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Penguins open preseason with home shootout win against Blue Jackets
Shootout goals by forwards Alex Nylander and Brayden Yager allowed the Pittsburgh Penguins to open the preseason with a 3-2 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena Sunday afternoon. A rebound goal by Nylander opened the scoring 9:03 into regulation. After Penguins forward Radim Zohorna flushed out...
AP Top 25: Colorado falls out of rankings after 1st loss and Ohio State moves up to No. 4
Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games, and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened. A season-high six teams received first-place votes, the most since the...
Analysis: With injuries surfacing, Pitt must play a cleaner, mistake-free game to end losing streak
Losing is as much a part of college football as the coin toss. Every game has a loser. The distinction is the good teams don’t help the opponent’s cause with mental errors and penalties. That is, at least, part of Pitt’s problem as it deals with a three-game losing streak,...
Pirates recall RHP Osvaldo Bido, place LHP Bailey Falter on IL, RHP Cody Bolton on taxi squad
After going deep into their bullpen the past two games, the Pittsburgh Pirates added pitching depth Sunday by recalling right-hander Osvaldo Bido from Triple-A Indianapolis. It will be the third stint with the Pirates this season for Bido, who is 2-5 with a 6.36 ERA and 1.54 WHIP while averaging...
How Penn State ‘sent a message’ in blowout win over Iowa: ‘We were going to dominate’
STATE COLLEGE — An hour after walking off the rain-soaked Beaver Stadium turf, after a locker room celebration that featured dancing, singing and strobe lights, Kaytron Allen was asked how he would describe Penn State’s 31-0 win over Iowa. Down and dirty. “There was a lot of energy in the...
Gateway grad Courtney Jackson finding success at Arkansas State
Courtney Jackson is playing his first season with the Arkansas State football team, and on Sept. 16, he hauled in his first touchdown pass for the Red Wolves in a 31-7 victory over Stony Brook. Arkansas State collected 485 yards of total offense with the receiving corps gaining 140 of...
Usher to headline 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas
LOS ANGELES — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the halftime festivities from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11. The music megastar, who has...
Slowly being eased into a role, rookie CB Joey Porter Jr. impresses veteran Steelers teammatesVideo
Joey Porter Sr. couldn’t contain his excitement. In the postgame locker room late last Monday, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin noted that two players at Porter’s former position had scored touchdowns that night. “When both of them score,” Porter Sr. said of the Steelers’ starting outside linebackers, “how can you...
Busted punt return coverage a source of frustration for Pitt in loss to No. 17 UNCVideo
Generating explosive special teams plays such as blocking a punt or returning a kick for a touchdown can be a major difference-maker on any given night. Pitt did both of those things Saturday against No. 17 North Carolina but still lost to the Tar Heels at Acrisure Stadium, 41-24. UNC...
North Carolina hands Pitt 3rd consecutive defeat
So many questions arose after Pitt’s 41-24 loss to North Carolina that just making a list may take most of Sunday morning before coaches and players can even think about how to fix them. Around midnight Saturday night, Pat Narduzzi spent 7½ minutes answering questions in the aftermath of Pitt’s...
Allar, defense lead No. 7 Penn State past No. 24 Iowa 31-0Video
STATE COLLEGE — Drew Allar threw four touchdown passes, and Penn State’s defense forced four turnovers to lead the seventh-ranked Nittany Lions past No. 24 Iowa, 31-0, on Saturday. Tyler Warren caught two touchdowns, and Khalil Dinkins and KeAndre Lambert-Smith caught one each for the Nittany Lions (4-0, 2-0 Big...
Riverhounds use their heads in victory over New Mexico United
Kenardo Forbes always looks for a signal from his center backs before he lines up to take corner kicks. “Joe (Farrell) and Arturo (Ordonez) will tell where they want me to put it, and I try to get it there as accurate as possible,” Forbes said. Forbes was certainly on...
Pitt’s Phil Jurkovec out for 2nd half against No. 17 North Carolina
Pitt starting quarterback Phil Jurkovec was ruled out for the second half of Saturday evening’s game vs. No. 17 North Carolina with an undisclosed injury, Pitt officials said. With only seconds left in the second quarter and Pitt possessing the ball at its own 31, Jurkovec rolled out of the...
