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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...

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