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Charleroi Legion’s season ends in quarterfinals of state tournament
One of the greatest seasons in Charleroi American Legion baseball history ended on a tough note Thursday in a 3-2 loss to Paxton at Latrobe. The defeat knocked Charleroi out of the American Legion State Tournament in the quarterfinals. Paxton remains one of three teams left in the field. Ashton...
Lee Hodges has first-round lead in 3M Open; Justin Thomas 6 back in bid for playoffs, Ryder CupVideo
BLAINE, Minn. — Lee Hodges got off to a good start in his bid to make the FedEx Cup playoffs, shooting an 8-under-par 63 on Thursday for a one-stroke lead in the first round of the 3M Open. Two-time major champion Justin Thomas, who is trying to make the playoffs...
Geno Smith starts training camp as the QB in charge for SeahawksVideo
RENTON, Wash. — At this time a year ago, every snap Geno Smith took, every pass he made during the Seattle Seahawks training camp was being charted and analyzed and compared. He was under a microscope because of his past performance and in the midst of a quarterback competition. To...
Chargers’ Austin Ekeler on plight of running backs: ‘We’re not just numbers on a page’Video
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Austin Ekeler has the most scrimmage touchdowns in the past two years and became the fifth running back in NFL history last season to have at least 100 catches in a season. It isn’t Ekeler’s on-field accomplishments, though, that gained attention throughout the offseason and leading...
UNC QB Drake Maye has a good resource for advice. It’s his predecessor now in the NFLVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina star quarterback Drake Maye figures he has the perfect resource to help him navigate the challenges ahead in a season of high expectations. Speaking during the ACC’s preseason football media days, Maye said he has been in contact with current NFL quarterback Sam Howell as...
Mayfield, Trask competing to become Buccaneers starter, hoping to make one another betterVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Baker Mayfield entered the interview tent at Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp just as coach Todd Bowles exited and playfully lobbed the first question of the quarterback’s news conference. “Are you the starter, Baker?” Bowles asked, smiling as he continued walking away. Mayfield grinned, too, though he...
Play time is over for former Steelers ball boy Joey Porter Jr.Video
It’s safe to say Joey Porter Jr. is taking his new job with the Pittsburgh Steelers more seriously than the one he held when he was a teenager. The rookie cornerback from Penn State, who was the No. 32 overall selection in the NFL Draft, was on the practice fields...
Bengals QB Joe Burrow carted off practice field after calf injuryVideo
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was carted off the practice field after he came up hobbling from a scramble Thursday. The 26-year-old franchise quarterback hobbled on one leg and then went to the ground after the play near the end of the afternoon practice. Coach Zac Taylor later...
Steelers inside the ropes: Surprise — Duke Dawson opens up as 1st-team nickel/slot CB
It wasn’t Chandon Sullivan lined up across from the slot receiver when the first team drill of the 2023 Pittsburgh Steelers training camp commenced Thursday. It wasn’t Patrick Peterson in that nickel role, either. Nor was it Tre Norwood. In a surprise, the first-team nickel cornerback to opening Steelers training...
Old-school Dabo Swinney keeps Clemson on top in ACCVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney doesn’t use the transfer portal, prefers to promote from within his staff and once said he would quit coaching if players were paid, which has come to pass under name, image and likeness earnings. Still, the ACC’s longest-tenured coach, who critics have labeled...
Talk to the Trib: Fans travel great distances, wait in line to experience Steelers training campVideo
Training camp for the Pittsburgh Steelers kicked off this week as the team gears up for the upcoming season. Spectators, fanatics and fans came to Chuck Noll Field at Saint Vincent College Thursday excited to see their favorite players. Some fans, like David and Claire Hodgson, who came all the...
Franklin Regional grad Jackson returning to Notre Dame golf team for 5th year
Palmer Jackson knows what it is like to be under par on the golf course. But his college golf career is plus-one. Jackson, a standout out of Franklin Regional, announced he will play a fifth year at Notre Dame, delaying his plans to turn professional. “I really want to go...
After 1st offseason overseeing assembly of roster, Steelers GM Omar Khan optimistic
Omar Khan, in some role, has continuously been in the employ of an NFL organization since 1996. He’s been part of the Pittsburgh Steelers for more than 23 years. That’s a lot of offseasons to navigate. None, though, were quite like this past offseason for Khan. The period between when...
