October 29, 2020 3:44 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers will take the third-longest sack streak in NFL history with them when they travel to Baltimore to face the Ravens. The Steelers have had at least one sack in 64 games, five short of the record set by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers between 1999 and 2003. Pittsburgh will have its hands full extending its streak to 65 games when it takes on Baltimore and reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson. Jackson is one of the league’s most dynamic players, though the Steelers sacked him five times when the teams met in Pittsburgh last season.
October 29, 2020 3:47 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Major League Baseball says Justin Turner risked the safety of others by violating coronavirus protocols when he celebrated the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series win with his teammates and refused instructions from security to leave Globe Life Field. The commissioner’s office said Wednesday that it is starting a full investigation of the 35-year-old third baseman. Turner was pulled from Tuesday night’s game following the seventh inning after MLB was notified that he had tested positive for COVID-19. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said Turner was quarantined in a doctor’s office off to the side. But he later returned to the field and took down his mask to pose for a team photo on the field. The commissioner’s office said it will consult with the players’ association as part of its investigation. The union was in the process of gathering facts on the events.
October 29, 2020 3:48 am
BOSTON (AP) – The Boston Marathon has been postponed once again. The Boston Athletic Association says it won’t hold the race as scheduled in April because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers say it will be put off “at least until the fall of 2021.” This year’s marathon was initially postponed from April until the fall and later canceled outright. It was to be the 124th edition of the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual 26.2-mile race.
October 28, 2020 3:58 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – For the first time in 32 years the Los Angeles Dodgers can call themselves World Series champions. The Dodgers closed out their seventh championship by rallying for a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the Fall Classic. It erases the pain felt by the Dodgers and their fans following World Series losses in 2017 and ’18. The Rays led 1-0 until Los Angeles scored twice in the bottom of the sixth. Austin Barnes came home on a wild pitch by reliever Nick Anderson before Mookie Betts outraced first baseman Ji-Man Choi’s throw to the plate on a fielder’s choice. Betts put a capper on the clincher by leading off the bottom of the eighth with a home run. The Dodgers’ rally occurred right after Rays starter Blake Snell was lifted with one out in the sixth. He allowed just two hits while striking out nine in a 73-pitch performance. Manager Kevin Cash pulled the 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner immediately after Austin Barnes singled. Snell’s next three batters would have been Betts, Corey Seager and Justin Turner, who were a combined 0-for-6 with six strikeouts against the left-hander on Tuesday. Instead, Cash went with Anderson, who was charged with at least one run in each of his last seven appearances. Tampa Bay’s lone run came courtesy of a first-inning blast by Randy Arozarena. It was Arozarena’s 10th home run this postseason, extending his major league record. The Dodgers allowed just five hits, two coming after starter Tony Gonsolin was pulled with two out in the second inning. Julio Urias retired all seven batters he faced to get the save. Winning pitcher Victor Gonzalez struck out three of the four batters he faced. Nick Anderson took the loss. Seager was named the MVP of the series. Seager batted .400 with a .556 on-base percentage, two home runs and five RBIs in 26 plate appearances. The Dodgers had played 5,014 regular season games and were in their 114th postseason contest since Orel Hershiser struck out Oakland’s Tony Phillips for the final out of the 1988 World Series.
October 27, 2020 2:52 am
The WPIAL Soccer Playoffs continue all this week. Chartiers-Houston’s girls squad was eliminated by Steel Valley, leaving only the top seeded Peters Township girls & boys teams alive in the playoffs. The brackets started with four Washington County girls teams and six boys squads along with one from Greene County. Brackets links are posted below along with a rundown for the remaining teams from the two-county area.
WPIAL Girls WPIAL Boys (click for brackets)
Wednesday Quarterfinals:
Girls 1A Steel Valley 5, Chartiers-Houston 1
Thursday Quarterfinals:
Girls 4A #1 Peters Township (10-1-1) vs. #8 Seneca Valley (8-3), 6:30 pm at Peters Township
Saturday Quarterfinals:
Boys 4A #1 Peters Township (11-1-1) vs. #9 Baldwin (8-6-1), 12 noon at Peters Township
October 27, 2020 2:48 am
The WPIAL Volleyball tournaments began with preliminary matches on Tuesday. In Wednesday’s first round, defending champion Canon-McMillan rallied from an 0-2 deficit to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals. Fort Cherry rolled by South Side Area while California outlasted Western Beaver. West Greene and Mapletown were swept out of the 1A bracket. WPIAL Volleyball brackets.
