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‘It was a goal’: Battling right hand injury, Pirates rookie RF Henry Davis returns from IL
When the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Henry Davis to Triple-A Indianapolis on a rehabilitation assignment to test the muscle strain in his right hand, he pulled a 407-foot home run on the first swing of his first at-bat. Davis had no delusions that one swing would prove to the Pirates that...
Added to active roster, WR Dez Fitzpatrick trying to carve a role with Steelers
Dez Fitzpatrick got a change of scenery this offseason when he left the Tennessee Titans and joined the Pittsburgh Steelers. This week, he got a boost to his paycheck when the Steelers elevated the 25-year-old wide receiver from the practice squad to the 53-man roster. Another step for Fitzpatrick could...
Steelers rookie Broderick Jones makes most of switch to RT
Rookie tackle Broderick Jones wasn’t about to argue Friday when informed of Dan Moore’s flattering comments a day earlier. Moore told reporters that Jones was a more natural fit to play right tackle, a position that neither Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman specialized playing while in college. “Probably,” Jones said, smiling....
Penguins goaltending prospect Taylor Gauthier is eager for more opportunities
The drive from Pittsburgh to Wilkes-Barre is a little more than four hours, give or take a battery or two of PennDot barrels. And it’s just over an hour between Pittsburgh and Wheeling, W.Va. So, the trek from the Poconos to the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia can take upwards...
Mark Madden: Steelers match up poorly with Browns, intimidate no one
It doesn’t look good for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night at Acrisure Stadium against Cleveland. The Browns have Nick Chubb, the NFL’s best running back. The Steelers don’t have Cameron Heyward, their best defensive lineman. The Browns have perhaps the best trio of cornerbacks in football (led by Denzel...
No. 7 Nittany Lions ready for hostile crowd against upset-minded IllinoisVideo
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Penn State will play in a hostile environment for the first time Saturday, opening its Big Ten season on the road at Illinois in a nationally televised game. The Illini are coming off a disappointing loss last week at Kansas. They hope a raucous home crowd can...
5 things to watch in WPIAL Week 3: Preseason contenders cope with 0-3 starts
West Mifflin started the season ranked second in WPIAL Class 3A, but the Titans are still winless after three weeks. So, now what? That 0-3 record might cause panic inside some locker rooms, but coach Rod Steele said he hasn’t seen any from his players. In fact, they’ve held onto...
Friday Football Footnotes: Steelers not alone among teams with playoff aspirations in need of big Week 2 rebounds
For as bad as the Pittsburgh Steelers were Sunday at Acrisure Stadium, they weren’t close to being the only team with high expectations to flame out in Week 1 of the NFL season. In fact, there were plenty of perceived playoff contenders who were just as bad — if not...
After awful August, Pirates slugger Jack Suwinski streaks toward strong finish
Jack Suwinski has endured his share of slumps, so the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder is enjoying every moment of a seven-game hitting streak that is giving him a good ending to a roller-coaster season. By going 2 for 3 with a solo home run Thursday in a 2-0 win over the...
Backyard Brawl Take 5: Pitt players unconcerned with West Virginia fans’ venom
Bring on the hate. The Backyard Brawl will be contested Saturday night at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, W.Va., and Pitt players M.J. Devonshire and Konata Mumpfield are hoping Mountaineers fans will be loud and annoying. “I take it as a blessing, being able to play in those environments,” said...
Jalen Hurts, D’Andre Swift lift Eagles past Vikings
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns and threw a 63-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith, D’Andre Swift ran for 175 yards and a score, and the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles held off the turnover-prone Minnesota Vikings, 34-28, on Thursday night. Hurts, the MVP runner-up, shook...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 14, 2023: Max Kranick, 4 Indy relievers throw 2-hitter
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 65-74) shut down Omaha (Royals), 4-1. Five Indiananpolis pitchers took a no-hitter into the seventh and finished with a two-hitter. RHP Max Kranick (2.79) started and went three innings, allowing no hits and one walk with one strikeouts. LHP Cam Allred (8-8, 5.20) worked two scoreless innings, allowing...
Jets’ Zach Wilson stepping in for Aaron Rodgers with renewed confidence, swagger
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Zach Wilson was in the middle of the locker room Thursday talking about taking over for the injured Aaron Rodgers when a teammate shouted and made the New York Jets quarterback grin. “Zach, we love you, bro!” It was a light moment, but one that was...
