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Pirates farm report for Aug. 11, 2023: Greensboro’s Jack Brannigan homers for 5th straight game
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 50-60) lost 7-5 to Nashville (Brewers). 3B Malcom Nunez (.255) went 2 for 4 with a double and his fifth homer, a two-run shot. DH Domingo Leyba (.389) went 3 for 4 with a triple, his third homer, two runs scored and two RBIs. CF Ryan Vilade (.258)...
Kenny Pickett starts strong as Steelers open preseason with win at Tampa Bay
TAMPA, Fla. — The only heat Kenny Pickett felt in his preseason debut as Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback came from the hot Gulf Coast sun. Pickett faced little resistance for the lone series he spent on the field at Raymond James Stadium when he led the Steelers on a 10-play...
Reds take advantage of Johan Oviedo’s command issues to pound Pirates
After a string of seven consecutive losses was followed by three straight strong starts, the Pittsburgh Pirates were seeing some consistency and signs of growth from Johan Oviedo. That came crashing to a halt Friday night against the Cincinnati Reds, when the 24-year-old right-hander struggled from the start and couldn’t...
Pirates debunk PNC Park kitten rumor, say employees actually helped
A kitten found near PNC Park was not sprayed with pesticides by ballpark employees, despite rumors circulating on social media, a Pittsburgh Pirates spokesperson said Friday night. In fact, Pirates employees came to its aid, according to club spokesperson Brian Warecki. Warecki said in a statement that the cat was...
Steelers notebook: Rookie CB Joey Porter Jr. sits out preseason opener with calf injury
TAMPA, Fla. — Joey Porter Jr.’s professional football debut will have to wait another week. Porter, the North Allegheny grad from Penn State and the first pick of the second round, was scratched from the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason opener Friday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium....
Lucas Glover with a 64 leads Jordan Spieth by 1 shot in the PGA Tour playoff openerVideo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sloppy mud one day, broiling heat the next. Lucas Glover is playing his best golf no the matter the conditions on the ground or in the air, posting a 6-under-par 64 on Friday for a one-shot lead over Jordan Spieth in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Glover...
Column: Football rules, and every other sport will suffer from realignment frenzyVideo
The realignment frenzy in college athletics is all about football. And all that money, of course. There is barely a consideration of how these seismic changes will affect every other team on campus. From grueling road trips to missed classes to mental health challenges, it’s hard to see anything positive...
As World Cup nears, USA Basketball says it’ll embrace any doubtersVideo
Tyrese Haliburton loves road games. Few things in basketball make him happier than going into a hostile environment and hearing the sweet sound of disappointed silence. And as part of USA Basketball’s World Cup team, he’s finding like-minded people. No longer the No. 1-ranked nation in the world according to...
Raiders WR Davante Adams leaves practice with apparent leg injury
HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams limped off the practice field Friday with what appeared to be a leg injury, but coach Josh McDaniels said he didn’t “think it was crazy serious.” Adams, who has made first-team All-Pro each of the past three seasons, was injured...
Preseason opener marks another milestone for Bills’ Damar HamlinVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Damar Hamlin turned and pointed to the glass-enclosed booth above the end zone tunnel of Highmark Stadium and recalled the last time he attended a Buffalo Bills home game. “Right up there,” the Bills safety and Pitt product said after the team’s annual “Red and Blue”...
Castroneves to continue chase for 5th Indy 500 win as minority owner with Meyer Shank Racing
INDIANAPOLIS — Helio Castroneves will continue chasing a record-breaking fifth Indianapolis 500 victory with a new perspective — winning one for his team. Meyer Shank Racing announced Friday that the popular 48-year-old Brazilian will become a minority co-owner with the Ohio-based organization. He also will be the team’s third driver...
Preakness officials say they’re considering changing the timing of the second Triple Crown race
Preakness officials say they are considering moving the second Triple Crown race back to four weeks after the Kentucky Derby instead of two weeks later, which would change the timing that has been in place for decades. Aidan Butler, CEO of 1/ST Racing, which owns and runs Pimlico Race Course...
Ally Ewing delivering good impression of Brian Harman with strong start to Women’s British Open
WALTON-ON-THE-HILL, England — There’s a golfer hailing from America’s South and with a passion for hunting who is running away with the British Open thanks to precise driving and a red-hot putter. Sound familiar? Ally Ewing is putting up a good impression of Brian Harman as she goes for a...
