Sports category, Page 534
Noah Lyles wins Olympic 100 by five-thousandths of a second, among closest finishes in Games historyVideo
SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100 meters by .005 seconds Sunday, waiting some 30 seconds after the finish of an excruciatingly close sprint to find out he’d beaten Kishane Thompson of Jamaica. The word “Photo” popped up on the scoreboard after Lyles and Thompson dashed to the...
Noah Lyles pulls out Olympic 100 by five-thousandths of a secondVideo
SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100 meters by .005 seconds Sunday, waiting some 30 seconds after the finish of an excruciatingly close sprint to find out he had edged out Kishane Thompson of Jamaica. The world “Photo” popped up on the scoreboard after Lyles and Thompson dashed...
A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winnersVideo
Medal winners from Sunday, Saturday at Paris Olympics: Sunday, Aug. 4 ARCHERY MEN’S INDIVIDUAL Gold: Kim Woo-jin, South Korea Silver: Brady Ellison, United States Bronze: Lee Woo-seok, South Korea ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS MEN’S RINGS Gold: Liu Yang, China Silver: Zou Jingyuan, China Bronze: Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece MEN’S VAULT Gold: Carlos Edriel...
Novak Djokovic wins his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s tennis finalVideo
PARIS — For all of his Grand Slam championships and other titles, for all of his time at No. 1, Novak Djokovic really, really wanted an Olympic gold medal for Serbia, the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume. He finally got one at age 37. Doesn’t matter a...
U.S. extends Olympic win streak to 58 games with 87-68 victory over Germany; quarterfinals nextVideo
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — The U.S. has incredible depth that no country can match, and it has played a key role in its unprecedented run of seven straight Olympic gold medals. The Americans can wear down their opponents by sending wave after wave of WNBA All-Stars to the court. They did...
U.S. sets two world records on final night of swimming, wins gold-medal race with AustraliaVideo
NANTERRE, France — The United States set two world records on the final night of swimming at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, winning the gold-medal count over rival Australia and easing the sting of their first loss in the men’s 400 medley relay. Bobby Finke set the standard in the...
West Point drops opener in Little League Softball World Series, will play again Tuesday
GREENVILLE, N.C. — West Point had one chance against Willcox’s pitcher in the fifth inning, getting a run out of a rally. But Willcox ace Hattie Macumber didn’t allow another opportunity. Macumber fanned 15 West Point batters as Willcox (Ariz.), the West Region champion, dealt the Mid-Atlantic champion a 2-1...
High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine’s 1st individual gold of the Paris OlympicsVideo
SAINT-DENIS, France — Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who was forced to flee her country because of the war with Russia, won gold at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. It was Ukraine’s first individual gold of these Summer Games, following a victory in women’s team saber fencing. Mahuchikh cleared 2.00...
Great Scottie! Scheffler gets the Olympic gold medal in a thriller with a 62Video
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Scottie Scheffler was a model of calm and greatness as he delivered the greatest closing round of his career. The final two hours were about charges and collapses, pure theater that ended Sunday with the Olympic gold medal fittingly draped around the neck of golf’s No. 1...
Belle Vernon graduate Cam Guess’ bond with kicker Ben Sauls brought him back to Pitt for 5th season
Cam Guess won’t lie about his story. “It sounds a little corny,” he said. But he’s proud of it, and he was eager to tell it to reporters Friday at the end of the first week of Pitt’s training camp. Guess, a Belle Vernon graduate, has been Pitt’s regular holder...
Edward Kizza, Eric Dick lead Riverhounds to road win in Sacramento
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds continued their midseason surge with a 1-0 road win over Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday night. Edward Kizza scored late in the first half and goalkeeper Eric Dick made eight saves to lead the Riverhounds to their third win in their last four games, regaining momentum after...
Bushy Run Legion, Trafford Junior Legion complete successful seasons
The only things missing from the Bushy Run American Legion and Trafford Junior Legion baseball teams’ season in 2024 were state titles. Both teams advanced to their respective state tournaments, a first time for Bushy Run and the fourth consecutive season for Trafford, but injuries and being shorthanded end their...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 3, 2024: Billy Cook, Nick Yorke each double twice in Indy loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 49-54) lost 8-7 to Toledo (Tigers) in 10 innings. RF Billy Cook (.282) went 2 for 4 with two doubles, two runs scored and a stolen base. LF Nick Yorke (.313) went 2 for 4 with two doubles, a run scored and an RBI. C Henry Davis (.314)...
