Sports category, Page 873

DUBLIN, Ohio — The Memorial has a loaded field, just like always, and that much was evident by pockets of crowds spread around Muirfield Village for the pro-am Wednesday. Also playing Wednesday were Masters champion Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and 38 of the top 50 players in the...

DENVER — Nikola Jokic wasn’t supposed to be here. Neither was Jimmy Butler, for that matter. Jokic was drafted behind 40 other players in 2014. Butler was drafted behind 29 others in 2011. Jokic grew up in Serbia, not even thinking about the NBA. Butler didn’t have the easiest upbringing...

DENVER — They were No. 8 seeds. They barely got into the playoffs after up-and-down regular seasons. They had to face the No. 1 overall seeds in Round 1 of the postseason. They had to win Games 7 in Boston just to keep their seasons alive. They are Eastern Conference...

Mitch Keller served as the stopper for another Pittsburgh Pirates streak and put his name in the club’s record books in the process. Inspired by another strong start from Keller and an offensive outburst, the Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants, 9-4, on Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park for their...

The white road uniform that Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison wore when recording his first sack and also when scoring his first NFL touchdown are up for auction. Harrison’s uniform is part of the Lelands auction house spring focus 2023 collection. The jersey has been photo-matched to the games during...

Despite improved play by the offensive line in the second half of the 2022 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed three free agents and used two draft picks, including their first-rounder, to fortify the position room. Center Mason Cole, whose position was the only one on the line not addressed in...

The calendar says summer is still three weeks away, but the college football fall schedule is coming into focus. Start times and networks for some Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia games were announced Wednesday by the schools and their respective conferences. ABC will put Pitt’s Sept. 16 game at...

Renell Wren was taking part in an ordinary drill during on-field work as part of Phase II of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ organized team activities two weeks ago. “And literally when I got out of my stance, it felt like someone hit my ankle with a baseball bat,” Wren said Wednesday....

TORONTO — Brad Treliving has a new job. And the Maple Leafs have a new plan. Treliving was hired as Toronto’s general manager Wednesday, less than two weeks after firing Kyle Dubas. The 53-year-old Treliving left the Calgary Flames in April following nine seasons that included five playoff appearances and...

Kendrick Green’s star-crossed Pittsburgh Steelers career has taken another turn. Green has been repping exclusively at center over the first two weeks of organized team activities, Green confirmed after Wednesday’s session. “You just gotta do what you gotta do,” Green said from UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “I gotta do what...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are reportedly kicking around the idea of getting running backs Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren on the field at the same time. Cue a bunch of tweets: “Just like Franco and Rocky.” (One tweet literally said that. I ridiculed the author.) This sounds like mindless OTAs talk....

SUNRISE, Fla. — The tradition of hockey’s playoff beard goes back to at least the mid-1980s, with the Detroit Red Wings widely credited with beginning the facial hair phenomenon. The playoff beard rub might have started last month by accident. Go back to April 26, when the Florida Panthers staved...

Aaron Gordon bristled at the notion the Denver Nuggets must operate the “rust versus rest” seesaw with 10 days between their Western Conference title celebration in Los Angeles and the start of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. Rest? “We’ve been working,” Gordon declared about 15 hours after the...

At this point in May, any win is worth celebrating for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Their 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night was just their seventh this month against 18 losses. How manager Derek Shelton’s team got to that result Tuesday was a reminder of how underutilized...

Major League Baseball will take over broadcasts of San Diego Padres games beginning Wednesday after Diamond Sports missed a rights fees payment to the regional sports network’s parent company and let the grace period expire. Diamond Sports, which owns 19 networks under the Bally Sports banner, said in a statement...

Last week, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens told College2Pro.com that he felt “snubbed” by failing to make the Pro Bowl. Seeing as how Pickens had a modest four touchdowns, was 38th in the NFL in receiving yards (801), 72nd in receptions (52) and 61st in targets (84), that claim...

It had been a month since his last save opportunity, so David Bednar couldn’t wait to run to the mound at Oracle Park and close the door on the San Francisco Giants. One problem: The Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star closer couldn’t figure out how to open the door to exit the...

In Wednesday’s “First Call,” the Pittsburgh Steelers are getting praise for their offseason approach. We check in on a former Pitt standout in the AFC North. The DeAndre Hopkins-to-Cleveland talk is gaining steam. A former coach in the Penguins system is looking for work. And Brian Burke is letting his...

The San Francisco Giants used an opener, and it backfired. The Pittsburgh Pirates turned to their closer, and he fired back. Connor Joe homered off John Brebbia in the first inning, Rodolfo Castro scored the winning run on a wild pitch, and All-Star closer David Bednar earned his first save...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-27) was idle. Next: Wednesday vs. Toledo (Tigers), 6:35 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 22-22) was knocked around by Binghamton (Mets), 10-3. RF Henry Davis (.293) went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. RHP Aaron Shortridge (3-3. 5.36) started and allowed six runs, four earned, on six hits with three...

Seneca Valley grad Justin Jennings will be the 12th head coach of the Edinboro men’s basketball program, the school announced Tuesday. “I am honored and excited to have the opportunity to lead the men’s basketball program at Edinboro,” Jennings said in a press release. “This is a dream come true...

Miguel Hugas sparked a championship celebration in Shaler Township, but the star senior was sure he’d hear from some happy baseball fans in Venezuela too. Hugas struck out eight in a dominant complete game, and top-seeded Shaler provided him more than enough run support to defeat No. 2 Bethel Park,...