MLB Pipeline ranks Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes baseball’s No. 3 prospect in updated top 100
Led by 2023 No. 1 overall pick Paul Skenes, the Pittsburgh Pirates have six players ranked among MLB Pipeline’s updated top 100 prospects. Skenes, a 6-foot-6, 260-pound right-handed pitcher from LSU who made his professional debut Thursday in the Florida Complex League, is ranked the No. 3 overall prospect. The...
What’s next in conference realignment as Pac-4 search for solutions and conferences weigh options?
The Pac-4 schools are in limbo. The Mountain West is open for additions. The American Athletic Conference is interested in growing and on-guard for being poached. The Atlantic Coast Conference can’t reach a consensus on expansion, and the Big Ten seems to be done adding West Coast schools — but...
Mark Madden: Overthinking, or not thinking, is common for football coaches
Coaches too often overthink. Or don’t think at all. Maybe they’re just idiots. Mike Tomlin is likely guilty of overthinking when he places rookie Broderick Jones behind the very pedestrian Dan Moore Jr. at left tackle on the Steelers’ depth chart. The Steelers traded up to draft Jones 14th overall....
Filippa Angeldal scores as Sweden reaches Women’s World Cup semifinals by topping Japan, 2-1
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Sweden first knocked off the United States and then bounced Japan to snag a spot in the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup. The Swedes, the World Cup runners-up in 2003 and three-time third-place finishers, eliminated previously unbeaten Japan 2-1 in Friday’s quarterfinal. With Japan out...
Pat Narduzzi’s reaction to tiered payments to Pitt football players: ‘You earn what you get’
Pat Narduzzi and Chris Bickell huddled regularly before Alliance 412 announced it will be put annual payments of more than $10,000 in the pockets of every Pitt scholarship player. It’s a concept that would be foreign to coaches in the 57-year-old coach’s past. But he understands how the game is...
District golf notebook: Katie Miller Gee wins 2nd WGAWP amateur
Hempfield alum and girls golf coach Katie Miller Gee made sure the fourth time was the charm. After three straight runner-up finishes at the Women’s Golf Association of Western Pennsylvania Amateur Championship, Miller Gee returned to the winner’s circle, capturing her second title at the event Tuesday at Sunnehanna Country...
Pirates reliever Thomas Hatch impressive in debut with 4 scoreless innings against Braves
With a depleted bullpen, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton turned to new reliever Thomas Hatch in the fifth inning Thursday with a plan that was more of a request: Give us whatever you have. The 28-year-old right-hander responded by tossing four scoreless innings against an Atlanta Braves lineup featuring seven...
Tim Benz: Steelers defensive line a ‘sneaky good’ spot for competition at training camp
Coming into the Steelers 2023 training camp, there were many storylines to track. • Who would win the left tackle job on offense? • Could all those new faces in the secondary come together on defense? • Will the offense become more explosive with Kenny Pickett at the helm in...
First Call: New Bill Cowher documentary; Benny Snell has a new team; ex-Steelers WR breaks wrist
Friday’s “First Call” is full of Steelers-related notes, including a new film project centered around former coach Bill Cowher. A pair of former Steelers running backs have new homes. The franchise seems to have interest in a running back cast aside by the Dallas Cowboys. And the team won’t face...
Ben Roethlisberger: ‘Kevin Colbert and them drafted him to be my center my last year. Now he is playing fullback’
One of the more discussed storylines of Steelers training camp this past week has been the team’s decision to tinker with offensive lineman Kendrick Green at fullback. The 2021 third-round pick out of Illinois has shown some ability to play the position, opening eyes with a few blocks, runs and...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 10, 2023: Roansy Contreras throws 3 scoreless for Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 50-59) dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Nashville (Brewers). In the first game, an 8-0 Nashville win, RHP Roansy Contreras (0.00) started and pitched three scoreless innings, allowing one hit, walking two and striking out two. RHP John O’Reilly (4.09) and LHP Rob Zastryzny (5.27) each pitched...
Mississippi Supreme Court won’t remove Brett Favre from lawsuit over misspent welfare moneyVideo
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove former NFL quarterback Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the poorest people in the United States. A panel of...