First Round–Wednesday
Class 4A #10 Canon-McMillan over at #7 Penn-Trafford, 3-2
Class 1A #2 Fort Cherry over #15 South Side Beaver, 3-0
Class 1A #8 California over #9 Western Beaver, 3-2
Class 1A #5 Leechburg over #12 West Greene, 3-0
Class 1A #1 Bishop Canevin over #16 Mapletown, 3-0
First Round–Thursday, 7 pm
Class 3A #15 Trinity at #2 Plum
Class 2A #12 Seton-La Salle at #5 Waynesburg
Class 2A #9 Carmichaels at #8 Shenango
Quarterfinals–Saturday, 12 noon
Class 4A #10 Canon-McMillan at #2 Shaler
Class 1A #10 Beaver Co. Christian at #2 Fort Cherry
Class 1A #8 California at #1 Bishop Canevin
October 28, 2020 3:54 am
UNDATED (AP) – Penn State running back Noah Cain will miss the rest of the season with an injury, another blow to the Nittany Lions’ backfield. Penn State coach James Franklin declined to give specifics of Cain’s injury, but the sophomore left Saturday’s game against Indiana early and reportedly was seen on the sideline later with a walking boot on his left foot. The loss of Cain comes about a week after Penn State announced its leading rusher from last season, Journey Brown, could miss the entire season with an unspecified medical condition. Cain ran for 443 yards and eight touchdowns last year. Penn State is trying to avoid a 0-2 start when its hosts No. 3 Ohio State on Saturday night.
October 27, 2020 3:54 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – The Los Angeles Rams rebounded from their Week 6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers by stifling the Chicago Bears. The Rams’ defense allowed just 279 net yards and three points in a 24-10 win over the Bears. Taylor Rapp made an end-zone interception on a pass deflection by Troy Hill. The Rams held Chicago to 182 yards over the first three quarters in building a 24-3 lead. Josh Reynolds and Gerald Everett caught touchdown passes from Jared Goff, who threw for 219 yards. Eddie Jackson returned a fumble eight yards with 7 1/2 minutes remaining for Chicago’s only touchdown. Nick Foles passed for 261 yards for the Bears, who managed just 49 yards on the ground. Both teams are 5-2.
October 27, 2020 3:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Longtime NHL defenseman Trevor Daley has retired to take a position in the Pittsburgh Penguins front office. Daley played 16 seasons in the NHL and helped the Penguins to consecutive Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017. The 37-year-old Daley spent the last three seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. He retires with 89 goals and 220 assists in 1,058 career games. The Penguins acquired Daley in December 2015, and his arrival coincided with a midseason makeover that helped propel the Penguins to the franchise’s fourth and fifth Stanley Cups. Pittsburgh also announced Monday that assistant general manager Jason Karmanos has been fired.
October 26, 2020 3:53 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The Los Angeles Dodgers are one victory away from their first World Series title in 32 years. Joc Pederson and Max Muncy hit solo homers as the Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-2 to take a three-games-to-two lead in the World Series. It was Muncy’s third homer and 12th RBI with two out in this postseason. It took L.A. just two batters in taking the lead. Mookie Betts led off the top of the first with a double and scored on Corey Seager’s single. Clay Bellinger’s RBI single made it 2-0 later in the inning. Winning pitcher Clayton Kershaw worked 5 2/3 innings for the Dodgers, allowing two runs and five hits. Kershaw was helped out when Manuel Margot was thrown out attempting to steal home in the fifth inning. The three-time Cy Young Award winner has two of L.A’s three wins in the series. Randy Arozarena delivered an RBI single that got Tampa Bay within 3-2 in the third inning. It was his 27th hit of this postseason, breaking the old mark set by Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval in 2014. Rays starter and loser Tyler Glasnow was reached for four runs over five innings. The Dodgers can wrap up the series on Tuesday.
