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Ryan Blaney beats Kevin Harvick in drag race at Talladega to advance in NASCAR playoffsVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ryan Blaney beat Kevin Harvick to the Talladega Superspeedway finish line by 0.012 seconds Sunday to advance into the round of eight of NASCAR’s playoffs and keep Harvick winless in his final season before retirement. Blaney used a crossover move from the outside lane to the inside...
Airing of Grievances: Baffling offensive decisions, lousy defense lead to Steelers’ horror show in Houston
You know what I think this Pittsburgh Steelers team needs now? Some “mojo!” Think that’ll help? Anyone know where I can find some? If you don’t, just make up an answer. I hear that works. As if losing 30-6 in Houston wasn’t bad enough for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday,...
Pirates shut out Marlins in season finale to finish with 14-game improvement
A season that started with a blackout in the home opener ended with a shutout in the season finale. The Pittsburgh Pirates started the season the way they ended it, by celebrating the 10th anniversary of their NL wild-card win over the Cincinnati Reds with a victory. Miguel Andujar broke...
NFL Week 4: Jalen Hurts throws for 319 yards, Elliott’s 54-yarder lifts 4-0 Eagles past Commanders in OTVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts threw for 319 yards and two touchdowns, and Josh Elliott kicked a 54-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Philadelphia Eagles to a 34-31 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday for their second straight 4-0 start. Elliott also kicked field goals of 41, 47...
Buck Showalter fired as New York Mets manager
NEW YORK — Buck Showalter was fired Sunday as New York Mets manager after a disappointing season in which baseball’s highest-spending team tumbled from contention by midsummer. The 67-year-old Showalter said before the game against Philadelphia on Sunday that he will not return next year, and a few minutes later...
Lamar Jackson has 4 TDs as Ravens roll to 28-3 win over Browns and rookie QB Thompson-RobinsonVideo
CLEVELAND — Baltimore was missing two receivers and its starting left tackle, later joined on the sideline by the starting right tackle. Its thin secondary was further depleted when two more defensive backs got hurt. The Ravens were undermanned against the NFL’s top-ranked defense. None of that mattered to Lamar...
Derrick Henry leads Titans to rout of BengalsVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ryan Tannehill threw for 240 yards and a touchdown, and the Tennessee Titans rebounded from the franchise’s worst offensive performance in 49 years by routing the Cincinnati Bengals, 27-3, on Sunday. The Titans (2-2) managed only 94 yards in losing last week in Cleveland, and they bounced...
Kenny Pickett’s injury piles more misery on Steelers’ loss to Texans
HOUSTON — On a day when they ventured deep into the heart of Texas, the Pittsburgh Steelers left NRG Stadium with deeper problems than what faced the Apollo 13 mission. A 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans not only snapped a two-game winning streak for the Steelers (2-2), it exposed...
Steelers QB Kenny Pickett knocked out of game at Texans with knee injury
HOUSTON — A year after being replaced by Kenny Pickett in the fourth week of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season, Mitch Trubisky found his role reversed Sunday. Trubisky relieved Pickett after the Steelers’ quarterback left with a left knee injury late in the third quarter of a 30-6 loss to the...
AP Top 25: Georgia’s hold on No. 1 loosens, but top 7 unchanged
Georgia’s hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll loosened Sunday as the Bulldogs received a season-low 35 first-place votes out of possible 62 while extending their streak atop the rankings to 16 straight weeks. The Bulldogs needed a late touchdown to escape with a win at...
Former Pirates, Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield dies at 57
BOSTON — Tim Wakefield, who became the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57. The...
Penn State RB Trey Potts fills in for injured Kaytron Allen, steps up in win vs. Northwestern
EVANSTON, Ill. — Ja’Juan Seider, Penn State’s running backs coach, had two words for Trey Potts on the Ryan Field sidelines: Get ready. Kaytron Allen was out after suffering an injury in the first half of Penn State’s 41-13 win over Northwestern. It was time for Potts, the third-string vet,...
Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for Europe
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — The best collection of players at Marco Simone had flags from their eight countries draped around their shoulders as they took turns clutching and thrusting the gold Ryder Cup, the very trophy that turns them into one nation, one team, with one purpose. The celebration was...
