November 4, 2021 3:43 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia Phillies declined club options for next season on outfielders Odúbel Herrera and Andrew McCutchen. Herrera gets a $2.5 million buyout rather than a $11.5 million salary, completing a $30.5 million, five-year contract. He is eligible for salary arbitration. McCutchen, signed as a free agent to a $50 million, three-year contract in December 2018, gets a $3 million buyout instead of a $15 million salary. He hit .237 with 47 homers and 143 RBIs in three seasons in Philadelphia. He will become a free agent. Herrera hit .274 in six seasons with the Phillies.
November 4, 2021 3:48 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey plans to announce his retirement Thursday. That’s according to a person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Posey had yet to make his decision public. The 34-year-old Posey just helped the Giants win a team-record 107 games this past season, batting .304 with 18 homers and 56 RBIs. The Giants said last month that they would exercise Posey’s $22 million club option for the 2022 season as long as the veteran catcher wanted to keep playing after a stellar year. He is three years removed from major hip surgery.
November 4, 2021 3:45 am
Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was excused from practice a day after his father caused a stir by sharing a video of quarterback Baker Mayfield not throwing passes to his son. Beckham may be down to his final hours with the Browns, who met with the star’s representatives to work out a resolution. The team is now deciding whether to cut ties with the polarizing wide receiver or see if he and Mayfield can move forward together.
November 3, 2021 3:49 am
HOUSTON (AP) – The Atlanta Braves have won their first World Series championship since 1995, hammering the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6. Jorge Soler hit his third home run of the Series, and Freddie Freeman and Dansby Swanson also connected. Max Fried got stomped on in the first inning, then delivered the best start of the entire World Series for the champion Braves. Fried got 18 outs against the 19 batters faced after his right ankle got stepped on by Michael Brantley’s rubber cleat in the first inning. Fried became the first pitcher in this World Series to complete six innings. Steadied by 66-year-old manager Brian Snitker, an organization man for four decades, the underdog Braves won the franchise’s fourth title. Freeman hit an RBI double and then punctuated the romp with a solo home run in the seventh that made it 7-0. By then, it was a total team effort. Ailing star Ronald Acuna Jr., the dynamo of Atlanta’s future, bounded from the dugout to join the celebration for Freeman, the longtime face of the franchise. Consider it a tribute to the greatest Braves player of them all, Mr. Hank Aaron. The Hall of Fame slugger died Jan. 22 at 86, still rooting for his old team, and his legacy was stamped all over this Series. The loss denied 72-year-old Astros manager Dusty Baker the crown. Jorge Soler was a bit player during the Chicago Cubs’ drought-smashing victory over Cleveland five years ago, but, now he’s been voted MVP of Atlanta Braves’ six-game World Series win over over the Houston Astros. Soler hit .316 with three home runs and six RBIs. He became the first batter to lead off a World Series with a home run, hit a go-ahead, seventh-inning drive in Game 4 and put the Braves ahead in Game 6 with a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the third against Luis Garcia.
November 3, 2021 3:45 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded veteran outside linebacker Melvin Ingram to the Kansas City Chiefs for a sixth-round pick in the 2022 draft. The teams made the announcement hours before the NFL’s trade deadline. The move gives Kansas City’s struggling defense some much-needed help, though Ingram did sit out Pittsburgh’s win over Cleveland on Sunday with what the team called a groin injury. The 32-year-old Ingram spent the first nine years of his career with the Los Angeles Chargers before signing a one-year deal with Pittsburgh in July.
November 3, 2021 9:03 am
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Tuesday, Nov. 2 results:
Boys 4A: #2 Peters Township 4, #6 North Allegheny 1
Wednesday, Nov. 3 schedule (PIAA qualifier, WPIAL 3rd place):
Boys 2A: #4 Charleroi vs. #6 Ambridge, 6:30 pm at Peters Township
Saturday, Nov. 6 (WPIAL Championship)
Boys 4A: #2 Peters Township vs. #1 Seneca Valley, 5:45 pm at Highmark Stadium
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Tuesday, Nov. 2 results:
1A #3 Greensburg Central Catholic 3, #7 California 2
Thursday, Nov. 4 schedule (PIAA qualifier, WPIAL 3rd place):
1A #7 California vs. #4 Leechburg, 6 pm at Fox Chapel
November 2, 2021 3:50 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Desperate for a win, the Kansas City Chiefs got one against the short-handed New York Giants. Harrison Butker hit a pair of fourth-quarter field goals, including the go-ahead 34-yarder with 1:07 left to give the Chiefs a 20-17 comeback victory against the Giants. Patrick Mahomes threw for 275 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the 4-4 Chiefs, who had to overcome two more turnovers along with 12 penalties for more than 100 yards. Tyreek Hill led the Chiefs with 12 catches for 94 yards and a score. The 2-6 Giants have lost three games with late field goals this season. Daniel Jones had 222 yards passing with two touchdowns and a pick for New York, but he also was sacked three times. The Giants were without running back Saquon Barkley and wide receiver Kenny Golladay, both out with injuries.
November 1, 2021 10:52 pm
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Tuesday, Nov. 2 schedule:
Boys 4A: #2 Peters Township 4, #6 North Allegheny 1
Wednesday, Nov. 3 schedule (PIAA qualifier, WPIAL 3rd place):
Boys 2A: #4 Charleroi vs. #6 Ambridge, 6:30 pm at Peters Township
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Tuesday, Nov. 2 results:
1A #3 Greensburg Central Catholic 3, #7 California 2
November 2, 2021 3:48 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has steadied his team following a 1-3 start. The Steelers have won three straight to get back into the mix in the AFC North. The latest victory came in a 15-10 triumph over Cleveland that pushed Pittsburgh’s record to 4-3 as the season nears the midway point. The win also pushed Tomlin’s career victory total to 149, tying him with predecessor Bill Cowher for the second most in franchise history. Tomlin will get a chance to slip past Cowher when the Steelers host Chicago next week.
November 1, 2021 1:30 pm
According to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, Von Miller’s time in Denver has come to an end. The longtime Broncos star is reportedly being traded to the Rams, as Denver and Los Angeles have reportedly agreed to a blockbuster trade ahead of Tuesday’s deadline. ESPN is reporting that the Broncos and the Rams agreed to a blockbuster trade Monday afternoon. The NFL’s trade deadline is set for Tuesday afternoon. “The Broncos are finalizing a trade to send eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for two second-day 2022 draft picks, league sources tell ESPN,” he reports.