Homers by Joey Bart, Bryan Reynolds propel Pirates past Diamondbacks to tie series
Derek Shelton’s anxiety was running high during a rain delay Saturday night, as the Pittsburgh Pirates manager sat in his office and watched the downpour and the clock as it ticked past the one-hour mark. Shelton realized that the longer the delay lasted, the less chance he would be able...
Kaori Yamamoto retains lead after weather delayed round at U.S. Senior Women’s Open
After a long, weather-delayed third round at the U.S. Women’s Senior Open on Saturday at Fox Chapel Golf Club, Kaori Yamamoto held on to her lead after shooting 1-over-par. She will be in last pairing Sunday for the final round, leading the field at 7-under. Four others are chasing Yamamoto...
Steelers inside the ropes: George Pickens gets 2 scores, but defense dominates ‘Seven Shots’
Despite coach Mike Tomlin withholding some of his most experienced — and decorated — defensive players from team portions of practice Saturday, that unit showed it was up to the challenge at the outset of a two-hour workout at Saint Vincent. Defense ruled the opening “seven shots” 2-point simulation drill...
Tigers retire Hall of Fame Jim Leyland’s No. 10 next to World Series winner Sparky Anderson on wallVideo
DETROIT — Jim Leyland’s No. 10 was retired by the Detroit Tigers, putting the Hall of Fame manager’s name and number in white on a brick wall next to World Series winner Sparky Anderson. “When I look out on that wall and see my name with the Tiger greats, it’s...
OLB Markus Golden bided his time, waiting for Steelers to bring him back for 1 more year
Markus Golden knew he would return for a second season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He just didn’t know when he would get the call to come back. “If they had told me to come in the day after the season ended, I would have done that,” Golden said Saturday. “I...
Steelers camp report: Tomlin reduces wear and tear on players day after physical night workout
On the heels of a physical workout under the lights at Latrobe Memorial Stadium, coach Mike Tomlin dialed back the contact Saturday as training camp returned to its normal weekend afternoon time slot. After players wore pads Friday night and Tomlin held a rematch of the feisty “backs on backers”...
Steelers get best and worst of Justin Fields at training camp — and that’s fine with them
The qualities that made Justin Fields the No. 11 overall draft pick in 2021 have been evident during the first 10 days of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp at Saint Vincent. The 25-year-old quarterback has dazzled with long runs after breaking containment in the pocket. He has made some laser-sharp throws...
Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael, who has ALS, enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame in ceremony at his homeVideo
Steve McMichael couldn’t make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so the ceremony came to him. Battling ALS and bedridden in the advanced stages of the neurological disease, the 66-year-old two-time All-Pro defensive tackle was the second player enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame among seven...
Isiah Kiner-Falefa took winding road from rehab assignment to being activated by Pirates
Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s return from a rehabilitation assignment to the major leagues was a winding road, one that involved a trade and required multiple crossings of the Canadian border. Kiner-Falefa was traveling back and forth from Toronto to Triple-A Buffalo while recovering from a left knee sprain, then took a flight...
Debuts of 3 new coordinators to weigh heavily in Penn State’s success
STATE COLLEGE — It’s a testament to Penn State’s returning players that the Nittany Lions are considered to be a strong contender for the 12-team College Football Playoff this season, the first year of expansion from the four-team field. During the CFP’s four-team era (2014-23), making the cut proved elusive...
North Allegheny grad Ayden Owens-Delerme finishes 9th in decathlon at Olympics
Former WPIAL track star Ayden Owens-Delerme, who entered Saturday in contention for a medal, finished ninth in the decathlon while making his Olympic debut in Paris. The North Allegheny graduate accumulated 8,437 points in the 10-event competition held over two days at the 80,000-seat Stade de France. A former college...
Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm share lead in star-heavy chase for Olympic gold in golfVideo
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Golf finally has some Olympic buzz from a big and boisterous gallery, and it has the star power to match going into the final round of the men’s competition with medals finally at stake. Xander Schauffele and Jon Rahm were tied for the lead Saturday, one shot...