Analysis: Ronald Acuna-Mookie Betts showdown for NL MVP highlights award racesVideo
Ronald Acuna Jr. has the kind of numbers that make the young Atlanta Braves star a no-doubter for the National League MVP award. Then again, so does Los Angeles Dodgers standout Mookie Betts and his teammate, Freddie Freeman. It’s getting close to the postseason for Major League Baseball, which also...
Ravens’ Lamar Jackson is healthy this time and gets his shot to face the Bengals in CincinnatiVideo
BALTIMORE — When the Baltimore Ravens’ season came down to two big games at Cincinnati eight months ago, Lamar Jackson was absent with a knee injury. “Very tough,” the star quarterback said this week. “One, I was injured. Two, I wasn’t able to travel with my guys and support them....
Extra-large Browns rookie Dawand Jones set for colossal MNF matchup against Steelers star T.J. WattVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns rookie Dawand Jones does everything extra large, so it’s no surprise his first NFL start will be on a colossal stage. Monday night. In Pittsburgh. Against Steelers star T.J. Watt. Are you ready for some football? “Can’t wait,” Cleveland’s unassuming 6-foot-8, 375-pound right tackle said...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi: Team ‘locked in’ for WVU after better practices this week
Pat Narduzzi is in a profession where he’s expected to speak his mind. Actually, that’s probably how he got the job as Pitt’s head coach nearly nine years ago. It’s easy to see him going into the interview with university officials in December 2014, sure of himself, full of ideas,...
Steelers place Cam Heyward on IR, promote WR Dez Fitzpatrick from practice squad
Defensive captain Cameron Heyward officially was placed on injured reserve Thursday by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who also promoted a player from the practice squad to help fill the loss of wide receiver Diontae Johnson. By heading to injured reserve, Heyward will miss at least the next four games after undergoing...
Colorado State coach pokes at Deion Sanders for wearing hat, sunglasses before game with ColoradoVideo
DENVER — Colorado State coach Jay Norvell just heated up the rivalry with No. 18 Colorado by poking at his counterpart Deion Sanders. On his coach’s show Wednesday night, Norvell made a reference to Sanders’ tendency to wear a hat along with sunglasses at news conferences and said that “when...
Steelers’ Broderick Jones works at right tackle, looks ‘more natural’ there, says Dan Moore
Dan Moore remained at left tackle at practice Thursday, with rookie Broderick Jones shifting to the right side to fill in for the concussed Chuks Okorafor. It was the second day in a row that Moore remained at his familiar position for the Pittsburgh Steelers while Jones made the transition....
Diontae Johnson vows to work to rehab injury, support Steelers WR corpsVideo
In the two or three days immediately after suffering a hamstring injury during Sunday’s regular-season opener, Diontae Johnson was in pain and had a difficult time walking. Since the Pittsburgh Steelers returned to practice, though, Johnson has joined his teammates on the fields at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Donning his...
Mitch Keller dominant as Pirates take 4-game series from Nationals
Thursday’s series finale at PNC Park between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals featured an interesting pitching duel between Mitch Keller and Josiah Gray. Keller and Gray both were first-time All-Stars earlier this year, but since the end of July, the two starters had seen their 2023 campaigns derail to...
Browns star RB ‘Mr.’ Nick Chubb has earned respect of Mike Tomlin, Steelers
During his weekly news conference Tuesday, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin referenced almost four dozen individuals. His players. Opposing players. Coaches for the upcoming opponent. For the vast majority, Tomlin was complimentary and dispensing praise. But for only one among those 40-plus men Tomlin spoke about did he address in...
Penguins forward prospect Corey Andonovski, like pal Kenny Pickett, hopes to rebound from rough start
Corey Andonovski had a different perspective than most Pittsburgh Steelers fans after an ugly 30-7 home loss to the San Francisco 49ers. First, he’s Canadian. So American football isn’t necessarily an ingrained infatuation for the Uxbridge, Ont., native. Second, and perhaps most profoundly, the Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect is friends...
Steelers’ offensive showing vs. 49ers caught OC Matt Canada by surprise
Before he took any questions from the media Thursday at his scheduled availability, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada offered a blunt assessment of his unit’s performance Sunday in a 30-7 loss to San Francisco. “It was not what we expected,” Canada said. “Not how we practiced, not how our...