Jets set to meet with free-agent RB Dalvin Cook this weekendVideo
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Dalvin Cook is heading to New York to meet with the new-look Jets this weekend. The free-agent running back, who turns 28 next month, could join a revamped Jets offense led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers and coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. “We’ll never say no to a great...
Pirates trade 1st baseman Carlos Santana to Milwaukee for 18-year-old prospectVideo
If it remained a question whether the Pittsburgh Pirates would be buyers or sellers ahead of the Aug. 1 trade deadline, general manager Ben Cherington provided an answer Thursday afternoon. With time to spare before the deadline, Cherington shipped switch-hitting first baseman Carlos Santana to division rival Milwaukee, the organization...
Steelers’ reps Art Rooney Jr., Buddy Parker survive latest round of Hall of Fame voting
The Pittsburgh Steelers had both of their representatives make the cut in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s coach/contributor category. Art Rooney Jr., who presided over the team’s scouting efforts for more than two decades, and former coach Buddy Parker are among the 12 candidates that reached the latest round...
It’s My Show the favorite for The Meadows’ 57th Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids
It’s My Show dazzled last Saturday in the eliminations for the 57th Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The winning time of 1 minute, 47.4 seconds set a world record for a 3-year-old gelding on a five-eights-mile track and put It’s My Show...
West Mifflin’s Logan Cooley signs with Arizona Coyotes
For the past few weeks, Logan Cooley has taken on something of an apprenticeship in the North Hills. On a daily basis, the West Mifflin native has hit the ice with veteran NHL forwards Vince Trocheck and J.T. Miller, trying to pick their brains for details on what it takes...
From ‘self-doubt’ to top NFL prospect, how Penn State’s Olu Fashanu became a star
INDIANAPOLIS — Olu Fashanu has a legitimate chance to be the No. 1 pick in next year’s NFL Draft. Penn State’s stalwart left tackle has the tape. He has the size at 6-foot-6, 319 pounds. At only 20 years old, his ceiling is sky high. So it’s hard to picture...
Leaving the Pac-12? Colorado calls meeting, AP source says Big 12 has already voted to let Buffs in
If Colorado is ready to leave the Pac-12, the Big 12 is ready to welcome the Buffaloes back to the conference they left 12 years ago. Big 12 presidents and chancellors voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept Colorado as a new member, clearing the way for the school to leave...
Captain Lindsey Horan sets the tone for United States at the Women’s World Cup
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Lindsey Horan is setting a feisty tone for the United States at the Women’s World Cup. Horan, the U.S. co-captain, steadied herself after an angry exchange with Dutch midfielder Danielle van de Donk and scored to give the United States a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands...
Christian Yelich’s resurgence playing vital role in Brewers’ quest for NL Central title
MILWAUKEE — Christian Yelich heard all the talk about whether he ever could recapture the MVP form he showed early in his Milwaukee Brewers tenure. Eventually, he realized he needed to stop listening to it. That attitude has him playing as well as he has since those peak seasons. “If...
Angels GM says Shohei Ohtani is staying less than week before MLB trade deadline
DETROIT — Shohei Ohtani looked his manager in the eye, and in just a few words, left no doubt of his intentions. “I’ll finish it,” Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin recalled Ohtani telling him after the eighth inning of what became his first complete game in MLB. “He wanted...
Bronny James discharged from hospital as LeBron sends thanks, says family is ‘safe and healthy’
LOS ANGELES — Bronny James has been discharged from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and is resting at home, three days after the 18-year-old son of LeBron James went into cardiac arrest. Dr. Merije Chukumerije, a consulting cardiologist for Bronny James, said in a statement issued by the hospital Thursday that James...
Pirates’ Johan Oviedo can still salvage what has been a rocky 2023 campaign
To a degree, Pittsburgh Pirates starter Johan Oviedo has been the primary architect of his own shortcomings this season. His 11 losses are tied for second in all of baseball, and his accuracy continues to be hit or miss: Oviedo’s 49 walks lead the Pirates and are the ninth most...
