danger of playoff elimination at Bristol cutoff race
The first elimination race of NASCAR’s playoffs has a three-time Daytona 500 winner and a pair of former Cup Series champions in danger of being bumped from title contention Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. The trio also happen to be among NASCAR’s biggest stars in a 16-driver playoff field...
Amid chaos of injuries and rookies on Steelers’ O-line, James Daniels quietly the unit’s rock
Spencer Anderson was relaxing and enjoying the good food and good company of a unit dinner for the Pittsburgh Steelers offense Thursday evening when his phone began blowing up. No, not social media notifications. Not fan mail. It was veteran teammate James Daniels. “I’m sitting there,” Anderson said after Friday’s...
Roman Wilson given official green light to play, MyCole Pruitt out for Steelers vs. Chargers
Injury no longer will prevent a Pittsburgh Steelers rookie third-round pick from making his NFL debut. Receiver Roman Wilson practiced fully for a second consecutive day Friday and lacked an injury designation on the league-mandated status report for Sunday’s home opener against the Los Angeles Chargers. Wilson suffered an ankle...
Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani becomes 1st member of 50-50 club in styleVideo
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani keeps showing a flair for the dramatic during his historic first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Japanese superstar became the only player in major-league history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases, doing so with a slew of firsts. Ohtani had the...
Joel Embiid signs 3-year, $193M contract extension with 76ersVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Already an NBA MVP and an Olympic gold medalist, All-Star center Joel Embiid now has until the end of the decade to try to win his first NBA championship with the Philadelphia 76ers. With another maximum contract secured, Embiid wants to chase that title in Philly — and...
Chargers QB Justin Herbert listed as questionable to face Steelers on Sunday
In Week 1, the Pittsburgh Steelers faced a quarterback playing in a live game for the first time in more than 10 months. In Week 2, the opponent started a rookie making his second career start. Could the Steelers be catching another break for their home opener Sunday? Star quarterback...
Penguins defensemen offer initial impressions of new assistant David Quinn
It’s unsurprising to see the amount of trust Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is placing in first-year assistant David Quinn. Quinn, 58, is tasked with overseeing the club’s corps of defensemen as well as the power play, taking over for Todd Reirden in both departments after the Penguins fired him...
Anthony Beauvillier hopes versatility will keep him with the Penguins for a long time
Anthony Beauvillier has skated with Sidney Crosby before. To be clear, he skated against him. And through him. And past him. During Game 6 of a first-round playoff meeting in 2021, Beauvillier, then of the New York Islanders, surged by a sluggish Crosby to score his team’s opening goal in...
Troy Fautanu ‘tweaks’ injury, leaves Steelers practice, perhaps re-opens RT for Broderick Jones
Troy Fautanu’s tenure as the Pittsburgh Steelers starting right tackle might be halted after less than a week. Fautanu left Friday’s practice because of a knee injury that Broderick Jones referenced as “a little tweak.” Five days after Jones lost his starting job to Fautanu and then was pulled in-game...
North Huntingdon athletes bring home hardware from international kickboxing competition
Two North Huntingdon athletes ranked internationally at the Junior World Kickboxing Championship in Budapest, Hungary, recently. Xander Eddy, 15, and Gabby Viola, 14, are the first athletes in the state to receive medals at the tournament, according to Bill Viola Jr. — coach and Gabby Viola’s father. “To have two...
