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Adolis García powers Rangers to first World Series since 2011 with rout of Astros in Game 7 of ALCSVideo
HOUSTON — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached their first World Series in 12 years with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series on Monday night. Corey Seager got things started for the road-happy...
Vikings outlast 49ers with 2 touchdown catches from Jordan AddisonVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Kirk Cousins connected with rookie Jordan Addison for two first-half touchdowns, Camryn Bynum intercepted San Francisco’s Brock Purdy twice in the fourth quarter, and the Minnesota Vikings held on to beat the 49ers 22-17 on Monday night. Christian McCaffrey scored twice for the 49ers (5-2), who lost their...
Tommy Pham, Lourdes Gurriel homer, Diamondbacks power past Phillies to force NLCS Game 7Video
PHILADELPHIA — Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit back-to-back homers and Merrill Kelly struck out eight to help the Arizona Diamondbacks force Game 7 of the NL Championship Series with a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. The winner of Tuesday night’s game advances to the...
Zach Edey named unanimous AP preseason All-American, joined by Kolek, Dickinson, Filipowski, BacotVideo
Zach Edey waited until nearly the last second to decide if he should leave for the NBA or return to Purdue for another season. Not sure what he wanted to do, the reigning national player of the year picked up the phone to talk with his mother and agent. Their...
NBA season set to begin with ring night in Denver, and a slew of challengers for titleVideo
Damian Lillard went to Milwaukee, Bradley Beal went to Phoenix, Jrue Holiday ended up in Boston and Chris Paul ended up with Golden State. Victor Wembanyama arrived in San Antonio, Nick Nurse took over in Philadelphia and LeBron James is now the oldest player in the league. As always, the...
Pitt’s upcoming opponents put up stiff roadblocks toward respectability
Unless Pat Narduzzi can orchestrate another upset of a Top 15 team – something he’s been good at through the years – he will be forced in the next two weeks to swallow a historically bad won/loss record. While the run defense has fallen off from accustomed standards and players...
Titans trade 2-time All-Pro safety Kevin Byard to Eagles
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans on Monday traded two-time All-Pro safety Kevin Byard to the Philadelphia Eagles for a pair of draft picks and safety Terrell Edmunds, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The Titans will receive the Eagles’ fifth and sixth-round draft picks in 2024,...
Penguins promote forward Bryan Rust to top power-play unit
Bryan Rust was in a familiar realm Monday. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ first power-play unit. During a practice session in Cranberry, Rust replaced fellow forward Rickard Rakell on the top unit, joining forwards Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin and defenseman Erik Karlsson. Rakell skated on the second unit, along...
Former major leaguer Tom Walker, father of longtime Pirate Neil Walker, dies at age 74
Tom Walker, who once threw a 15-inning no-hitter in the minor leagues and was one of the last people to see Roberto Clemente alive, died Monday, according to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was 74. Over the past several seasons, Walker was a fixture around PNC Park where he watched as...
Penguins focus on limiting odd-man rushes by opponentsVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins had a prolonged focus roughly midway through their Monday practice session in Cranberry. Two-on-one rushes and how to defend them. A pair of forwards would attack a solitary defenseman, who tried to impede their progress while a duo of defending forwards trailed the play. After the attacking...
Questionable, subjective spotting of the ball hurts Pitt, helps Steelers over wild weekendVideo
As football fans, we live in era during which seemingly everything can be instantly calculated and analyzed to painstaking accuracy. We know that the Cleveland Browns’ Jerome Ford, for example, achieved a top speed of 21.13 mph during his 69-yard touchdown run against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. We watched...
5 things we learned: 4th-quarter stats make ‘Clutch Kenny’ nickname appropriate for Pickett
Five things we learned from Steelers 24, Rams 17: 1. Clutch Kenny Since Week 5 of last season, when Kenny Pickett first became the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starter, no NFL quarterback has guided more fourth-quarter drives that either tied the game or gave his team the lead than Pickett. Only one...
Mark Madden: Credit T.J. Watt, Minkah Fitzpatrick for Steelers’ win in L.A.
When you’ve got a lot of sidebars, combine them into a dazzling edition of refreshing Steelers notes. Beautiful like the fall foliage! • T.J. Watt won the Cleveland game and won Sunday’s game at Los Angeles. He’s directly responsible for two of the Steelers’ four wins. Watt got no sacks...