Pirates rally from 9-run deficit for incredible comeback win over Reds
On the day they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, the Pittsburgh Pirates pulled off the greatest comeback in franchise history. The Pirates rallied from a nine-run deficit with an offensive outburst, then had to withstand the theatrics of the crowd of 29,680 at Great American Ball Park on its...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 23, 2023: Despite Vinny Capra’s Little League home run, Indy falls to RochesterVideo
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 69-78) lost to Rochester (Nationals), 7-4, in 11 innings. SS Vinny Capra (.285) tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on a Little League home run. He grounded into a force out, but a throwing error allowed him to reach second and then take third, and...
Cubs manager David Ross texts Pirates’ Derek Shelton about comments
CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross reached out to Derek Shelton on Friday night after the Pittsburgh Pirates skipper took exception to Ross’ description of the Pirates. The contending Cubs dropped two of three in a series against the Pirates this week. Following the Pirates’ 8-6 win Thursday at...
Bo Nix, No. 10 Oregon slam brakes on Coach Prime’s ‘Cinderella story’ with a 42-6 rout of ColoradoVideo
EUGENE, Ore. — Bo Nix threw three touchdown passes, and No. 10 Oregon emphatically slammed the brakes on Coach Prime’s “Cinderella story,” routing No. 19 Colorado, 42-6, on Saturday. The Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) were up 35-0 at the half half after coach Dan Lanning sent them into the matchup...
Nicco Marchiol throws TD in 1st start; West Virginia holds off Texas Tech
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nicco Marchiol threw a touchdown pass in his first start, CJ Donaldson added a short TD run and West Virginia held off Texas Tech, 20-13, in their Big 12 opener Saturday. Texas Tech backup quarterback Behren Morton came on for the injured Tyler Shough in the first...
District college football roundup: Slippery Rock rolls past Seton Hill in PSAC West opener
No. 12-ranked Slippery Rock scored 28 straight points to earn a 34-14 victory over Seton Hill in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West opener Saturday at Offutt Field in Greensburg. Brayden Long threw for 213 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score for the Rock, which improved...
Anthony Chiccitt’s 4 1st-half TD passes highlight 46-0 victory for Robert Morris
Anthony Chiccitt threw four touchdown passes in the first half and Robert Morris had little trouble in thumping NCCAA-member Virginia Lynchburg, 46-0, on Saturday. Chiccitt opened the game with scoring throws of 60 yards to Noah Robinson and 66 yards to Landen Lucas before finishing the first half 11 of...
Reddick now in NASCAR’s playoff mix at Texas after missing cut last year and then winning thereVideo
Tyler Reddick this time made it into the Round of 12 that starts in Texas, where last year he won a tumultuous and tiring race right after just missing the cut in NASCAR’s playoffs. With a win at Kansas after opening these Cup Series playoffs with a runner-up finish at...
Penguins notebook: Lineups released for Sunday’s split-squad games vs. Columbus
After three practices at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, the Pittsburgh Penguins play their first preseason games Sunday with split-squad contests against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The first game will be played at 1 p.m. at PPG Paints Arena, with the finale beginning at 7 p.m. in Columbus. The...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin looks forward after missing the playoffs for the first time
Having won it three times already in his spellbinding existence as an NHLer, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin would like to see another Stanley Cup championship. But for the time being, he will have to enjoy someone else’s success. Namely, his new linemate, Reilly Smith, a trade acquisition from the...
Steelers visit Raiders aiming to end road drought against silver and black
The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers went on the road and defeated their AFC nemesis that wears silver and black, the hot new product in the home entertainment market was the DVD. “Toy Story” was going strong in theaters, and “Jumanji” was set to be released. “ER,” “Seinfeld” and “Friends”...
Pitt’s 2023 Hall of Fame class includes 12 athletes from 7 sports
A total of 12 athletes from seven sports, including four of the best players to wear a Pitt football uniform, were inducted Friday night into the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame in front of a sold-out crowd at Petersen Events Center. The class is the sixth to be recognized since...
