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Hempfield girls golf coach Katie Miller Gee wins 1st match at U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Katie Miller Gee advanced through stroke play and never trailed in her opening match at the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Stonewall Golf Club in Elverson. Gee, the girls golf coach at Hempfield, where she is one of the school’s most celebrated champions, cruised past Marissa Mar of Palo Alto,...
Patrick Corbin strikes out 8, CJ Abrams homers twice as Nationals beat Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates couldn’t hit Patrick Corbin as the 34-year-old Washington Nationals left-hander showed why he is the last player left from their 2019 World Series champions. The Pirates couldn’t keep CJ Abrams from hitting it out of the park as the 22-year-old shortstop flashed the potential that made him...
LeBron James interested in assembling the Avengers, playing in the Paris Olympics
The medals had barely been hung on the necks of the German, Serbian and Canadian teams when word began to circulate about Team USA’s savior assembling an Avengers-style group of colleagues to fix American basketball in the upcoming Olympics. LeBron James, sources not authorized to speak publicly told The Times,...
Aaron Rodgers carted off after 4 plays with Jets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers’ debut with the New York Jets lasted four snaps. And now the four-time MVP and a shell-shocked fanbase will have to see how long he might be sidelined. Rodgers injured his left ankle when he was sacked by Buffalo’s Leonard Floyd and fell awkwardly...
Disney, Charter settle dispute hours before ‘Monday Night Football’
NEW YORK — If Aaron Rodgers has as much influence on the football field as he apparently had in ending a multibillion-dollar business dispute, the New York Jets will be very happy. The Walt Disney Co. and Charter Communications announced the resolution of their fight Monday, restoring ESPN to some...
Michigan St. coach Mel Tucker: Harassment allegations false
Suspended Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker said Monday that allegations of sexual harassment against him are “completely false,” and the intimate phone call he had with activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy is outside the scope of both Title IX and school policy. In a two-page statement released by...
Browns lose starting tackle Jack Conklin for season
CLEVELAND — Jack Conklin kept Deshaun Watson from harm. He couldn’t protect himself. Cleveland’s starting right tackle suffered a “major” left knee injury in the first half of Sunday’s win over Cincinnati and will miss the remainder of the season, a major personal blow and significant one for the Browns....
Judge rules for Oregon State and Washington State, says departing Pac-12 schools can’t hold meetingVideo
A judge granted a request by Oregon State and Washington State for a temporary restraining order Monday to prevent departing Pac-12 members from meeting until it can be determined who has the right to chart the future of the disintegrating conference. At a hearing in Whitman County Superior Court in...
All-Pro DL Chris Jones ends holdout, signs with Chiefs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs signed Chris Jones to a new one-year contract Monday, which should end the All-Pro defensive tackle’s holdout and could mean he will be back on the field when they visit the Jacksonville Jaguars for Week 2. The Chiefs did not disclose terms,...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi spreads blame to everyone, but he emphasizes it starts with him
Win or lose the day before, Sundays are pretty much the same at Pitt’s training facility. Truth be told, they’re probably the same at most schools across the nation at every level of college football. Coaches start early, sometimes mere hours after the end of the game. In some cases,...
Safety Damar Hamlin won’t play in Bills’ opener against JetsVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Damar Hamlin was listed among Buffalo’s inactives, so he will not play in a regular-season game for the first time since going into cardiac arrest when the Bills open the season against the New York Jets on Monday night. The Bills made the decision official about...
Ravens’ season-opening victory over Texans came at quite a costVideo
BALTIMORE — J.K. Dobbins was a picture of health when he jumped into the end zone for the game’s first touchdown. Two quarters later, his season was over. Dobbins’ torn Achilles tendon was the biggest blow to the Baltimore Ravens in a 25-9 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday...
Steelers receivers fail to produce in opener, now might have to get by without Diontae Johnson
After a trio of brief preseason outings during which everything seemed to come so easily for the Pittsburgh Steelers offense, in their first game that mattered, that was anything but the case. How could a unit that looked so unbeatable in August struggle so much during its opener in September?...