WR Gunner Olszewski inactive for Steelers game against Texans
HOUSTON — The Pittsburgh Steelers will have a fifth wide receiver in uniform Sunday when they play the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. It will not, however, be Gunner Olszewski. Although Olszewski was cleared from concussion protocol and practiced all week for the Steelers, he was among the players listed...
Analysis: Pitt’s 4-game losing streak raises questions about quarterbacks, everybody else
Pat Narduzzi called what Virginia Tech’s offense did to his team a “slow bleed.” He was describing how the Hokies controlled the pace of the game with an effective ground game, hitting only the occasional big play, while maintaining possession of the football for nearly 38 minutes. You know, domination....
Penn-Trafford alum Johnny Johnston establishes soccer program to help youth players
Johnny Johnston grew up playing soccer in the Penn Township programs. That’s where he was taught how to play the game and learned valuable lessons about growing up from the men who coached him. Now the 2001 Penn-Trafford grad and Harrison City native is doing the same in Oxford, a...
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, Ryan Graves excited for Halifax homecoming vs. SenatorsVideo
If Sidney Crosby and Ryan Graves keep calendars on their refrigerators, it’s likely Monday has been circled in red for some time. At 6 p.m., the Pittsburgh Penguins play a neutral-site preseason game against Ottawa in Halifax, Nova Scotia, creating a homecoming for Crosby and Graves, both of whom hail...
West Virginia stages 2nd-half rally, ends TCU’s Big 12 win streak
FORT WORTH, Texas — West Virginia defensive lineman Sean Martin was among the players forced off the field on a tough night for injuries for the Mountaineers. He was back out there at the end. Martin and Mike Lockhart blocked field goals in the final five minutes after Michael Hayes...
Valley grad Jordan Kirkwood settles in quickly with Saint Vincent women’s soccer teamVideo
Jordan Kirkwood has a tattoo on her right knee. It’s a set of open skeleton jaws that engulfs her kneecap. There’s no real meaning behind it, the Valley grad said. She just thought it looked cool. Same with her other less-frequently-visible tattoo: some birds etched across her collarbone. Kirkwood has...
Virginia Tech rolls over Pitt, stretches Panthers’ losing streak to 4
In the aftermath of Pitt’s embarrassing 38-21 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday night in Blacksburg, Va., Pat Narduzzi pointed the finger of blame everywhere. Just not at Phil Jurkovec. Pitt’s sixth-year senior quarterback completed only five passes in the game’s first 54 minutes, lost another fumble that led to...
District college football roundup: Behind 3 TDs from Khalid Dorsey, Slippery Rock doubles up IUP
Khalid Dorsey ran for 123 yards and three touchdowns to lead Slippery Rock to a 42-21 victory over rival IUP in PSAC football Saturday. Bryaden Long went 18 for 23 passing for 277 yards and ran for a touchdown, and Kyle Sheetz had five catches for 131 yards for SRU...
Josh Bell’s 3 RBIs lead Marlins past Pirates to clinch NL wild card playoff berth
The Pittsburgh Pirates might not be a good team by one manager’s definition, but they will spend the postseason in the same position as David Ross and the Chicago Cubs. On the outside looking in. Josh Bell continued to crush his former team, turning in a three-RBI performance to push...
Albert Dikwa scores twice, Riverhounds win home finale in front of record crowd
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds wrapped up the most successful home campaign in franchise history with a 3-2 victory over FC Tulsa on Saturday night. Albert Dikwa scored twice to lead the Riverhounds to their 13th league win and 16th win overall at home this season, both team records. The game was...
Chase Elliott looks for his first win in a season of disappointment for NASCAR’s most popular driverVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — It has been a year since Chase Elliott won a Cup Series race, a drought that played a role in NASCAR’s most popular driver missing the playoffs in what is guaranteed to be the worst season of his career. As Elliott returns for Sunday’s race at Talladega...
Steelers’ Calvin Austin starting to prove he’s not just a speedster
There’s no secret as to what most attracted the Pittsburgh Steelers to Calvin Austin III during last year’s draft. The track-star background and 4.32 speed in the 40-yard dash made the former University of Memphis receiver stand out from the mid-round WR crowd, even at his listed size of 5-foot-9,...