Mt. Pleasant grad Cody Vokes making most of final season with West Liberty football team
Cody Vokes is pretty straightforward when asked what he loves about football. The team aspect. Getting to meet great people. Being on the field with “his guys.” Oh, and there’s this: “This is going to sound a little crazy: You can physically assault someone and not go to jail,” he...
Plum grad Dannika Susko quickly growing into college game for Pitt-Johnstown women’s volleyball
For most teenagers, the transition from high school to college is a giant leap, particularly when it comes to time-management skills. The ability to multi-task gets even harder for those who also play a sport. Dannika Susko didn’t see it that way. In fact, the Plum grad feels like she...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: GCC grad Carlo Denis nets 1st goal for Grove City
Carlo Denis was a prolific goal scorer during his time at Greensburg Central Catholic. He finished with 139 career goals which, at the time of his graduation, ranked fifth all time in WPIAL history. Now a freshman at Grove City — another GCC program — he is on the board...
Analysis: Nittany Lions waste arguably the best defense in college football
COLUMBUS, Ohio — One by one, the Nittany Lions filed off the Ohio Stadium turf. Some heads were hung low. Some stared directly toward the visitor’s tunnel. Many — if not all — were wondering what could have been Saturday afternoon. Penn State had its shot. The Nittany Lions had...
With only 1 race left before NASCAR’s Championship 4 is set, drama awaits in Martinsville
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — There will surely be elaborate permutations to show all the possibilities of what awaits this coming weekend at Martinsville, when six drivers will battle for the final two spots in NASCAR’s Championship 4. If this guy does this, and this guy does this, or this guy doesn’t...
Jalen Hurts passes for 279 yards, throws a TD and runs for one in Eagles’ win over Dolphins
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts rebounded from a pick-6 to hit A.J. Brown with the go-ahead touchdown on the next drive, and he threw for 279 yards and combined for three scores to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a 31-17 win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday night. The Super Bowl...
Nathan Eovaldi remains perfect, Rangers slug their way to win over Astros to force Game 7 in ALCS
HOUSTON — One more Texas-sized matchup to finally settle this Lone Star State showdown. Nathan Eovaldi remained perfect this postseason, and Mitch Garver and Jonah Heim homered early before a ninth-inning grand slam by Adolis García helped the Texas Rangers avoid elimination with a 9-2 win over the Houston Astros...
First Call: Rams coach reacts to controversial spot; Steelers home underdogs vs. Jaguars
Monday’s “First Call” has reaction from Los Angeles regarding that questionable spot at the end of Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers game. George Pickens is telling himself to learn a lesson from that win. We look at the Steelers’ opponent for next week. And we check in on a landmark in the...
Steelers vs. Rams: What they’re saying in Los Angeles after loss
Not sure if Aaron Donald will continue to be a Pittsburgh Steelers fan after his hometown team rallied to beat his Los Angles Rams on their home turf. Before the game on Thursday Donald said, “We all grew up big Steelers fans. I still consider myself a Steelers fan, obviously,...
Running game finds footing, executes in red zone to help Steelers defeat Rams
Through five-and-a-half games — or 22 quarters — the Pittsburgh Steelers were still searching for their first rushing touchdown. In the span of 30 minutes Sunday, they got three, all the touchdowns they produced at SoFi Stadium in a 24-17 victory against the Los Angeles Rams. Kenny Pickett started it...
Madden Monday: With win, maybe Steelers ‘can fool us a bit longer — and fool themselves’
For Mark Madden of TribLIVE and 105.9 The X, analysis of Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers victory in Los Angeles is straightforward. “I think it’s real simple,” Madden said during this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast. “(George) Pickens and (T.J.) Watt were game-changing. Diontae (Johnson) was important. (Kenny) Pickett was better and played...
Diontae Johnson’s return helps spark Steelers in productive 4th quarter of win over Rams
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — In his return from injured reserve, Diontae Johnson wanted to provide a spark for the Pittsburgh Steelers offense. He made several important plays in the Steelers’ 24-17 victory Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium, with two coming in the decisive fourth quarter. On the...
