August 29, 2023 4:38 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Johan Oviedo pitched a two-hitter for his first complete game in 53 major league starts, Ke’Bryan Hayes had four hits and Zack Greinke lost his ninth consecutive decision in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 5-0 win and the Kansas City Royals. Oviedo struck out five and walked two while throwing a career-high 112 pitches. It was just the 28th complete game in the major leagues this season and Oviedo’s first complete game in 150 professional starts dating to 2016. The Royals were blanked for the 14th time this season and held to two hits or fewer for the eighth time.
August 29, 2023 4:40 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Former big league manager, coach and catcher Pat Corrales has died at the age of 82. The Los Angeles Dodgers announced that Corrales died of natural causes at his home in the north Georgia mountains. He had worked with the Dodgers since 2012 and served as a special assistant to the general manager. Corrales was a big league catcher over nine seasons in the majors, but he was more notable for his post-playing career. He managed at Texas, Cleveland and Philadelphia before a long stint on the Atlanta Braves coaching staff under Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox.
August 29, 2023 4:43 am
Andy Reid couldn’t win the big one until he went to Kansas City and got Patrick Mahomes. Now, there’s no telling how many big games the coach affectionately known as “Big Red” will win. Reid was a near-unanimous choice by The Associated Press for the top spot among NFL head coaches, receiving eight of nine first-place votes. A panel of nine AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five head coaches, making their selections based on current status entering the 2023 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points, respectively. Six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick, Kyle Shanahan, Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh.
August 28, 2023 4:37 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cody Bellinger had three hits and five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1. Nico Hoerner had three hits and scored three times, helping Chicago close out a 5-2 road trip. Jeimer Candelario homered and drove in three runs. The 69-61 Cubs took three of four in Pittsburgh. Next up is a big three-game series against NL Central-leading Milwaukee at Wrigley Field beginning on Monday night. Joshua Palacios had two of Pittsburgh’s four hits. Bailey Falter was tagged for six runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
August 28, 2023 4:52 am
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers are trading guard Kevin Dotson to the Los Angeles Rams, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. The terms of the deal are the following, according to Brooke Pryor of ESPN: the deal includes pick swaps for each side. The Steelers will get the Rams’ 4th-round pick in 2024, while the Rams get the Steelers 2024 5th-round pick. In 2025, the Steelers will get the Rams’ 5th-round pick, while the Rams will get the Steelers’ 2025 6th-round pick. Dotson is on the move after spending three seasons with the Steelers, including 30 starts since they drafted him in 2020. He missed the team’s final preseason game against the Falcons with a shoulder injury, and for the trade to go through, Dotson will have to pass a physical.
August 28, 2023 4:39 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Viktor Hovland is the FedEx Cup champion and it really wasn’t close. Hovland played the best golf of his career in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour season. He capped it off at East Lake by winning the Tour Championship. Hovland started the final round with a six-shot lead and shot a 63. Xander Schauffele made him earn it. He shot a 62. Hovland played the final two weeks in 36-under par to win the last two FedEx Cup playoff events. Now it’s a question whether he gets consideration as the PGA Tour player of the year.
August 28, 2023 4:38 am
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star has won her record eighth U.S. Championship, a full 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted an all-around two-day total of 118.40, well clear of Shilese Jones in second and Leanne Wong in third. Biles will next compete at the world championships in Belgium this fall, where she will look to add to her record total of 25 medals at the meet.
August 27, 2023 6:58 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordan Wicks gave up two hits and struck out nine over five innings in his major league debut, and the Chicago Cubs held on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-6 on Saturday night. Wicks (1-0), a 23-year-old left-hander selected No. 21 overall in the 2021 MLB Amateur Draft, allowed one run and walked one. Ke’Bryan Hayes led off the first and immediately hit a fastball from Wicks 384 feet to left for his 10th home run. Bryan Reynolds then singled to center before Andrew McCutchen walked. Wicks retired the following 15 batters, striking out the first five. Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki each drove in three runs for Chicago, which has won two of three to start the four-game series and remained four games behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.
August 27, 2023 7:07 am
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have announced their first cuts to their roster. Eight players have been released: Madre Harper, Nevelle Clarke, James Nyamawaya, B.T. Potter, Kuony Deng, Rex Sunahara, Forrest Rhyne and Dan Chisena. The Steelers will have more cuts to make to get to 53 and have until Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. to make the rest of their decisions. The team currently has 82 players on the roster.
August 27, 2023 7:04 am
DUBLIN (AP) — The Irish economy is getting a boost from the Notre Dame football game in Dublin. The Pittsburgh Steelers are benefitting, too. The NFL team has front-office representation in Dublin this weekend supporting American football initiatives and gathering intel on the Irish market now that it has marketing rights for Ireland and Northern Ireland as part of the NFL’s push to expand its audience. The team has joined forces with the powerful Gaelic Athletic Association with an eye toward a regular-season game at Croke Park in the future. Daniel Rooney, the Steelers’ director of business development and strategy, is attending Saturday’s game and has been meeting with key stakeholders.