Browns’ defense appears transformed under new coordinator Jim SchwartzVideo
CLEVELAND — The Browns’ most significant acquisition this offseason wasn’t on the field for a single snap in Sunday’s season-opening win over Cincinnati. Jim Schwartz received a game ball. Cleveland’s new defensive coordinator designed a plan that overwhelmed quarterback Joe Burrow and the Bengals, who managed just 142 total yards...
Pirates manager Derek Shelton defends Ke’Bryan Hayes on complaints about umpires
A day after Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes criticized home plate umpire Bill Miller on social media, Pirates manager Derek Shelton defended his right to complain about a called strike. “I think it was a very unique situation. It’s a very rare situation, and he was frustrated, you know?”...
Report: Steelers’ Cameron Heyward could miss games with groin injury
The Pittsburgh Steelers could be preparing for an extended period without Cameron Heyward, the ironman on their defensive line and the team’s oldest player. Heyward could miss multiple weeks because of a groin injury he suffered in the Steelers’ 30-7 season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers, NFL Network reported...
Pat Narduzzi on Pitt players being heckled: ‘It doesn’t really matter’
There were people among the nearly 50,000 at Acrisure Stadium on Saturday night who were disappointed with what they were watching. It was Pitt’s second game of the season, and it turned into a 27-21 loss to Cincinnati, an unexpected result for many people. It also was quarterback Phil Jurkovec’s...
First-round pick Broderick Jones preparing in case Steelers need him to start in Week 2
Broderick Jones played four snaps in his NFL debut Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. If Chuks Okorafor doesn’t emerge from concussion protocol this week, the team’s No. 1 draft pick might be playing plenty more in Week 2. Jones would be in line to start at left tackle in the...
5 things we learned in Week 2: Rough night for defending WPIAL champions
Week 2 was a rough night for defending WPIAL champions. Three of the six teams that celebrated district titles last season were defeated Friday, with Pine-Richland, Steel Valley and Union all taking losses. But Pine-Richland knows better than anyone that it’s a long football season and one game doesn’t define...
Penn-Trafford grad Allyson Doran putting time on sidelines to good use for Mercyhurst field hockey
Every once in a while, Allyson Doran still gets the itch to play goalie. That’s where she started her journey in field hockey when she took up the sport in eighth grade after moving to Penn-Trafford School District. But it wasn’t long until her coaches figured out that Doran had...
Deer Lakes grad Fletcher Hammond follows in older brother’s footsteps at Allegheny
Here’s the good news for opponents of Allegheny football: They no longer have to worry about defensive lineman Maxx Hammond, who, in the past two seasons, accumulated 93 tackles (131⁄2 for loss) from his defensive line spot. Now for the bad news: There’s still another Hammond to deal with. Fletcher...
5 things we learned: Steelers’ familiar defensive problems resurface in loss to 49ers
Five things we learned about 49ers 30, Steelers 7: 1. Defensive dilemma On the day the Pittsburgh Steelers reported to training camp, coach Mike Tomlin was emphatic in his belief that integrating so many newcomers into the defense wouldn’t require a learning curve. “I’ll be very blunt,” Tomlin said. “We’re...
Mark Madden: Kenny Pickett was brutal, but many Steelers shared in struggles against 49ers
Cam Heyward has tried to shoehorn “Big Ken” as a nickname for Kenny Pickett. Like Big Ben. Not yet. More like Bubby Pickett. Pickett is a first-round pick, a quarterback of some promise. But after Sunday’s home disaster vs. San Francisco, let’s shelve the superlatives for “Big Ken” till he...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Greensburg Salem grads step in for Seton Hill
There is a Greensburg Salem flavor to the Seton Hill football team. With redshirt freshman Hayden Teska taking over the quarterbacking duties over the weekend, there are now three former Golden Lions contributing for the Griffins (1-1), who defeated Shippensburg for the first time, 28-23, on Saturday at Offutt Field....
With Rubiales finally out, Spanish soccer ready to leave embarrassing chapter behind
Spanish soccer is ready to move forward, three weeks after its women’s team won the Women’s World Cup but had its celebrations marred by a kiss that ignited a crisis. Luis Rubiales, the Spanish soccer federation president who kissed a player on the lips without her consent during the trophy...
