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Cubs hire manager Craig Counsell away from Milwaukee in surprising move, AP sources say
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs hired manager Craig Counsell away from Milwaukee on Monday in a surprising move, replacing David Ross after the team slipped out of a playoff spot in the last part of the season. Two people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the move to The Associated...
Browns LT Jedrick Wills Jr. placed on IR with right knee injury
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns starting left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. dodged a season-ending knee injury but will miss at least four weeks after being hurt in Sunday’s win over Arizona. The Browns already lost star running back Nick Chubb and right tackle Jack Conklin for the year with knee injuries...
Penn State’s James Franklin stays mum about Jim Harbaugh, Michigan sign-stealing scandal
Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal has become the talk of the college football season. But ahead of Penn State’s game against the Wolverines, coach James Franklin decided not to wade into those waters. Franklin was asked at his Monday press conference if Michigan’s sign-stealing allegations affects how he and his coaching staff...
AFC North remains wide open as Steelers enter 2nd half of NFL schedule
When the Pittsburgh Steelers began Week 9 by beating the Tennessee Titans, they were setting the tone for what was to come in the AFC North over the weekend. The way the division’s teams have played this season, it should have come as no surprise that the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Seton Hill clinches 1st winning season in PSAC West
When Seton Hill has won football games on coach Dan Day’s watch, defense has usually been the calling card. Low-scoring games often favor the Griffins. The team put that stamp on their latest victory, a 14-0 shutout of Mercyhurst that clinched the program’s first winning record in the PSAC West...
Mark Madden: When Penguins go splat, core 3 will head elsewhere
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 10-2 win at San Jose on Saturday was fun but insignificant. The Sharks (0-10-1) may be historically bad. The Penguins (4-6-0, last in the Metropolitan Division) started their season rotten against perhaps the easiest part of their schedule. That victory, while needed, is like slapping a butterfly...
Cody Dorman, who watched namesake horse win Breeders’ Cup race, dies on trip homeVideo
LOS ANGELES — Cody Dorman, the teenager who watched his namesake horse Cody’s Wish win at the Breeders’ Cup, has died. He was 17. Dorman died Sunday after suffering a “medical event” on the family’s way home to Kentucky after attending the world championships at Santa Anita last week, according...
AP survey finds 55 of 69 schools in major college football now sell alcohol at stadiums on game day
EAST LANSING, Mich. — College football tailgates are as synonymous with the game as blocking and tackling. Burgers, brats and beer go along with the cornhole and camaraderie for tens of thousands of people every Saturday, a beloved tradition seen outside stadiums big and small. “My dad almost gets more...
Steelers place ILB Cole Holcomb on injured reserve, activate RB Anthony McFarland off it
The Pittsburgh Steelers placed Cole Holcomb on injured reserve Monday, four days after the starting inside linebacker suffered a serious knee injury. Taking Holcomb’s place on the active roster is running back Anthony McFarland, who had been on IR since Week 2 because of a knee injury. McFarland had to...
Greensburg Central Catholic’s Dlugos brothers on opposite sides of historic Williams-Amherst football rivalry
Zach and Nate Dlugos are taking sibling rivalry to another level. On Saturday, the Greensburg Central Catholic grads will be on opposite sides of “The Biggest Little Game in America” when the football teams from Amherst and Williams clash. It is the fourth-most played matchup in all of the NCAA...
Riverview grad Arden Fisher lends her volleyball experience, insights to coaching staff of Chatham women’s team
Arden Fisher always has found her happy place on the volleyball court. The Riverview grad had a standout career at Robert Morris that included four All-Northeast Conference honors — first team as a senior — more than 1,200 kills, 1,800-plus digs and a conference championship. She played professionally for a...
AP Top 25: USC drops out for first time under Lincoln Riley; Oklahoma State vaults in to No. 15
Southern California dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday for the first time under coach Lincoln Riley and No. 15 Oklahoma State vaulted into the rankings for the first time this year. The top nine teams in the Top 25 held their spots, led by No. 1...
Joe Burrow passes for 348 yards, 2 TDs, Bengals’ defense clamps down in win over Bills
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals showed a national TV audience on Sunday night they are still serious AFC playoff contenders. The Bengals were all but counted out after starting the season with two losses and falling to 1-3 on Oct. 1. But four straight wins have pulled them back up...
Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel took an unusual — and unexpected — path to the NHL from San Diego
If you’re surprised that Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel has carved out a 12-year career in the NHL, you’re not alone. Ruhwedel is, too. From a certain perspective. To be clear, every ounce of success Ruhwedel has enjoyed — from simply appearing in 320 career regular-season games to receiving a...
Pirates A to Z: Despite a dominant season at Triple-A, Miguel Andujar likely the odd man out
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z, an alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster. Player: Miguel Andujar Position: Outfielder/Designated hitter Throws: Right Bats: Right Age: 28 Height: 6 foot Weight: 211 pounds 2023 MLB statistics: Batted .250/.300/.476 with seven doubles, four home runs and 18...
First Call: Steelers’ next opponent grabs victory; entire AFC North wins; wild win for Josh Dobbs with new team
While the Pittsburgh Steelers had Sunday to rest, it was a successful day for everyone else in the AFC North. Next week’s opponent at Acrisure Stadium chalked up a victory too, as did a former quarterback who used to wear the Black and Gold. But one former Steelers receiver found...
Tim Benz: From a ‘dead body’ to a ‘lion,’ Duquesne’s Chabi Barre describes his return after frightening collapse
A dead body. That’s how Duquesne basketball player Halil “Chabi” Barre described himself for the first 72 hours after the incident. “The first two to three days, I felt terrible,” Barre said after practice Friday. “My body felt weak. I couldn’t even lift my arm. l was just laying down...
Madden Monday: George Pickens is upset at Steelers’ offense. ‘In this case, Pickens is right’
A few years ago, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLIVE dubbed former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster as “A.B. Jr.” and Chase Claypool as “A.B. Jr. Jr.” With all of their antics and quotes, the descriptions fit. So what does that mean for George Pickens in the...
Ryan Blaney earns 1st career NASCAR championship, gives Roger Penske back-to-back Cup titlesVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ryan Blaney raced to his first career NASCAR championship on Sunday by banging his way past contender Kyle Larson in the closing laps at Phoenix Raceway to give Team Penske back-to-back Cup titles. The third generation racer is the first Ohio-born driver to win the Cup title...
Minor league report: Forward Jordan Frasca’s hat trick leads Nailers past RoyalsVideo
A hat trick and an assist by forward Jordan Frasca helped lead the Wheeling Nailers in a 7-4 home win against the Reading Royals at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. Forward Dillon Hamaliuk had a goal and two assists for Wheeling (4-1-0-0) while forward Lukas Svejkovsky contributed a...
Ke’Bryan Hayes becomes 1st Pirates 3B to win NL Gold Glove Award for defensive excellence
Since breaking into the majors, Ke’Bryan Hayes has been regarded as one of the elite defenders in baseball. Now, the Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman has the hardware to prove it. The 26-year-old Hayes became the first third baseman in franchise history to win an NL Gold Glove Award, presented Sunday...
Steelers’ Dylan Cook views self as future contributor at OT, not just an ex-NAIA QB
Pat Meyer certainly has encountered myriad types of players during his quarter century-plus of coaching at the professional and college level. Been asked plenty of questions, too. But the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach hears things he’s never heard before while working this season with young offensive tackle Dylan Cook....
Ravens rout Seahawks behind defense and Keaton Mitchell’s big day
BALTIMORE — Keaton Mitchell ran for 138 yards and his first NFL touchdown, Odell Beckham Jr. scored for the first time since the Super Bowl two seasons ago and the Baltimore Ravens routed another first-place team, beating the Seattle Seahawks, 37-3, on Sunday. Gus Edwards ran for two touchdowns for...
NFL Week 9: Stroud throws for 470 yards, 5 TDs, connects with Dell late to lift Texans over BucsVideo
HOUSTON — Rookie C.J. Stroud threw for 470 yards and five touchdowns, and his 15-yard touchdown pass to Tank Dell with 6 seconds remaining lifted the Houston Texans to a 39-37 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday in a wild back-and-forth game. Baker Mayfield put the Buccaneers on top...
Deshaun Watson throws 2 TD passes in return from shoulder injury, Browns demolish Cardinals 27-0
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson threw two touchdown passes — one bouncing off an Arizona helmet — in his second start for Cleveland in five weeks because of a shoulder injury, and the Browns held the Cardinals to 58 yards in a 27-0 win Sunday. It was Cleveland’s first shutout since...
