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Pitt Take 5: Teams haven’t met since 2012, but Panthers still stoked for River City Rivalry
There is no reason to suspect that any couches were burned in Cincinnati when Pitt lost to the Bearcats in 2012 in the most recent installment of the River City Rivalry. A crowd of 27,112 — 71% of capacity — showed up at Nippert Stadium on the second week of...
5 things to watch in Week 2: WPIAL teams are winning with multiple QBs
There’s an old saying about football teams with two starting quarterbacks actually having none, but Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak clearly disagrees. This year, the Jaguars have two QBs and they’re finding success with both. Senior quarterback Brody Evans and junior Luke Kosko have rotated every two possessions this season,...
Lions spoil Chiefs’ celebration of Super Bowl title in NFL season opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Lions walked into roaring Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night, where the Kansas City Chiefs are nearly unbeatable and were trying to open their latest Super Bowl title defense with a win, and proved what Detroit coach Dan Campbell has come to know in turning around...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 7, 2023: Luke Brown belts 2 homers, drives in 8 for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 61-72) allowed six hits and beat Toledo (Tigers), 4-1. LHP Braeden Ogle (4.91) worked as an opener and pitched a scoreless first. RHP Quinn Priester (9-4, 4.00) pitched the next 5.2 innings, allowing one run on four hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts. RHP Travis MacGregor (4.70)...
Young Pitt ‘gunners’ go to school after failing to down punt in opener
Pitt only punted twice in its opener against Wofford last week, and the first one triggered some angst on the sideline. Pitt had fourth-and-20 on the Wofford 45-yard line in the first quarter when Caleb Junko placed a punt near the goal line. Three Pitt players — they’re called gunners...
Coco Gauff tops Karolina Muchova to reach the US Open final. The match was delayed by a protestVideo
NEW YORK — Coco Gauff reached her first the U.S. Open final by defeating Karolina Muchova, 6-4, 7-5, on Thursday night in a match interrupted for 50 minutes by environmental activists, including one who glued his bare feet to the concrete in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands. The toughest part...
Climate protester glues feet to floor during U.S. Open semifinal between Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova
NEW YORK — The U.S. Open semifinal between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was delayed by 50 minutes because of a disruption by environmental activists in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands Thursday night. One protester glued his bare feet to the concrete floor. Gauff was ahead 6-4, 1-0 when play...
Bengals QB Burrow back from camp calf injury, looks to improve poor record against Browns in openerVideo
CLEVELAND — Joe Burrow sometimes seems too good to be true. In just three seasons, he has taken the NFL by storm, leading Cincinnati to an unexpected Super Bowl appearance and consecutive AFC title games while establishing himself as one of the league’s elite quarterbacks. Only 26, and there’s hardly...
Bengals QB Joe Burrow becomes NFL’s highest-paid player with $275M deal
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow became the highest-paid player in the NFL on Thursday, agreeing to a five-year, $275 million contract extension, according to a person familiar with the deal. The contract includes more than $219 million guaranteed, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because...
Micah Parsons, others Cowboys defenders believe they can anchor a Super Bowl contender
FRISCO, Texas — Micah Parsons isn’t the only two-time All-Pro on the Dallas defense after the offseason addition of cornerback Stephon Gilmore in a trade. Gilmore’s partner on the other side, Trevon Diggs, is a 2021 All-Pro who is tied for the NFL lead with 17 interceptions since entering the...
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce ruled out for season opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As members of the Chiefs took the field to warm up for Thursday’s game against the Detroit Lions, Travis Kelce wasn’t among them. Kelce won’t play in the season opener after suffering a hyperextended knee in practice on Tuesday. He’s on the team’s inactive list. It...
After being shut down, Pirates top prospect Paul Skenes ‘looking forward to what’s next’
ALTOONA — The highly anticipated meeting between the former LSU teammates who were the Nos. 1 and 2 picks in the 2023 MLB Draft happened Thursday, just nothing like expected. Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews met here for lunch at the Knickerbocker Tavern instead of facing each other when the...
Steelers’ Kenny Pickett, 49ers’ Brock Purdy a matchup of 1st QB vs. last player taken in ‘22 draft
Each started four years at quarterback for a Power Five college, breaking myriad school records along the way while lifting their programs to heights not seen in decades. Each, too, was eligible for the 2022 draft. Kenny Pickett and Brock Purdy also had success as rookie NFL quarterbacks, and they...
