September 5, 2022 1:14 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Teoscar Hernandez delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 to complete a three-game sweep. Hernandez lined a shot up the middle against Duane Underwood Jr. (1-5) with two outs to push Toronto in front to stay. The Blue Jays improved to a season-best 14 games over .500 (73-59) to maintain its hold on the third and final wild-card spot in the American League. Rookie shortstop Oneil Cruz hit his 12th home run for the Pirates. Pittsburgh has dropped four straight and is 11-34 in its last 45 games.
September 5, 2022 4:04 am
BOLTON, Mass. (AP) — Dustin Johnson is finally a winner again for the first time in 19 months. And he did so in dramatic fashion at LIV Golf. Johnson made a 35-foot eagle putt that banged against the back of the cup on the first playoff hole. That beat Anirban Lahiri and Joaquin Niemann in the first LIV Golf sudden-death playoff. Johnson’s last win was the Saudi International in February 2021. He now has made nearly $10 million in just four events on the the Saudi-funded rival league. Lahiri missed a 5-foot eagle putt on his last hole that could have won it.
September 4, 2022 1:22 am
Colton Jones completed 32-of-45 passes for a career-best 359 yards and two touchdowns, Zach Cernuto scored on a pair of short runs and Tyler Sabo returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown as Washington & Jefferson College opened its season with a 35-26 win over John Carroll. Cernuto’s 1-yard sneak opened the scoring with just over four minutes left in the opening quarter. Evan McVay answered with a one-yard run to tie the game less than four minutes later. The Presidents put the next three scores on the board with Samuel Vessah’s 22-yard reception and Sabo’s Pick 6 coming before intermission. Cernuto’s second touchdown, a 2-yard run came with nine minutes left in the third. John Carroll put two quick scores on the board to pull within 28-20. Tyler Mintz caught a 45 yard TD pass from Joe Collins late in the third. Tadas Tatarunas snatched an apparent interception at the goal line for an 18-yard touchdown. Jones connected with Justin Huss on an 8-yard swing pass to put the Presidents up 35-20. The Blue Streaks scored on Collins’ third TD pass of the game, a 14-yard connection with Brennan Fugh with just 2:12 remaining. But John Carroll failed on the two-point conversion and the Presidents recovered the on-side kickoff and ran out the clock. Anthony Rosati led the Presidents receiving corps with seven receptions for 96 yards. Ian Hansen, John Peduzzi and Justin Huss each had at least five catches. The W&J defense grabbed four takeaways and sacked Collins five times in the game. The Presidents travel to St. Vincent College next week.
September 4, 2022 7:44 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the seventh inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Blue Jays won for the fourth time in five games and maintained their lead for the third and final wild card in the American League. Toronto drew within six games of the division-leading New York Yankees in the AL East race. George Springer and Bichette each had two hits for the Blue Jays, who can sweep the three-game series Sunday. Oneil Cruz had two hits for Pittsburgh, which lost for the 11th time in their last 13 games.
September 4, 2022 7:56 am
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates inducted 19 players and managers into their first team Hall of Fame class on Saturday at PNC Park. The Pirates announced earlier this year that they were creating this hall of fame to recognize the great players in Pittsburgh baseball history, and to celebrate the impact they had on baseball and on the way of life in Pittsburgh. Three of the 19 members inducted are living, and all three were on hand to celebrate and receive their yellow jackets: Steve Blass, Dave Parker and Bill Mazeroski. Members of the Negro League, including the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords, were signed to one-day contracts and inducted into the Hall of Fame as well. They included Josh Gibson. Twelve members who are also enshrined as Pirates in the National Baseball Hall of Fame include Honus Wagner, Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Fred Clarke, Jake Beckley, Max Carey, Pie Traynor, Roberto Clemente, Ralph Kiner, Arky Vaughan, Willie Stargell and Bill Mazeroski. Negro League Players enshrined include Josh Gibson, Ray Brown, Buck Leonard and Oscar Charleston. The Pirates enshrined who are not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame include Dave Parker, Danny Murtaugh and Steve Blass
September 3, 2022 1:23 am
Week 1
Bentworth 21, Avella 7
Burgettstown 38, Beth-Center 22
California 48, Charleroi 0
North Allegheny 35, Canon-McMillan 21
Chartiers-Houston 31, West Greene 21
Carmichaels 29, Ft. Cherry 26
McGuffey 35, Ringgold 7
Peters Township 30, Seneca Valley 27
Trinity 34, Chartiers Valley 13
Wash High 48, Clairton 20
Jeff-Morgan 15, Waynesburg 8
Mapletown 49, Frazier 8
September 3, 2022 4:09 am
UNDATED (AP) — The College Football Playoff that determines the national champion is expanding from four teams to 12. It will happen no later than the 2026 season. The plan approved by a group of university presidents calls for the six highest-ranked conference champions and six at-large teams to make the playoff. The at-large teams would be chosen by a selection committee. The top four seeds would be conference champions and get first-round byes. A 12-team, 11-game postseason system to crown a champion could be worth as much as $2 billion in media rights to the conferences that play major college football.
September 3, 2022 4:07 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alek Manoah pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning and Bo Bichette homered, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Manoah (13-7) allowed five hits and struck out six in 7 1/3 innings, retiring 15 of the final 18 batters he faced. The right-hander went at least seven innings without allowing a run for the first time since last Sept. 13, when he made it through eight innings. The Blue Jays have won 10 of 15 and maintained their 1 1/2-game edge over the Baltimore Orioles in the race for the third and final wild-card spot in the American League.
September 3, 2022 4:11 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams has lost what is expected to be the last match of her transcendent tennis career. The 23-time Grand Slam champion was eliminated from the U.S. Open in the third round by Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 before an electric crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night. Williams turns 41 this month and recently told the world that she is preparing to retire. She has remained purposely vague about whether this appearance at Flushing Meadows definitely would be her final tournament. But everyone assumes it will be. Williams gave away leads in each set against the 46th-ranked Tomljanovic and bowed out of the singles bracket about 24 hours after she and her sister, Venus, lost in the first round of doubles.
September 2, 2022 3:54 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – MJ Devonshire returned a tipped pass 56 yards for a touchdown with 2:58 remaining and No. 17 Pittsburgh beat West Virginia 38-31 on Thursday night in the return of the Backyard Brawl. The Panthers edged their rivals for the first time since 2008 after a pass by West Virginia’s JT Daniels smacked off the hands of Bryce Ford-Wheaton and into the hands of Devonshire, who weaved his way through traffic to give Pitt its second touchdown in 43 seconds to turn a seven-point deficit into a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Southern California transfer Kedon Slovis threw for 308 yards and a touchdown in his debut with the Panthers in the opener for both teams.