Accomplished CBs Anthony Brown, Josiah Scott act as insurance for Steelers on practice squad
Anthony Brown and Josiah Scott have combined to play 10 NFL seasons, 133 regular-season games and four postseason games. They’ve been on division title teams, combined for 12 career interceptions and figured in on 387 tackles. Each, though, for the moment is spending this week on the scout team at...
Pitt notebook: Jake Kradel at center of chaos when Panthers meet Cincinnati’s ‘Godfather’
After lining up either as a guard or center over his six seasons at Pitt, senior Jake Kradel finally came to his coaches with a definitive choice. Kradel (6-foot-3, 305 pounds) is a center and, he hopes, that will be so for a long time. “Jake really wanted to do...
Chandler Jones again posts, then deletes criticism of Raiders’ management
HENDERSON, Nev. — Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones once again took to social media to criticize team officials, posting and then deleting Wednesday night that the club sent someone from the city of Las Vegas’ crisis response team to his home. Jones showed a picture on his Instagram account he...
Steelers’ veteran D-linemen Cameron Heyward, Larry Ogunjobi continue to miss practice time
Three days out from their regular-season opener, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ two most important defensive linemen remain on the injury report and continue to miss practice time. Cameron Heyward (stomach) and Larry Ogunjobi (foot) each remain expected to play Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers at Acrisure Stadium. But each also...
Matt Canada: Steelers offense won’t ‘magically’ contain 49ers edge rusher Nick Bosa
When the Pittsburgh Steelers began formulating a game plan for the San Francisco 49ers, they designed it with the belief that NFL Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa would be wearing scarlet and gold — and not street clothes — for the season opener. That assumption proved to be...
UNC says the NCAA has denied appeal efforts for Tez Walker’s immediate eligibility
The NCAA has denied North Carolina’s appeal efforts for immediate eligibility for transfer receiver Devontez Walker, a decision that led to criticism Thursday from Tar Heels coach Mack Brown and athletic director Bubba Cunningham. The school announced the decision less than a week after Walker roamed the sideline but didn’t...
Pitt freshman forward Papa Amadou Kante injures knee, lost for the season
Jeff Capel’s roster rebuilding efforts suffered another blow Thursday with the announcement that freshman Papa Amadou Kante, a forward who might have provided a rebounding and defensive presence off the bench, will miss the entire 2023-24 season with a knee injury. Amadou Kante suffered a non-contact injury during a workout...
No. 10 Notre Dame aims to extend its win streak against ACC teams when it visits N.C. State
No. 10 Notre Dame (2-0) at North Carolina State (1-0), Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (ABC) Line: Notre Dame by 7 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: N.C. State leads 2-1. What’s at stake? The Fighting Irish have started fast with a new quarterback pushing the offense and have the...
Duquesne coach Jerry Schmitt: ‘Embrace the opportunity’ as Dukes visit a Power 5 foe in West Virginia
For the returning players on Duquesne’s football team, Saturday’s jump in competition as they travel down I-79 to face West Virginia will be nothing new. They were on the Dukes’ roster last year when the team visited FBS schools such as Florida State and Hawaii. Some still remain from the...
Penn State’s Dani Dennis-Sutton starting to thrive under DL coach Deion Barnes
Dani Dennis-Sutton thought he played only three or four snaps in last year’s opener at Purdue. Turns out, it was nine reps at defensive end, according to Pro Football Focus, though it might have felt like only a few. Dennis-Sutton was a five-star freshman. He was the highest-rated recruit in...
No. 1 Georgia looks poised for another big win as Ball State visits Sanford Stadium
ATHENS, Ga. — No. 1 Georgia was supposed to be hitting the road for a most intriguing matchup. Instead, the Bulldogs will be facing another overmatched opponent between the hedges on Saturday. Coming off a 48-7 victory over FCS opponent Tennessee-Martin in a season opener that was little more than...
New Broncos coach Sean Payton plans to use hardwired confidence to win big — again
DENVER — Shock rippled through Roy Banks as the oblong ball wobbled on the ground toward infamy. The Who had cleared the Hard Rock Stadium turf in Miami moments before, and the football world settled in for the second half of Super Bowl XLIV. The New Orleans Saints, trailing 10-6...
